1904 in film

none October 2020 1904 film music radio The year 1904 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events As shown in the film series Westinghouse Works, some filmmakers begin to move away from eye-level filmmaking and use the camera to explore spaces from an angle usually inaccessible to the average person. William Fox purchases his first Nickelodeon. 23 June: Marcus Loew founds the theatre chain, the People's Vaudeville Company, which later was renamed Loews Theatres which was the oldest theatre chain operating in North America when it was merged with AMC Theatres in 2006 Notable films A Audley Range School, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup, directed by Billy Bitzer and A.E. Weed – (US) B The Bewitched Traveller, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon and Cecil HepworthKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 18. – (UK) Blackpool Victoria Pier, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) The Bold Bank Robbery, directed by Jack Frawley – (US) Buy Your Own Cherries, directed by Robert W. Paul – (UK) C The Cook in Trouble (Sorcellerie culinaire), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) D A Day in the Hayfields, directed by Cecil Hepworth – (UK) E An Englishman Trip to Paris from London, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon – (UK) The European Rest Cure, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US) F Faust and Marguerite (Damnation du docteur Faust), directed by Georges Méliès,Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. 978-1936168-68-2. based on the 1859 opera by Charles Gounod – (France) A Fire in a Burlesque Theatre, directed by A.E. Weed – (US) G Girls Taking Time Checks, directed by Billy Bitzer – (US) I The Impossible Voyage (Le Voyage à travers l'impossible), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1882 stage play Journey Through the Impossible by Jules Verne – (France) L The Lost Child, directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr. – (US) M A Miracle Under the Inquisition (Un miracle sous l'inquisition), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) The Mistletoe Bough, directed by Percy Stow – (UK) The Moonshiner, directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr. – (US) O Opening of Drill Hall, Accrington by General Baden-Powell, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK) P Princess Rajah Dance, directed by A.E. Weed – (US) R A Railway Tragedy, produced by the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation – (UK) S The Strike (La Grève), directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (France) The Suburbanite, directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr. – (US) T Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer (Le Thaumaturge chinois), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) Troubles of a Manager of a Burlesque Show, directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr. – (US) W Westinghouse Works, 1904, a collection of 21 short films directed by Billy Bitzer – (US) The Widow and the Only Man, directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr. – (US) The Wonderful Living Fan (Le Merveilleux Éventail vivant), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) Births Month Date Name Country Profession Died January 10 Ray Bolger US Actor, dancer, singer 1987 17 Patsy Ruth Miller US Actress 1995 18 Cary Grant UK Actor 1986 20 Fabia Drake UK Actress 1990 28 Anthony Havelock-Allan UK Producer, screenwriter 2003 February 7 Rocco D'Assunta Italy Actor, comedian, Playwright 1970 10 John Farrow Australia Director, producer, screenwriter 1963 March 1 Glenn Miller US Musician, Actor 1944 3 Mayo Methot US Actress 1951 5 George Meeker US Actor 1984 15 George Brent Ireland Actor 1979 April 3 Iron Eyes Cody US Actor 1999 14 John Gielgud UK Actor 2000 16 Fifi D'Orsay Canada Actress, singer 1983 20 Bruce Cabot US Actor 1972 May 7 Val Lewton Russia Producer, screenwriter 1951 13 Chishū Ryū Japan Actor 1993 17 Jean Gabin France Actor, singer 1976 21 Robert Montgomery US Actor, director, producer 1981 25 Gregorio Fernandez Philippines Actor, director 1978 29 Gregg Toland US Cinematographer 1948 June 1 George Hurrell US Photographer 1992 2 Johnny Weissmuller US Actor, Olympic Swimmer 1984 12 Enid Stamp Taylor UK Actress 1946 17 Ralph Bellamy US Actor 1991 18 Keye Luke China Actor 1991 24 Phil Harris US Actor, comedian, Songwriter, Musician 1995 26 Peter Lorre Slovakia Actor 1964 30 Glenda Farrell US Actress 1971 July 5 Milburn Stone US Actor 1980 10 Lili Damita France Actress, singer 1994 August 13 Charles "Buddy" Rogers US Actor, Musician 1999 24 Alice White US Actress 1983 September 1 Johnny Mack Brown US Actor 1974 2 Joan Henley Ireland Actress 1986 13 Gladys George US Actress 1954 29 Greer Garson UK Actress, singer 1996 29 Michał Waszyński Poland Director 1965 October 20 Anna Neagle UK Actress, singer, dancer 1986 22 Constance Bennett US Actress, producer 1965 29 Perc Westmore UK Make-Up Artist 1970 November 1 Laura La Plante US Actress 1996 11 Andrzej Bogucki Poland Actor, singer, Songwriter 1978 14 Dick Powell US Actor, Musician, Producer, Director, Studio Head 1963 25 Jessie Royce Landis US Actress 1972 December 6 Elissa Landi Italy Actress 1948 7 Clarence Nash US Voice Actor 1985 Deaths May 8 – Eadweard Muybridge, cinematographer (born 1830) July 15 – Anton Chekhov, writer (born 1860) September 22 – Wilson Barrett, actor, writer (born 1846) References External links List of 1904 films at IMDb List of 1904 deaths at IMDb List of 1904 births at IMDb Category:Film by year