1892 in film

Years in film
1870s
1880s 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s 2020

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.
• 18 October - Théâtre Optique event opens, showing projected motion pictures to the public at the Musée Grévin in Paris.

Films released in 1892

• Le Clown et ses chiens, a lost film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud
• Pauvre Pierrot, directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud
• Un bon bock, a lost film directed by Charles-Émile Reynaud

Births

• January 18 - Oliver Hardy, American comic actor (died 1957)
• January 31 - Eddie Cantor, American singer and comedian (died 1964)
• March 27 - Dorrit Weixler, German actress (died 1916)
• April 2 - Jack L. Warner, American Hollywood studio founder (died 1978)
• April 8 - Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American actress, studio founder (died 1979)
• April 14 - Claire Windsor, American actress (died 1972)
• June 13 - Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor (died 1967)
• July 1 - Thomas Mitchell, American actor (died 1962)
• July 10 - Slim Summerville, American actor (died 1946)
• July 21 - Renée Jeanne Falconetti, French actress (died 1946)
• July 29 - William Powell, American actor (died 1984)
• September 2 - Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director (died 1965)
• September 9 - Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (died 1961)
• September 21 - Olof Ås, Swedish actor, stage manager (died 1949)
• September 28 - Ruth Stonehouse, American actress, film director (died 1941)
• October 25 - Nell Shipman, American actress, writer, producer (died 1970)
• November 16 - Mabel Normand, American actress (died 1930)
• December 24 - Ruth Chatterton, American actress (died 1961)
• December 29 - Aku Korhonen, Finnish actor (d. 1960)

External links

Media related to 1892 in film at Wikimedia Commons

• 1892 at the Internet Movie Database