Overview of the events of 1892 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1892 in film , including a list of films released and notable births.
Events
Projection of film at the Théâtre Optique The final revisions to the Kinetoscope are made, including a vertical transport and wider film. This becomes the de facto technical specification for all silent film by 1909.
Max Skladanowsky develops a camera and shoots his first footage this year, but its unusual interleaved image format leaves him ultimately unable to exhibit it until work is completed on the Bioskop projector in late 1895.October 18 – Théâtre Optique event opens, showing projected motion pictures to the public at the Musée Grévin in Paris .
Films released in 1892
Pauvre Pierrot Le Clown et ses chiens lost animated film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud .Pauvre Pierrot animated film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud.Un bon bock lost animated film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud.Le prince de Galles , a documentary short film about Edward, Prince of Wales directed by Louis Lumière .Fencing , directed by William K. L. Dickson .A Hand Shake , directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson.Man on Parallel Bars , directed by William K. L. Dickson.Wrestling , directed by William K. L. Dickson.Boxing , made by Edison Manufacturing Company .
Births
Mary Pickford.
Month Date Name Country Profession Died
January
18
Oliver Hardy US
Actor
1957
29
Ernst Lubitsch Germany
Director, producer, writer, actor
1947
31
Eddie Cantor US
Singer, Comedian
1964
February
10
Alan Hale Sr. US
Actor, director
1950
27
William Demarest US
Actor
1983
March
27
Dorrit Weixler Germany
Actress
1916
April
2
Jack L. Warner US
Hollywood studio founder
1978
4
Esther Howard US
Actress
1965
8
Mary Pickford Canada
Actress, Studio founder
1979
14
Claire Windsor US
Actress
1972
May
11
Margaret Rutherford UK
Actress
1972
13
Frank Rice US
Actor
1936
28
Minna Gombell US
Actress
1973
June
13
Basil Rathbone South Africa
Actor
1967
July
1
Thomas Mitchell US
Actor
1962
10
Slim Summerville US
Actor
1946
14
Al Hill US
Actor
1954
21
Renée Jeanne Falconetti France
Actress
1946
29
William Powell US
Actor
1984
September
2
Dezső Kertész Hungary
Actor, director
1965
9
Tsuru Aoki Japan
Actress
1961
21
Olof Ås Sweden
Actor, stage manager
1949
28
Ruth Stonehouse US
Actress, director
1941
October
5
Leyland Hodgson UK
Actor
1949
25
Nell Shipman US
Actress, writer, producer
1970
November
16
Mabel Normand US
Actress
1930
December
5
Cyril Ring US
Actor
1967
24
Ruth Chatterton US
Actress
1961
29
Aku Korhonen Russia
Actor
1960
30
John Litel US
Actor
1972
31
Jason Robards Sr. US
Actor
1963
External links
1892 in film at Wikimedia Commons
