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The year 1905 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- The Manaki brothers make the first motion picture in the Balkans, The Weavers.
- Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine.
- Filmmaking takes an unexpected historical role by recording activities along Market Street, in the year preceding the destruction from the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (footage in the modern film Trip Down Market Street 1905/2005).
- Aleksandr Khanzhonkov begins filming his first documentaries.
- The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach, the oldest surviving Dutch fictional film is released by Alberts Frères. Later to be included in the canon of Dutch cinema as released by the Netherlands Film Festival.
- June 19 – John P. Harris and his brother Harry in Pittsburgh open the first theater in the U.S. devoted exclusively to the exhibition of motion pictures.
- December 16 – Variety, an entertainment trade newspaper that would later cover the film industry, is published for the first time in New York City.
Films released in 1905
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- 2 A.M. in the Subway, directed by Billy Bitzer – (US)
A
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (lost), directed by J. Stuart Blackton, based on the 1890 novel The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle – (US)
- An Adventurous Automobile Trip (Le Raid Paris–Monte Carlo en deux heures), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
- Airy Fairy Lillian Tries on Her New Corsets, directed by Frank Marion and Wallace McCutcheon Sr. – (US)
- Automobile Races at Ormond, Fla., produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company – (US)
B
- Baby's Toilet, directed by Cecil Hepworth – (GB)
- The Black Imp (Le Diable noir), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
- Boarding School Girls, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)
C
- Le Cake-walk du Nouveau Cirque, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché – (France)
- La charité du prestidigitateur (The Magician's Alms), directed by Alice Guy-Blaché – (France)
- Chien jouant à la balle (Clown, Dog and Balloon), directed by Alice Guy-Blaché – (France)
- Le coq dressé de Cook et Rilly (Cook & Rilly's Trained Rooster), directed by Alice Guy-Blaché – (France)
D
- Dingjun Mountain (lost), directed by Ren Qingtai – (China)
E
- Esmeralda, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché and Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset – (France)
- Espagne, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché – (France)
F
- Five O'Clock Tea, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché – (France)
H
- Halifax Catholic Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (GB)
- Los héroes del sitio de Zaragoza (The Heroes of the Siege of Saragossa), directed by Segundo de Chomón – (Spain)
I
- In the Swimming Pool, Palm Beach, Florida, directed by G. W. Bitzer, a silent short actuality/documentary film
- The Infernal Cave (L'antre infernale), directed by Gaston Velle – (France)
- The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship, directed by Georges Méliès
J
- Jeune homme et le trottin, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
K
- Le képi, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- The Kleptomaniac, directed by Edwin S. Porter
L
- Lilas blanc, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- The Little Train Robbery, directed by Edwin S. Porter, a parodic sequel to the 1903 film The Great Train Robbery with an all-child cast, released on September 1, 1905.[1] Both were directed by Edwin S. Porter.
- The Living Playing Cards, directed by Georges Méliès
- Le lorgnon accusateur, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
M
- Les maçons, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- La malagueña et le torero, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- La mattchiche, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- The Miller's Daughter, directed by Edwin S. Porter, is a 1905 American silent film produced by Edison Manufacturing Company. Edison employees Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter are generally credited as directors.[2] The film is based on the melodrama Hazel Kirke by Steele MacKaye.
- The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach (Template:Lang-nl) is an early Dutch silent film directed by Willy Mullens, and produced by Alberts Frères. A six-minute short comedy film (really a slapstick)
- Miss Helyett: Air du portrait, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
N
- The Night Before Christmas, directed by Edwin S. Porter, starring Harry Eytinge
- The Nihilist is an American short silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
- Une noce au lac Saint-Fargeau, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
O
- On est poivrot, mais on a du coeur, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- The Other Side Of The Hedge,directed by Lewin Fitzhamon
- Our New Errand Boy a British short silent comedy film, directed by James Williamson
P
- La paimpolaise, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- The Palace of the Arabian Nights, directed by Georges Méliès
- Le pantalon coupé, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Le pavé, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Peintre et ivrogne, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Le petit Grégoire, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Le petit panier, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Le plateau, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Polin, l'anatomie du conscrit, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- La polka des trottins, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Au poulailler!, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- La Presa di Roma, directed by Filoteo Alberini; possibly the first Italian short film
- Les p'tits pois, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
R
- Rescued by Rover, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon and Cecil Hepworth, starring Cecil Hepworth, Margaret Hepworth (his wife), Barbara Hepworth (their baby daughter), and Blair (their dog)
- La Revolution en Russie, directed by Ferdinand Zecca
- Rip's Dream, directed by Georges Méliès
- Le rire du nègre, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Robert Macaire et Bertrand, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Roméo pris au piège, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
S
- The Seven Ages (film), directed by Edwin S. Porter
- Si ça t'va, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Special March Past of St. Joseph's Scholars and Special Parade of St. Matthew's Pupils, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- La statue, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
T
- Le tango, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- The Thirteen Club, produced by American Mutoscope[3]
- A Trip to Salt Lake City directed by G. W. Bitzer, the first known narrative film treatment of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Trip to the Center of the Moon (Viaggio al centro della luna), starring Mario Caserini (Italian)[4]
- Le trou de mon quai, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
U
- Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus, directed by Georges Méliès[5]
- The Unfortunate Policeman a British short silent comedy film produced by Robert W. Paul
V
- V'la le rétameur, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Valsons , directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- La valise enchantée, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Viens, poupoule, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Villa dévalisée, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
- Le vrai jiu-jitsu, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
W
- The Weavers, directed by the Manaki brothers; most likely the first film shot in the (then-Ottoman) Balkans
- The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog, directed by Edwin S. Porter
Births
| Month | Date | Name | Country | Profession | Died | |
| January | 3 | Anna May Wong | US | Actress | 1961 | |
| 12 | Tex Ritter | US | Actor, Singer | 1974 | ||
| 13 | Kay Francis | US | Actress | 1968 | ||
| 15 | Sterling Holloway | US | Actor | 1992 | ||
| 17 | Grant Withers | US | Actor | 1959 | ||
| 18 | Chick Chandler | US | Actor | 1988 | ||
| 26 | Charles Lane | US | Actor | 2007 | ||
| February | 21 | Henry Mollison | UK | Actor | 1985 | |
| 27 | Franchot Tone | US | Actor, Producer, Director | 1968 | ||
| March | 10 | Richard Haydn | UK | Actor | 1985 | |
| 17 | Lillian Yarbo | US | Actress | 1996[6][7] | ||
| 18 | Robert Donat | UK | Actor | 1958 | ||
| 23 | Joan Crawford | US | Actress | 1977 | ||
| April | 8 | Ilka Chase | US | Actress | 1978 | |
| 17 | Arthur Lake | US | Actor | 1987 | ||
| May | 1 | Leila Hyams | US | Actress, Model | 1977 | |
| 15 | Joseph Cotten | US | Actor | 1994 | ||
| 16 | Henry Fonda | US | Actor | 1982 | ||
| June | 19 | Mildred Natwick | US | Actress | 1994 | |
| July | 17 | William Gargan | US | Actor | 1979 | |
| 29 | Clara Bow | US | Actress | 1965 | ||
| August | 2 | Myrna Loy | US | Actress | 1993 | |
| 2 | Ruth Nelson | US | Actress | 1992[8] | ||
| September | 5 | Meta Luts | Estonia | Actress | 1958 | |
| 18 | Greta Garbo | Sweden | Actress | 1990 | ||
| 21 | Marguerite Roberts | US | Screenwriter | 1989 | ||
| 30 | Michael Latham Powell | UK | Filmmaker | 1990 | ||
| October | 7 | Andy Devine | US | Actor | 1977 | |
| 10 | Aksella Luts | Estonia | Actress, Screenwriter, Dancer, Choreographer, Editor | 2007 | ||
| November | 5 | Joel McCrea | US | Actor | 1990 | |
| 17 | Mischa Auer | Russia | Actor | 1967 | ||
| 27 | Astrid Allwyn | US | Actress | 1978 | ||
| December | 5 | Otto Preminger | Austria-Hungary | Director, Producer, Actor | 1986 | |
| 11 | Gilbert Roland | Mexico | Actor | 1994 | ||
| 24 | Howard Hughes | US | Director, Producer, Editor | 1976 |
Deaths
- March 24 – Jules Verne, famous novelist of fantasy stories and science-fiction, (born 1828)
- March 25 – Maurice Barrymore, Barrymore family patriarch (born 1849)
- April 23 – Joseph Jefferson, Rip Van Winkle (1896 film) (born 1829)
- October 13 – Henry Irving, English Shakespearean actor and stage manager, who at one time was Bram Stoker's employer, (born 1838)
Debuts
- Arthur Johnson – The White Caps (short)
- Max Linder – First Night Out (short)
- Paul Panzer – Stolen by Gypsies (short)
External links
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- 1905 in film playlist on YouTube
References
- ^ [1], Original release date.
- ^ Niver, Kemp (1967). Motion Pictures From The Library of Congress Paper Print Collection 1894-1912. University of California Press, ISBN 978-0520009479
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Smallwood, Bill (March 16, 1947). "Delightful Side". Los Angeles Sentinel. p. 17. ProQuest 562108876.
Billye [sic] Yarbo and Nat Cole both birthday on the 17th.
- ^ 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00416; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 60-362
- ^ "Ruth Nelson". IBDb. Retrieved November 1, 2022.