1900 in film
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The year1900 in filminvolved some significant events.
Events
[edit]- Reulos, Goudeau & Co. inventMirographe,a 21 mm amateur format.
- TheLumière Brotherspremiere their new Lumiere Wide format for the1900 World Fair.At 75 mm wide, it has held the record for over 100 years as the widest format yet developed.
- Raoul Grimoin-Sansonalso creates a sensation at the 1900 World Fair with his multi-projectorCinéoramaspectacle, which uses ten 70 mm projectors to create a simulated 360-degree balloon ride over Paris. The exhibit is closed before it formally opens, however, due to legitimate health and safety concerns regarding the heat of the combined projectors, and releases the format as La Petite.
- Gaumont-Demeny release their own 15 mm amateur format, Pocket Chrono.
- Release of the first film version ofHamlet,an adaptation of the duel scene, with French actressSarah Bernhardtplaying the title role and accompanying recorded sound.
- Making of the first film to feature the detective characterSherlock Holmes,Sherlock Holmes Baffled,by theAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
- Jeanne d'Arcbecomes the first film of considerable length (10 minutes) to be shown entirely in colour.
- William N. SeligmakesThe Chicago Stockyards—From Hoof to Marketfor Chicago-basedPhilip Danforth Armour,a prominent businessman in themeatpacking industry,showing the full meatpacking process from cattle being unloaded at the stockyards tocanning.Studio lights do not exist, so stage spotlights are borrowed from theRichard MansfieldTheatrical Company to film inside theslaughterhouse.[1]
Notable films released in 1900
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[edit]- 20,000 Employees Entering Lord Armstrong's Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne,produced byMitchell and Kenyon– (GB)
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[edit]- Army Life; or, How Soldiers Are Made: Mounted Infantry(lost), a documentary directed byRobert W. Paul– (GB)
- As Seen Through a Telescope,directed byGeorge Albert Smith– (GB)
- Attack on a China Mission,directed byJames Williamson– (GB)
- Automobile Parade,directed byWilliam C. Paley– (US)
B
[edit]- Battle of Mafeking,directed byJames H. White– (US)
- The Beggar's Deceit,directed byCecil Hepworth– (GB)
C
[edit]- Chinese Magic(akaYellow Peril), directed byWalter R. Booth– (GB)
- The Clown and the Alchemist,directed byJ. Stuart BlacktonandAlbert E. Smith[2]– (US)
D
[edit]- Danse Serpentine (In a Lion's Cage),directed byAlice Guy– (France)
- Davy Jones' Locker,directed byFrederick S. Armitage– (US)
E
[edit]- The Enchanted Drawing,directed byJ. Stuart Blackton– (US)
- Explosion of a Motor Car,directed byCecil Hepworth– (GB)
F
[edit]- A Fantastical Meal(Le Repas fantastique),directed byGeorges Méliès– (France)
- Faust and Marguerite,directed byEdwin S. Porter,[3]based on the 1859operabyCharles Gounod– (US)
G
[edit]- Going to Bed Under Difficulties(Le Déshabillage impossible),directed byGeorges Méliès– (France)
- Grandma's Reading Glass,directed byGeorge Albert Smith– (GB)
H
[edit]- How He Missed His Train (Le Réveil d'un monsieur pressé),directed byGeorges Méliès– (France)
- How It Feels to Be Run Over,directed byCecil Hepworth– (GB)
J
[edit]- A Jersey Skeeter,directed byArthur Marvin– (US)
- Joan of Arc(Jeanne d'Arc),directed byGeorges Méliès– (France)
K
[edit]- The Kiss,directed byEdwin S. Porter– (US)
L
[edit]- Ladies' Skirt Nailed to a Fence,produced byBamforth & Co Ltd– (GB)
- Let Me Dream Again,directed byGeorge Albert Smith– (GB)
M
[edit]- Messrs Lumb And Co., Leaving The Works, Huddersfield,produced byMitchell and Kenyon– (GB)
- Eine moderne Jungfrau von Orléans,directed byMax Skladanowsky– (Germany)
- The Mystic Swing,directed byEdwin S. Porter[4]– (US)
O
[edit]- The One-Man Band,directed byGeorges Méliès– (France)
R
[edit]- Reproduction of the McGovern and Dixon Fight,starringTerry McGovernandGeorge Dixon– (US)
- Rough Sea,produced byBamforth & Co Ltd.– (GB)
S
[edit]- Sherlock Holmes Baffled,directed byArthur Marvin– (US)
- Soldiers of the Cross(lost), directed byJoseph Perry– (Australia)
- Solser en Hesse(lost), directed byM.H. Laddé– (Netherlands)
T
[edit]- The Two Blind Men(Les Deux Aveugles)(lost), directed byGeorges Méliès– (France)
U
[edit]- Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel,directed byEdwin S. Porter– (US)
- Uncle Josh's Nightmare,directed byEdwin S. Porter– (US)
V
[edit]- Le village de Namo – Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs,directed byGabriel Veyre– (France)
Births
[edit]| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 20 | Colin Clive | UK | Actor | 1937 | |
| February | 16 | Vincent Coleman | US | Actor | 1971 | |
| 16 | Albert Hackett | US | Actor, screenwriter | 1995 | ||
| 17 | Ruth Clifford | US | Actress | 1998 | ||
| 21 | Jeanne Aubert | France | Singer, actress | 1988 | ||
| 22 | Luis Buñuel | Spain | Screenwriter, director | 1983 | ||
| 26 | Jean Negulesco | Romania | Screenwriter, director | 1993 | ||
| March | 3 | Edna Best | UK | Actress | 1974[5] | |
| 'April | 5 | Spencer Tracy | US | Actor | 1967[6] | |
| 30 | David Manners | Canada | Actor | 1998 | ||
| May | 16 | Aage Winther-Jørgensen | Denmark | Actor | 1967 | |
| July | 10 | Evelyn Laye | UK | Actress | 1996 | |
| 27 | Charles Vidor | Hungary | Director | 1959 | ||
| August | 8 | Robert Siodmak | Germany | Director | 1976 | |
| 9 | Charles Farrell | US | Actor | 1990 | ||
| 11 | Monroe Owsley | US | Actor | 1937 | ||
| 23 | Eve Southern | US | Actress | 1972 | ||
| 24 | Preston Foster | US | Actor, singer | 1970 | ||
| September | 19 | Ricardo Cortez | US | Actor, director | 1977 | |
| October | 9 | Alastair Sim | Scotland | Actor | 1976 | |
| 10 | Helen Hayes | US | Actress | 1993 | ||
| 15 | Fritz Feld | Germany | Actor | 1993 | ||
| 15 | Mervyn LeRoy | US | Director, producer, screenwriter | 1987 | ||
| 17 | Jean Arthur | US | Actress | 1991 | ||
| November | 5 | Natalie Schafer | US | Actress | 1991 | |
| December | 6 | Agnes Moorehead | US | Actress | 1974 | |
| 17 | Katina Paxinou | Greece | Actress | 1973 |
Date unknown
[edit]Juanita Angeles,Filipina pre-war and silent film actress
Deaths
[edit]- November 22 –Arthur Sullivan,producer of musicals, half of the team ofGilbert and Sullivan(born 1842)[7]
- November 30 –Oscar Wilde,playwright whose works were made into films (born 1854)
- December 31 –Hannibal Goodwin,retired minister, in 1886 inventednitrate filmroll. (born 1822)
Debut
[edit]References
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