American films of the 1890s
Cinema of the United States |
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1890s |
1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
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A list of the earliest American films released in the 1890s.
1890s
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1890 | ||||||
Monkeyshines, No. 1 | William K.L. Dickson William Heise |
First ever American film: contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890 | ||||
1891 | ||||||
Dickson Greeting | William Dickson | |||||
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1893 | ||||||
Blacksmith Scene | William K.L. Dickson | First Kinetoscope film shown in public exhibition | ||||
1894 | ||||||
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1896 | ||||||
McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio | William McKinley, Ida Saxton McKinley, George Cortelyou | |||||
1897 | ||||||
The Bewitched Inn | ||||||
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1899 | ||||||
Love and War | ||||||
The Dreyfus Affair | ||||||
Cinderella | ||||||