1896 in film

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The first kiss ever on film was in 1896 involving the great Canadian star May Irwin and John C. Rice.

See also: 1895 in film 1896 1897 in film 19th century in film years in film film

Events

• January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W. Paul developed their own film projector, the Theatrograph (later known as the Animatograph).
• January - In the United States, a projector called the Vitascope was designed by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. Armat began working with Thomas Edison to manufacture the Vitascope, which projected motion pictures.
• Pathé Frères film company founded
• April - Thomas Edison and Thomas Armat's Vitascope is used to project motion pictures in public screenings in New York City
• May 14 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia crowned in Moscow, in the first coronation ever recorded in film.
• French magician and filmmaker Georges Méliès begins experimenting with the new motion picture technology, developing early special effects techniques, including stop-motion photography.
• William Selig founded the Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago.
• Demeny-Gaumont works on a 60 mm format, first known as Biographe (unperforated), then Chronophotographe (perforated).
• Casimir Sivan and E. Dalphin create a 38 mm format.

Films released

• Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
• The Kiss
• Rip Van Winkle (series)
• The Vanishing Lady

Births

• June 16 - Norman Kerry, early silent film actor (d. 1956)
• July 16 - Evelyn Preer, pioneering African-American actress, singer (d. 1932)
• August 18 - Jack Pickford, actor, Hollywood's first "bad boy", (d. 1933)
• August 30 - Raymond Massey, actor (d. 1983)

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