1894 in film

The following is an overview of the events of 1894 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

Events

January 7
William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
Dickson and William Heise film their colleague, Fred Ott sneezing with the Kinetograph at Edison's Black Maria studio.
April 14 – The first commercial presentation of the Kinetoscope took place in the Holland Brothers' Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway, New York City.
June 6 - Charles Francis Jenkins projects a filmed motion picture before an audience in Richmond, Indiana. Earliest documented projection of a motion picture.
Thomas Edison experiments with synchronizing audio with film; the Kinetophone is invented which loosely synchronizes a Kinetoscope image with a cylinder phonograph.
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.

Notable films released in 1894

Birt Acres

Crows on Saffron Hill (lost)
Haycart Crossing Hadley Green, Middlesex

Charles-Émile Reynaud

Autour d'une cabine
Rêve au coin du feu

William K. L. Dickson

thumb|Annie Oakley.

thumb|Fred Ott Sneeze.

thumb|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

Miss Jerry, directed by Alexander Black, starring by Blanche Bayliss, William Courtenay and Chauncey Depew.

Births

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| Month || Date || Name ||Country || Profession ||Died ||

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| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || ZaSu Pitts || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1963 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || William Newell || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1967 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Matt McHugh || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1971 ||

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || King Vidor || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director || 1982 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Jack Benny || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Comedian || 1974 ||

| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Will Wright || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1962 ||

| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Norma Talmadge || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1957 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Estelle Taylor || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1958 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Paul Lukas || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1971 ||

| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Norman Kerry || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1956 ||

| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Arthur Treacher || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1975 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Walter Brennan || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1974 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Mientje Kling || style="text-align:center;"| Netherlands || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1966 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Charles C. Wilson || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1948 ||

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Kathleen Lockhart || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1978 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Alan Crosland || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || 1936 ||

| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Jean Renoir || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director || 1979 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Gladys Brockwell || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1929 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Olive Tell || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1951 ||

| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Del Lord || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Director || 1970 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Olive Thomas || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1920 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Agda Helin || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1984 ||

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Mae Marsh || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1968 ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Nita Naldi || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1961 ||

| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Marthe Vinot || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1974 ||