1906 in film

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The year 1906 in film involved some significant events.

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

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, directed by Ferdinand Zecca[3]
The Automobile Thieves, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, directed by Edwin S. Porter
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 J.H. Martin
Magic Rose, directed by Segundo de Chomón
The Merry Frolics of Satan, directed by Georges Méliès
The Mysterious Retort, directed by Georges Méliès
The '?' Motorist, directed by Walter R. Booth
San Francisco: Aftermath Of Earthquake, directed by Robert K. Bonine
The Scheming Gambler's Paradise, directed by Georges Méliès
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
Solser en Hesse, directed by M.H. Laddé

Births

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

Buckmaster, Luke (5 March 2016). "The Story of the Kelly Gang rewatched – the world's first feature-length film". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
"Carl Laemmle | American film producer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
Kennedy, Philip F.; Warner, Marina (2013). Scheherazade's Children: Global Encounters with the Arabian Nights. NYU Press. p. 402. ISBN 9781479830756.

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[1] Buckmaster, Luke (5 March 2016). "The Story of the Kelly Gang rewatched – the world's first feature-length film". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

[2] "Carl Laemmle | American film producer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

[3] Kennedy, Philip F.; Warner, Marina (2013). Scheherazade's Children: Global Encounters with the Arabian Nights. NYU Press. p. 402. ISBN 9781479830756.