The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film , including a list of films released and notable births.
Overview of the events of 1894 in film
January 7 April 14 – The first commercial presentation of the Kinetoscope took place in the Holland Brothers' Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway, New York City .[ 2] June 6 - Charles Francis Jenkins projects a filmed motion picture before an audience in Richmond, Indiana. Earliest documented projection of a motion picture.[ 3] Thomas Edison experiments with synchronizing audio with film; the Kinetophone is invented which loosely synchronizes a Kinetoscope image with a cylinder phonograph .[ 4] Kinetoscope viewing parlors begin to open in major cities. Each parlor contains several machines. Birt Acres creates a 70 mm format, which he first uses to shoot the Henley Royal Regatta.[ 5] Notable films released in 1894 [ edit ] Crows on Saffron Hill Haycart Crossing Hadley Green, Middlesex Charles-Émile Reynaud[ edit ] Étienne-Jules Marey[ edit ] William K. L. Dickson [ edit ] Annie Oakley . Fred Ott Sneeze . Sioux ghost dance . Alleni's Boxing Monkeys Amateur Gymnast, No. 2 Annabelle Butterfly Dance , starring Annabelle Moore Annabelle Sun Dance , starring Annabelle Moore Annie Oakley , starring Annie Oakley Armand D'Ary , starring Armand D'Ary Athlete with Wand Babies in High Chairs Band Drill A Bar Room Scene The Barbershop Bertoldi (Mouth Support) , starring Ena Bertoldi Bertoldi (Table Contortion) , starring Ena Bertoldi Boxing , starring Jack McAuliffe The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) Bucking Broncho , starring Lee Martin Buffalo Bill (lost), starring William F. Cody Buffalo Dance , starring Hair Coat , Parts His Hair and Last Horse Caicedo (with Pole) , starring Juan A. Caicedo Caicedo (with Spurs) , starring Juan A. Caicedo Carmencita , starring Carmencita The Carnival Dance , starring Madge Crossland, May Lucas and Lucy Murray Chinese Laundry Scene , directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson and starring Phil Doreto and Robetta Chinese Opium Den (lost) The Cock Fight Cock Fight, No. 2 Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph , starring James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney Cupid's Dance , starring Florence Ewer, Lenora Ewer and Mildred Ewer Dance , starring Rosa France, Frank Lawton and Etta Williamson Dance du Ventre The Dickson Experimental Sound Film Dogs Fighting Edison Employee Picnic Fancy Club Swinger , starring John R. Abell Finale of 1st Act, Hoyt's 'Milk White Flag' Fire Rescue Scene Fred Ott Holding a Bird , starring Fred Ott Fred Ott's Sneeze , starring Fred Ott French Dancers Glenroy Bros., (no. 2) Hadj Cheriff , starring Hadji Cheriff Highland Dance The Hornbacker-Murphy Fight , starring Eugene Hornbacker and Murphy Human Pyramid , starring Saleem Nassar Imperial Japanese Dance , starring the Sarashe Sisters Lady Fencers (With Broadswords) , starring Louise Blanchard and Helen Englehart Lady Fencers (With Foils) Lasso Exhibition , starring Frank Hammitt and Lee Martin Lasso Thrower (lost), starring Vicente Oropeza Leonard–Cushing Fight , starring Jack Cushing and Mike Leonard Luis Martinetti, Contortionist , starring Luis Martinetti Man of a Thousand Faces , starring George Layman May Lucas , starring May Lucas Men on Parallel Bars Mexican Knife Duel (lost), starring Pedro Esquivel and Dionecio Gonzales Miss Lucy Murray , starring Lucy Murray Mlle. Capitaine , starring Alciede Capitaine Organ Grinder, No. 1 Organ Grinder, No. 2 Oriental Dance , starring Rosa The Pickaninny Dance, from the 'Passing Show' , starring Joe Rastus, Denny Tolliver and Walter Wilkins Rat Killing Rats and Terrier No. 2 Rats and Terrier No. 3 Rats and Weasel Ruth Dennis , starring Ruth St. Denis Sandow , starring Eugen Sandow Sheik Hadji Tahar , starring Sheik Hadji Tahar Sioux Ghost Dance Summersault Dog , starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan Tschernoff Sword Combat , starring Najid and Saleem Nassar Topack and Steele , starring George W. Steele and George Topack Toyou Kichi , starring Toyou Kichi Trained Bears Trapeze Unsuccessful Somersault Walton and Slavin , starring John Slavin and Charles F. Walton Whirlwind Gunspinning , starring Hadj Lessik The Widder , starring Isabelle Coe Wonderful Performing Dog , starring Lucy the Dog and Ivan Tschernoff The Wrestling Dog , starring Henry Welton Wrestling Match Films directed by other filmmakers [ edit ] Media related to 1894 in film at Wikimedia Commons