1900 in film

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Years in film:	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Years in television:	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years:	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903

Contents 1 Events 2 Films released in 1900 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Reulos, Goudeau & Co. invent Mirographe, a 21 mm amateur format.
• The Lumiere Brothers premiere their new Lumiere Wide format for the 1900 World Fair. At 75 mm wide, it has held the record for over 100 years as the widest format yet developed.
• Raoul Grimoin-Sanson also creates a sensation at the 1900 World Fair with his multi-projector Cineorama spectacle, which uses ten 70 mm projectors to create a simulated 360-degree balloon ride over Paris. The exhibit is closed before it formally opens, however, due to legitimate health and safety concerns regarding the heat of the combined projectors and the highly flammable nitrate film.
• W.C. Hughes redesigns the 17.5 mm format to have smaller perforations, and releases the format as La Petite.
• Gaumont-Demeny release their own 15 mm amateur format, Pocket Chrono.

[edit] Films released in 1900

• As Seen Through a Telescope
• Grandma's Reading Glass
• Sherlock Holmes Baffled
• The Two Blind Men directed by Georges Méliès

[edit] Births

Month	Day	Name	Profession	Year of death
January	1	Mildred Davis	actress	1969
	2	William Haines	actor	1973
	30	Martita Hunt	actress	1969
February	16	Albert Hackett	screenwriter	1995
	22	Luis Buñuel	screenwriter, director	1983
	26	Jean Negulescu	director	1993
March	3	Edna Best	actress	1974
April	5	Spencer Tracy	actor	1967
July	10	Evelyn Laye	actress	1996
	27	Charles Vidor	director	1959
August	19	Colleen Moore	actress	1988
September	13	Gladys George	actress	1954
October	9	Alistair Sim	actor	1976
	10	Helen Hayes	actress	1993
	15	Fritz Feld	actor	1993
	15	Mervyn LeRoy	director	1987
	17	Jean Arthur	actress	1991
November	5	Natalie Schafer	actress	1991
December	6	Agnes Moorehead	actress	1974
	17	Katina Paxinou	actress	1974

[edit] Deaths