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| 5/3 - | Raoul Grimoin-Sanson patents his Phototachygraphe combined camera and projector. [MORE] | |||
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| 4/4 - | Georges Melies gives his first film show at the Theatre Robert-Houdin in Paris. [MORE] | |||
| 4/4 - | Auguste Blaise-Baron and Fréderic Bureau receive a patent for a sound and image synchronisation system inspired by Edison’s Kinetophone. [MORE] | |||
| 28/4 - | Pierre-Victor Continsouza and Rene Bunzli receive a patent for their Maltese Cross system. [MORE] | |||
| 2/9 - | Georges Melies patents the Kinetographe camera-projector. [MORE] | |||
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| 28/9 - | Charles and Emile Pathé form the Société Pathé Frères with capital of 40,000 francs. [MORE] | |||
| 21/10 - | Eugene Pirou screens Le Coucher de la Mari, possibly the first porn movie. [MORE] | |||
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| Oct - | Georges Melies makes Escamotage d’une Dame au Theatre Robert-Houdin (The Vanishing Lady), the first of his trick films. [MORE] | |||
| 20/12 - | Georges Melies introduces the Star Films trademark. [MORE] | |||
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| – Alice Guy makes La Fee Aux Chou (The Cabbage Fairy) for Leon Gaumont. [MORE] |
