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

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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

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Pauvre Pierrot

Births

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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
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