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Events
January 7
-
W.K. Dickson
receives a
patent
for
motion picture film
.
January 7
-
Thomas Edison
films his assistant,
Fred Ott
sneezing with the
Kinetoscope
at the "Black Maria."
February 13
-
Auguste and Louis Lumière
patent the
Cinematographe
, a combination
movie camera
and
projector
.
April 14
- The first commercial presentation of the
Kinetoscope
took place in the Holland Brothers' Kinetoscope Parlor at 1155 Broadway,
New York City
.
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.
Films released
Fred Ott's Sneeze
(Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze)
Fred Ott Holding a Bird
Births
January 3
-
Zazu Pitts
, actress
September 15
-
Jean Renoir
, director
October 7
-
Del Lord
, pioneer Hollywood director (d.
1970
)
October 20
-
Olive Thomas
, actress (d.
1920
)
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