1906 in film
The year 1906 in film involved some significant events.
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Image of the 1906 film, The Story of the Kelly Gang.
Events
- December 26 – The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released.[1]
- Carl Laemmle opens one of the first movie theaters in Chicago.[2]
Films released in 1906
- Aladdin, of the Marvelous Lamp (aka Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp[3]), directed by Ferdinand Zecca[4]
- The Automobile Thieves, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
- The Cabby's Dream, directed by Charles Raymond (British)
- The Convict Guardian's Nightmare (French/ Pathe)[5]
- Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, directed by Edwin S. Porter
- Esmeralda, directed by Alice Guy Blanche and Victorin Jasset, based on the Victor Hugo novel Notre Dame de Paris (French)[6]
- The Gans-Nelson Contest
- The Hilarious Poster, directed by Georges Méliès
- Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
- A Lively Quarter-Day, directed by J.H. Martin
- Magic Rose, directed by Segundo de Chomón
- Mephisto's Son, directed by Charles-Lucien Lepine, French
- The Merry Frolics of Satan, directed by Georges Méliès
- The Mysterious Retort, directed by Georges Méliès
- The '?' Motorist, directed by Walter R. Booth
- The Rajah's Casket (French/ Pathe)[7]
- San Francisco: Aftermath Of Earthquake, directed by Robert K. Bonine
- The Scheming Gambler's Paradise, directed by Georges Méliès
- A Spiritualistic Meeting, directed by George Melies
- The Story of the Kelly Gang, directed by Charles Tait. First feature film to tell a story in cinema. (All feature films earlier than this are boxing title matches.)
- Three American Beauties, directed by Edwin S. Porter
- A Trip Down Market Street, directed by the Miles Brothers
- A Visit To Peek Frean and Co's Biscuit Works
- Whitsuntide Fair At Preston, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- A Winter Straw Ride, directed by Edwin S. Porter
- The Witch, directed by George Melies
- The Witch's Cave, directed by Segundo de Chomon (French)[8]
- Solser en Hesse, directed by M.H. Laddé
Births
- January 1 – Manuel Silos, Filipino actor and director (d. 1988)
- January 14 – William Bendix, actor (d. 1964)
- February 5 – John Carradine, actor (d. 1988)
- February 7 – Colette Darfeuil, actress (d. 1998)
- February 10 – Lon Chaney, Jr., actor (d. 1973)
- February 17 – Mary Brian, actress (d. 2002)
- February 21 – Jeanne Aubert, actress, singer (d. 1988)
- February 26 – Madeleine Carroll, actress (d. 1987)
- March 1 – Camilla Spira, actress (d. 1997)
- March 6 – Lou Costello, comedian, actor (d. 1959)
- March 19 – Roy Roberts, actor (d. 1975)
- April 22 – Eddie Albert, actor (d. 2005)
- April 26 – Renate Müller, actress (d. 1937)
- May 1 – Josephine Dunn, actress (d. 1983)
- May 3 – Mary Astor, actress (d. 1987)
- May 8 – Roberto Rossellini, film director (d. 1977)
- May 19 – Bruce Bennett, actor (d. 2007)
- May 21 – Lola Lane, singer, actress (d. 1981)
- May 30 – Lyda Roberti, actress (d. 1938)
- June 4 – Vinton Hayworth, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (d. 1970)
- June 22 – Billy Wilder, director, screenwriter (d. 2002)
- June 26 – Alberto Rabagliati, singer, actor (d. 1974)
- July 3 – George Sanders, actor (d. 1972)
- August 5
- Joan Hickson, actress (d. 1998)
- John Huston, director, actor (d. 1987)
- August 9 – Dorothy Jordan, actress (d. 1988)
- August 29 – Lurene Tuttle, actress (d. 1986)
- August 30 – Joan Blondell, actress (d. 1979)
- September 4 – Dita Parlo, actress (d. 1971)
- September 15 – Jacques Becker, director (d. 1960)
- October 6 – Janet Gaynor, actress (d. 1984)
- November 2 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director (d. 1976)
- November 14 – Louise Brooks, actress (d. 1985)
- December 6 – Onest Conley, actor (d. 1989)
- December 25 – Lew Grade, producer (d. 1998)
- December 27 – Oscar Levant, composer, screenwriter, actor (d. 1972)
- December 30 – Carol Reed, director (d. 1976)
Deaths
- May 23 – Henrik Ibsen, author (born 1828)
- July 18 – Gaynor Rowlands, (lantern actress) (born 1883)
Debuts
- Florence Lawrence – The Automobile Thieves (short)
- Gabrielle Robinne – The Troubadour (short)
References
- Buckmaster, Luke (5 March 2016). "The Story of the Kelly Gang rewatched – the world's first feature-length film". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- "Carl Laemmle | American film producer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 20.
- Kennedy, Philip F.; Warner, Marina (2013). Scheherazade's Children: Global Encounters with the Arabian Nights. NYU Press. p. 402. ISBN 9781479830756.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 20.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 20.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 20.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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