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Overview of the events of 1897 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1897 in film , including a list of films released and notable births.
Overview of the events of 1897 in film
Events
January 1 - The first set of films were shown in the Philippines for the first time using 60 mm
Gaumont
Chrono -photograph projector at the Salon de Pertierra
No. 12 Escolta , Manila. The first film shown was Espectaculo Scientifico and followed by other four movies, namely, Un Homme Au Chapeau (Man with a Hat) , Une scène de danse japonnaise (Scene from a Japanese Dance) , Les Boxers (The Boxers) , and La Place de L' Opéra (The Place L' Opéra) .
[1]
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 .
[2]
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.
[3]
June 20 –
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession filmed.
[4]
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.
[5]
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.
[6]
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.
[7]
The Haunted Castle , directed by
George Albert Smith (film pioneer) (British)
[8]
The Haverstraw Tunnel
Horses Loading for Klondike , directed by James H. White
The Hypnotist at Work , directed by
Georges Méliès
[9]
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
Debut
External links
References
^
"History of Philippine Cinema" . National Commission for the Culture and Arts of the Philippines . Retrieved November 3, 2023 .
^
"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 .
^
Toulmin, Vanessa ; 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 Press
ISBN
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.