1897 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1897 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.
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Events
- January 28 – The first Venezuelan-made films are screened at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, two locally-made actuality shorts, Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa and Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo.[1]
- May 4 – During a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris, a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the projector lamp. The fire spreads and becomes catastrophic, ultimately resulting in 126 deaths.[2]
- June 20 – Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession filmed.[3]
- The American Vitagraph Company is founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in Brooklyn.
- Mitchell and Kenyon go into a film-making partnership at Blackburn in the north of England.[4]
- Enoch J. Rector develops a 63 mm film format called Veriscope, which films The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight on March 17.
- Thomas Henry Blair develops a 48 mm film format called Viventoscope.
Films released in 1897
- After The Ball, directed by Georges Méliès. First film to create the illusion of female nudity through a skin looking designed costume
- Baignade dans le torrent, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- La Bandera Argentina, believed for a long time to have been the first Argentine film. Now considered lost
- Between Calais and Dover, directed by Georges Méliès. A fictitious sea crossing
- The Bewitched Inn (L'Auberge Ensorcelee), directed by Georges Méliès
- Buffalo Police on Parade, produced by Edison Studios
- The Cabinet of Mephistopheles (aka The Laboratory of Mephistopheles), directed by George Melies.[5]
- Chicago Police Parade, directed by Louis Lumière
- The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight, a documentary directed by Enoch J. Rector. The first film shot in widescreen. At an hour and 40 minutes, it is the first known feature film ever made
- Cupid and Psyche, produced by Edison Studios
- An Hallucinated Alchemist, directed by Georges Méliès. May be the first film to feature stop motion animation in cinema
- Faust and Marguerite, directed by George Melies.[6]
- The Haunted Castle, directed by George Albert Smith (film pioneer) (British)[7]
- The Haverstraw Tunnel
- Horses Loading for Klondike, directed by James H. White
- The Hypnotist at Work, directed by Georges Méliès[8]
- Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde, directed by Peter Elfelt; the first Danish movie sequence ever filmed
- The Last Cartridges, directed by . A dramatised war scene
- Leander Sisters, produced by Edison Studios
- Leaving Jerusalem by Railway, directed by Alexandre Promio and released by the Lumière brothers. May include the first moving camera shot in cinema
- Lurline Baths, produced by Edison Studios
- Making Sausages, directed by George Albert Smith
- The Milker's Mishap, directed by James H. White; it is unknown whether or not this film has survived
- New Pillow Fight, produced by Siegmund Lubin
- Niagara Falls, directed by Louis Lumière
- Old Man Drinking a Glass of Beer, directed by George Albert Smith
- On the Roofs, directed by Georges Méliès
- Peeping Tom,a production of the American Mutoscope Company. A comedy
- Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets, one of the earliest known films of Cricket
- Salida de la misa de doce de la Iglesia del Pilar de Zaragoza, a short silent film by Eduardo Jimeno, a pioneer of the Spanish cinema. Probably the first film made in Spain by a Spaniard
- Sea Fighting in Greece, directed by Georges Méliès. A dramatised naval war scene
- Seminary Girls, directed by James H. White
- Spanish Bullfight, directed by Louis Lumière
- The Surrender of Tournavos, directed by Georges Méliès. A dramatised war scene
- Sutro Baths, No. 1, produced by Edison Studios
- A Twentieth Century Surgeon, directed by George Melies
- The X-Rays, directed by George Albert Smith. Cited as one of the first examples of special effects by jump cut
Births
| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 3 | Marion Davies | US | Actress | 1961 | |
| 3 | Pola Negri | Poland | Actress | 1987 | ||
| 10 | Lya De Putti | Hungary | Actress | 1931 | ||
| 30 | Mary Ellis | US | Singer, Actress | 2003 | ||
| February | 10 | Judith Anderson | Australia | Actress | 1992 | |
| 12 | Vola Vale | US | Actress | 1970 | ||
| 19 | Alma Rubens | US | Actress | 1931 | ||
| March | 8 | Pat Flaherty | US | Actor | 1970 | |
| 16 | Conrad Nagel | US | Actor | 1970 | ||
| 19 | Betty Compson | US | Actress | 1974 | ||
| May | 18 | Frank Capra | Italy | Director | 1991 | |
| June | 16 | Elaine Hammerstein | US | Actress | 1948 | |
| 19 | Moe Howard | US | Actor, Comedian | 1975 | ||
| 23 | Alexandru Giugaru | Romania | Actor | 1986 | ||
| July | 10 | John Gilbert | US | Actor | 1936 | |
| August | 4 | Joseph Calleia | Malta | Actor, Singer | 1975 | |
| 10 | Jack Haley | US | Actor, Dancer | 1979 | ||
| 31 | Fredric March | US | Actor | 1975 | ||
| September | 3 | Cecil Parker | UK | Actor | 1971 | |
| 23 | Walter Pidgeon | US | Actor | 1984 | ||
| October | 6 | Jerome Cowan | US | Actor | 1972 | |
| 6 | Francine Mussey | France | Actress | 1933 | ||
| 11 | Russell Collins | US | Actor | 1965 | ||
| 12 | Inez Courtney | US | Actress | 1975 | ||
| 21 | Lloyd Hughes | US | Actor | 1958 | ||
| 28 | Edith Head | US | Costume Designer | 1981 | ||
| 29 | Hope Emerson | US | Actress | 1960 | ||
| November | 13 | Gertrude Olmstead | US | Actress | 1975 | |
| 25 | Ruth Etting | US | Actress, Singer | 1978 | ||
Debut
External links
- 1897 in film playlist on YouTube
- List of 1897 films at IMDb
- List of 1897 deaths at IMDb
- List of 1897 births at IMDb
References
- "Cines Unidos conmemora el Día Nacional del Cine". Analitica. 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- Amoedo, O. (13 June 1998). "[Fire on the Charity Bazaar]". Rev Museo Fac Odontol B Aires. 13: 16–20. PMID 11625405.
- Klein, Christopher (5 June 2012). "Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee". history.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- Vanessa Toulmin; Simon Popple; Patrick Russell (2004). The lost world of Mitchell and Kenyon. BFI Publications. p. 6. ISBN 1844570460.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 10.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee PressISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 10.
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