1904 in film
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
Films released in 1904
- Audley Range School, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Automobile Race For The Vanderbilt Cup, cinematography by G.W. Bitzer and A.E. Weed
- The Bewitched Traveller produced by Cecil Hepworth (British)[1]
- Blackpool Victoria Pier, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- The Bold Bank Robbery, directed by Jack Frawley
- Behind the Scenes, directed by Alf Collins
- Buy Your Own Cherries, produced by Robert W. Paul
- Chased by Dogs, directed by Alf Collins
- Tchin-Chao the Chinese Conjuror, directed by Georges Méliès
- Clowns
- The Cook In Trouble, directed by Georges Méliès
- A Day in the Hayfields, directed by Cecil Hepworth
- An Englishman Trip to Paris from London, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon
- The European Rest Cure, directed by Edwin S. Porter
- Faust, directed by George Melies [2]
- Faust and Marguerite, directed by George Melies [3]
- A Fire In A Burlesque Theatre, cinematography by A.E. Weed
- Girls Taking Time Checks, Westinghouse Works, filmed by, Billy Bitzer
- The Impossible Voyage, directed by Georges Méliès
- The Lost Child (1904 film), directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
- The Marvelous Living Fan, directed by Georges Méliès
- A Miracle Under the Inquisition, directed by George Melies
- The Mistletoe Bough, directed by Percy Stow (British)
- The Moonshiner, directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
- Opening Of The Drill Hall In Accrington by General Baden-Powell, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- Princess Rajah Dance, cinematography by A.E. Weed
- A Railway Tragedy
- The Strike (1904 film), French film ("La Grève"), directed by Ferdinand Zecca
- The Suburbanite, directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
- The Terrible Turkish Executioner, directed by George Melies [4]
- Troubles Of A Manager Of A Burlesque Show, produced by Frank Marion and Wallace McCutcheon
- Westinghouse Works (21 Short Films), filmed by, Billy Bitzer
- The Widow and the Only Man, directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
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
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 18.
- Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6. Page 18.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- "Ray Bolger [biography]". Library Of Congress.
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