1892 color animated film #history #facts
In 1892, French inventor and artist Charles-Émile Reynaud premiered a series of three color animated films under the collective title of "Pantomimes Lumineuses" (Luminous Pantomimes). These were the first public exhibitions of projected animated moving pictures.
The three films were:
Pauvre Pierrot (Poor Pierrot): The most well-known of the three, and the only one of which parts still survive today. It tells a simple story of a love triangle between Pierrot, Colombine, and Harlequin.
Un bon bock (A Good Beer): This film is considered lost, as Reynaud later destroyed most of his work.
Le Clown et ses chiens (The Clown and His Dogs): This film is also considered lost.
These animations were created using Reynaud's invention, the Théâtre Optique (Optical Theatre). He hand-painted each image on a transparent strip of gelatin, which was then projected onto a screen. Each film originally contained hundreds of hand-painted images and ran for about 15 minutes, with Reynaud himself manipulating the images during the performance. The shows were a major success and ran for several years at the Musée Grévin in Paris.
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