The year 1904 in film involved some significant events.
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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
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.
* 23 June:
Marcus Loew
Marcus Loew ( ; May 7, 1870 – September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loew's Theatres and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio (MGM).
Life and career
Loew was born in New York ...
founds the theatre chain, the People's Vaudeville Company, which later was renamed
Loews Theatres Loews may refer to:
* Loews Cineplex Entertainment, formerly Loews Incorporated, a defunct North American cinema chain which formerly owned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
**''United States v. Loew's Inc.'', a United States Supreme Court case involving Loews
...
which was the oldest theatre chain operating in North America when it was merged with
AMC Theatres
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (doing business as AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC) is an American movie theater chain founded in Kansas City, Missouri, and now headquartered ...
in 2006
Notable films released in 1904
A
* ''Audley Range School, Blackburn'', produced by
Mitchell and Kenyon
The Mitchell & Kenyon film company was a pioneer of early commercial motion pictures based in Blackburn in Lancashire, England, at the start of the 20th century. They were originally best known for minor contributions to early fictional narrative ...
– (
GB)
* ''Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup'', directed by
Billy Bitzer
Gottfried Wilhelm Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was an American cinematographer, notable for his close association and pioneering work with D. W. Griffith.
Biography
Prior to his career as a cameraman, working as a motion picture p ...
and A.E. Weed – (
US)
B
* ''The Bewitched Traveller'', directed by
Lewin Fitzhamon and
Cecil Hepworth
Cecil Milton Hepworth (19 March 1874 – 9 February 1953) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the Cinema of the United Kingdom, British film industry and continued making films ...
– (
GB)
* ''Blackpool Victoria Pier'', produced by
Mitchell and Kenyon
The Mitchell & Kenyon film company was a pioneer of early commercial motion pictures based in Blackburn in Lancashire, England, at the start of the 20th century. They were originally best known for minor contributions to early fictional narrative ...
– (
GB)
* ''
The Bold Bank Robbery'', directed by Jack Frawley – (
US)
* ''Buy Your Own Cherries'', directed by
Robert W. Paul
Robert William Paul (3 October 1869 – 28 March 1943) was an English pioneer of film and scientific instrument maker.
He made narrative films as early as April 1895, which were shown first in Edison Kinetoscope knockoffs. In 1896 he showe ...
– (
GB)
C
* ''
The Cook in Trouble (Sorcellerie culinaire)'', directed by
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magic (illusion), magician, toymaker, actor, and filmmaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of film, cinema, primarily in th ...
– (
France
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)
D
* ''
A Day in the Hayfields'', directed by
Cecil Hepworth
Cecil Milton Hepworth (19 March 1874 – 9 February 1953) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the Cinema of the United Kingdom, British film industry and continued making films ...
– (
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
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magic (illusion), magician, toymaker, actor, and filmmaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of film, cinema, primarily in th ...
,
[Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. .] based on the
1859 opera by
Charles Gounod
Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...
– (
France
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)
* ''A Fire in a Burlesque Theatre'', directed by A.E. Weed – (
US)
G
* ''
Girls Taking Time Checks'', directed by
Billy Bitzer
Gottfried Wilhelm Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was an American cinematographer, notable for his close association and pioneering work with D. W. Griffith.
Biography
Prior to his career as a cameraman, working as a motion picture p ...
– (
US)
I
* ''
The Impossible Voyage
''The Impossible Voyage'' (), also known as ''An Impossible Voyage'' and ''Whirling the Worlds'', is a 1904 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired by Jules Verne's and Adolphe d'Ennery's 1882 play '' Journey Through th ...
(Le Voyage à travers l'impossible)'', directed by
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magic (illusion), magician, toymaker, actor, and filmmaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of film, cinema, primarily in th ...
, based on the 1882 stage play ''
Journey Through the Impossible'' by
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright.
His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
– (
France
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)
L
* ''
The Lost Child'', directed by
Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
Wallace McCutcheon Sr. (New York City, 1858 or 1862 – Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1918) was a pioneer cinematographer and director in the early American motion picture industry, working with the American Mutoscope & Biograph, Edison and Ameri ...
– (
US)
M
* ''
A Miracle Under the Inquisition
''Un miracle sous l'inquisition'', sold in the United States as ''A Miracle Under the Inquisition'' and in Britain as ''A Miracle of the Inquisition'', is a 1904 French silent film, silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's ...
(Un miracle sous l'inquisition)'', directed by
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magic (illusion), magician, toymaker, actor, and filmmaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of film, cinema, primarily in th ...
– (
France
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)
* ''The Mistletoe Bough'', directed by Percy Stow – (
GB)
* ''The Moonshiner (1904 film), The Moonshiner'', directed by
Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
Wallace McCutcheon Sr. (New York City, 1858 or 1862 – Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1918) was a pioneer cinematographer and director in the early American motion picture industry, working with the American Mutoscope & Biograph, Edison and Ameri ...
– (
US)
O
* ''Opening of Drill Hall, Accrington by General Baden-Powell'', produced by
Mitchell and Kenyon
The Mitchell & Kenyon film company was a pioneer of early commercial motion pictures based in Blackburn in Lancashire, England, at the start of the 20th century. They were originally best known for minor contributions to early fictional narrative ...
– (
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 (1904 film), The Strike (La Grève)'', directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (
France
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)
* ''The Suburbanite'', directed by
Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
Wallace McCutcheon Sr. (New York City, 1858 or 1862 – Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1918) was a pioneer cinematographer and director in the early American motion picture industry, working with the American Mutoscope & Biograph, Edison and Ameri ...
– (
US)
T
* ''Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer (Le Thaumaturge chinois)'', directed by
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magic (illusion), magician, toymaker, actor, and filmmaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of film, cinema, primarily in th ...
– (
France
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)
* ''Troubles of a Manager of a Burlesque Show'', directed by
Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
Wallace McCutcheon Sr. (New York City, 1858 or 1862 – Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1918) was a pioneer cinematographer and director in the early American motion picture industry, working with the American Mutoscope & Biograph, Edison and Ameri ...
– (
US)
W
* ''Westinghouse Works, 1904'', a collection of 21 short films directed by
Billy Bitzer
Gottfried Wilhelm Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was an American cinematographer, notable for his close association and pioneering work with D. W. Griffith.
Biography
Prior to his career as a cameraman, working as a motion picture p ...
– (
US)
* ''The Widow and the Only Man'', directed by
Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
Wallace McCutcheon Sr. (New York City, 1858 or 1862 – Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1918) was a pioneer cinematographer and director in the early American motion picture industry, working with the American Mutoscope & Biograph, Edison and Ameri ...
– (
US)
* ''The Wonderful Living Fan (Le Merveilleux Éventail vivant)'', directed by
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magic (illusion), magician, toymaker, actor, and filmmaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of film, cinema, primarily in th ...
– (
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
)
Births
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 filmsat IMDb
List of 1904 deathsat IMDb
List of 1904 birthsat IMDb
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