1904 in film

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Years in film
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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

Films released in 1904[]

• , produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
• , cinematography by G.W. Bitzer and
• The Bewitched Traveller produced by Cecil Hepworth (British)^[1]
• , produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
• The Bold Bank Robbery, directed by
• , directed by Alf Collins
• , produced by Robert W. Paul
• , directed by Alf Collins
• , directed by Georges Méliès
• , directed by Georges Méliès
• , directed by Cecil Hepworth
• Faust, directed by George Melies ^[2]
• Faust and Marguerite, directed by George Melies ^[3]
• , cinematography by A.E. Weed
• Girls Taking Time Checks, Westinghouse Works, filmed by, Billy Bitzer
• The Impossible Voyage, directed by Georges Méliès
• , directed by Georges Méliès
• A Miracle Under the Inquisition, directed by George Melies
• The Mistletoe Bough, directed by Percy Stow (British)
• by General Baden-Powell, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
• , cinematography by A.E. Weed
• A Railway Tragedy
• The Terrible Turkish Executioner, directed by George Melies ^[4]
• , produced by Frank Marion and Wallace McCutcheon
• Westinghouse Works (21 Short Films), filmed by, Billy Bitzer

Births[]

Deaths[]

• May 8 – Eadweard Muybridge, cinematographer (born 1830)
• July 15 – Anton Chekhov, writer (born 1860)
• September 22 – Wilson Barrett, actor, writer (born 1846)

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