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The following is an overview of the events of 1897 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.

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Events

  • 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.
  • June 20: Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession filmed.
  • Mitchell and Kenyon go into a film-making partnership.
  • Enoch Rector develops a 63 mm film format called Veriscope, which films the Corbett-Fitzsimmons championship match.
  • 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, directed by Georges Méliès.
  • Buffalo Police on Parade, produced by Edison Studios.
  • 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.
  • The Haverstraw Tunnel
  • Horses Loading for Klondike, directed by James H. White.
  • Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde, directed by Peter Elfelt; the first Danish movie sequence ever filmed.
  • The Last Cartridges directed by Georges Méliès.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.
  • 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.
  • The X-Rays, directed by George Albert Smith. Cited as one of the first examples of special effects by jump cut.

    • Births

  • January 3
  • Marion Davies, American actress (died 1961)
  • Pola Negri, Polish-American actress (died 1987)
  • January 10 - Lya De Putti, Hungarian actress (died 1931)
  • February 10 - Judith Anderson, Australian actress (died 1992)
  • February 12 - Vola Vale, American actress (died 1970)
  • February 19 - Alma Rubens, American actress (died 1931)
  • March 16 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (died 1970)
  • March 19 - Betty Compson, American actress (died 1974)
  • June 16 - Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (died 1948)
  • June 19 - Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (died 1975)
  • June 23 - Alexandru Giugaru, Romanian actor (died 1986)
  • July 10 – John Gilbert, American actor (died 1936)
  • August 31 - Fredric March, American actor (died 1975)
  • October 6 - Francine Mussey, French actress (died 1933)
  • October 28 - Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981)
  • September 23 - Walter Pidgeon, American actor (died 1984)
  • November 13 - Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (died 1975)
  • November 25 - Ruth Etting, American actress, singer (died 1978)

    • Debut

  • Marshall P. Wilder

    • References

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