1904 in film

The year 1904 in film involved some significant events.

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 released in 1904

A

• Audley Range School, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
• 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 Hepworth ^[1] – (GB)
• Blackpool Victoria Pier, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
• The Bold Bank Robbery , directed by Jack Frawley – (US)
• Buy Your Own Cherries, directed by Robert W. Paul – (GB)

C

• The Cook in Trouble (Sorcellerie culinaire), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)

D

• A Day in the Hayfields , directed by Cecil Hepworth – (GB)

E

• An Englishman Trip to Paris from London , directed by Lewin Fitzhamon – (GB)
• The European Rest Cure , directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)

F

• Faust and Marguerite (Damnation du docteur Faust), directed by Georges Méliès, ^[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 – (GB)
• The Moonshiner , directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr. – (US)

O

• Opening of Drill Hall, Accrington by General Baden-Powell, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)

P

• Princess Rajah Dance, directed by A.E. Weed – (US)

R

• A Railway Tragedy , produced by the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation – (GB)

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

1. Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN   0-7864-0036-6. Page 18.
2. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.

External links

• List of 1904 films at IMDb
• List of 1904 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1904 births at IMDb