1892 in film

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The following is an overview of the events of 1892 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

Events

Projection of film at the Théâtre Optique

• The final revisions to the Kinetoscope are made, including a vertical transport and wider film. This becomes the de facto technical specification for all silent film by 1909.
• Max Skladanowsky develops a camera and shoots his first footage this year, but its unusual interleaved image format leaves him ultimately unable to exhibit it until work is completed on the Bioskop projector in late 1895.
• October 18 – Théâtre Optique event opens, showing projected motion pictures to the public at the Musée Grévin in Paris.

Films released in 1892

Pauvre Pierrot

• Le Clown et ses chiens , a lost animated film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud.
• Pauvre Pierrot , an animated film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud.
• Un bon bock , a lost animated film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud.
• Fencing, directed by William K. L. Dickson.
• A Hand Shake, directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson.
• Man on Parallel Bars, directed by William K. L. Dickson.
• Wrestling, directed by William K. L. Dickson.
• Boxing, made by Edison Manufacturing Company.

Births

Mary Pickford.

Month	Date	Name	Country	Profession	Died
January	18	Oliver Hardy	US	Actor	1957
	29	Ernst Lubitsch	Germany	Director, producer, writer, actor	1947
	31	Eddie Cantor	US	Singer, Comedian	1964
February	10	Alan Hale Sr.	US	Actor, director	1950
	27	William Demarest	US	Actor	1983
March	27	Dorrit Weixler	Germany	Actress	1916
April	2	Jack L. Warner	US	Hollywood studio founder	1978
	4	Esther Howard	US	Actress	1965
	8	Mary Pickford	Canada	Actress, Studio founder	1979
	14	Claire Windsor	US	Actress	1972
May	11	Margaret Rutherford	UK	Actress	1972
	13	Frank Rice	US	Actor	1936
	28	Minna Gombell	US	Actress	1973
June	13	Basil Rathbone	South Africa	Actor	1967
July	1	Thomas Mitchell	US	Actor	1962
	10	Slim Summerville	US	Actor	1946
	14	Al Hill	US	Actor	1954
	21	Renée Jeanne Falconetti	France	Actress	1946
	29	William Powell	US	Actor	1984
September	2	Dezső Kertész	Hungary	Actor, director	1965
	9	Tsuru Aoki	Japan	Actress	1961
	21	Olof Ås	Sweden	Actor, stage manager	1949
	28	Ruth Stonehouse	US	Actress, director	1941
October	5	Leyland Hodgson	UK	Actor	1949
	25	Nell Shipman	US	Actress, writer, producer	1970
November	16	Mabel Normand	US	Actress	1930
December	5	Cyril Ring	US	Actor	1967
	24	Ruth Chatterton	US	Actress	1961
	29	Aku Korhonen	Russia	Actor	1960
	30	John Litel	US	Actor	1972
	31	Jason Robards Sr.	US	Actor	1963

External links

Media related to 1892 in film at Wikimedia Commons

• List of 1892 films at IMDb
• List of 1892 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1892 births at IMDb