1895 in film

Events

\n* March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening). \n*Gaumont Pictures founded by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont.\n*In France, brothers named Auguste and Louis Lumière, designed and built a lightweight, hand-held motion picture camera called the Cinématographe. The Lumière brothers discovered that their machine could also be used to project images onto a large screen. The Lumière brothers created several short films at this time that are considered to be pivotal in the history of motion pictures. \n* September or October - C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat demonstrate their Phantoscope, a motion picture projector, in Atlanta, Georgia.\n*November - In Germany, Emil and Max Skladanowsky develop their own film projector.\n* December 28 - The Lumière brothers have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe Boulevard des Capucines -- this date is sometimes considered the debut of the motion picture as an entertainment medium.

Births

• January 20 - George Burns\n* February 8 - King Vidor\n* March 17 - Shemp Howard\n* May 6 - Rudolph Valentino\n* October 2 - Bud Abbott\n* October 4 - Buster Keaton\n* October 21 - Edna Purviance