Is the problem here with the release date field dropdown going to be fixed, so it can accept film release dates from the 1890s again?

Hi, this is still an ongoing problem and it has been over 4 months now.
Any hope at all of getting this sorted out? Others are noticing this too now, comments are being made about this problem by people at British Film Institute silent film screenings.

@travisbell

This can be fixed by passing a min value to kendoDatePicker (default is new Date(1900, 0, 1)):

function checkDateEditor(container, options) {
  $(...).appendTo(container).kendoDatePicker({ min: new Date(1800, 0, 1) });
}

Yes, if this bug could be fixed, that would be amazing. I think I started noticing this issue in December.

Not only new pages for pre-1900 films can't be added, but I believe it also causes issues on the existing pages for classic early films. As an example, if you go to the profile of one of the Lumière brothers, Laveuses appears at the top without a date as unreleased. However, if you go to the page of Laveuses, the 1896 French release can be seen at the top, and also in the Release Dates section.

Many of these old classic films have been screened in other countries (as parts of retrospectives etc now, and also originally, closer to their release). I'm afraid adding these details (or notes to the release dates already present) might remove the original release date. For example, if I wanted to add a note to the existing release dates in the US, Mexico, or (South) Korea for The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, I'm afraid the release date will disappear, as you can see when clicking on edit next to the release.

Hopefully the solution suggested by @rqphqel above could help solve this issue before more existing release dates go missing.