1906 in film

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Image of the 1906 film, The Story of the Kelly Gang.

The year 1906 in film involved some significant events.

Events[]

• December 26 – The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released.^[1]
• Carl Laemmle opens one of the first movie theaters in Chicago.^[2]

Films released in 1906[]

• Aladdin, of the Marvelous Lamp (aka Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp^[3]), directed by Ferdinand Zecca^[4]
• The Automobile Thieves, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
• The Cabby's Dream, directed by Charles Raymond (British)
• The Convict Guardian's Nightmare (French/ Pathe)^[5]
• Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, directed by Edwin S. Porter
• Esmeralda, directed by Alice Guy Blanche and Victorin Jasset, based on the Victor Hugo novel Notre Dame de Paris (French)^[6]
• The Gans-Nelson Contest
• The Hilarious Poster, directed by Georges Méliès
• Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
• A Lively Quarter-Day, directed by
• Magic Rose, directed by Segundo de Chomón
• Mephisto's Son, directed by Charles-Lucien Lepine, French
• The Merry Frolics of Satan, directed by Georges Méliès
• The Mysterious Retort, directed by Georges Méliès
• The '?' Motorist, directed by Walter R. Booth
• The Rajah's Casket (French/ Pathe)^[7]
• San Francisco: Aftermath Of Earthquake, directed by Robert K. Bonine
• The Scheming Gambler's Paradise, directed by Georges Méliès
• A Spiritualistic Meeting, directed by George Melies
• The Story of the Kelly Gang, directed by Charles Tait. First feature film to tell a story in cinema. (All feature films earlier than this are boxing title matches.)
• Three American Beauties, directed by Edwin S. Porter
• A Trip Down Market Street, directed by the Miles Brothers
• A Visit To Peek Frean and Co's Biscuit Works
• Whitsuntide Fair At Preston, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
• A Winter Straw Ride, directed by Edwin S. Porter
• The Witch, directed by George Melies
• The Witch's Cave, directed by Segundo de Chomon (French)^[8]
• Solser en Hesse, directed by M.H. Laddé

Births[]

• January 1 – Manuel Silos, Filipino actor and director (d. 1988)
• January 14 – William Bendix, actor (d. 1964)
• February 5 – John Carradine, actor (d. 1988)
• February 7 – Colette Darfeuil, actress (d. 1998)
• February 10 – Lon Chaney, Jr., actor (d. 1973)
• February 17 – Mary Brian, actress (d. 2002)
• February 21 – Jeanne Aubert, actress, singer (d. 1988)
• February 26 – Madeleine Carroll, actress (d. 1987)
• March 1 – Camilla Spira, actress (d. 1997)
• March 6 – Lou Costello, comedian, actor (d. 1959)
• March 19 – Roy Roberts, actor (d. 1975)
• April 22 – Eddie Albert, actor (d. 2005)
• April 26 – Renate Müller, actress (d. 1937)
• May 1 – Josephine Dunn, actress (d. 1983)
• May 3 – Mary Astor, actress (d. 1987)
• May 8 – Roberto Rossellini, film director (d. 1977)
• May 19 – Bruce Bennett, actor (d. 2007)
• May 21 – Lola Lane, singer, actress (d. 1981)
• May 30 – Lyda Roberti, actress (d. 1938)
• June 4 – Vinton Hayworth, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (d. 1970)
• June 22 – Billy Wilder, director, screenwriter (d. 2002)
• June 26 – Alberto Rabagliati, singer, actor (d. 1974)
• July 3 – George Sanders, actor (d. 1972)
• August 5
  • Joan Hickson, actress (d. 1998)
  • John Huston, director, actor (d. 1987)
• August 9 – Dorothy Jordan, actress (d. 1988)
• August 29 – Lurene Tuttle, actress (d. 1986)
• August 30 – Joan Blondell, actress (d. 1979)
• September 4 – Dita Parlo, actress (d. 1971)
• September 15 – Jacques Becker, director (d. 1960)
• October 6 – Janet Gaynor, actress (d. 1984)
• November 2 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director (d. 1976)
• November 14 – Louise Brooks, actress (d. 1985)
• December 6 – Onest Conley, actor (d. 1989)
• December 25 – Lew Grade, producer (d. 1998)
• December 27 – Oscar Levant, composer, screenwriter, actor (d. 1972)
• December 30 – Carol Reed, director (d. 1976)

Deaths[]

• May 23 – Henrik Ibsen, author (born 1828)
• July 18 – Gaynor Rowlands, (lantern actress) (born 1883)

Debuts[]

• Florence Lawrence – The Automobile Thieves (short)
• Gabrielle Robinne – The Troubadour (short)

References[]

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