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
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Births
Month |
Date |
Name |
Country |
Profession |
Died |
|
January
|
10 |
Ray Bolger |
US |
Actor, Dancer, Singer |
1987 |
|
17 |
Patsy Ruth Miller |
US |
Actress |
1995 |
|
18 |
Cary Grant |
UK |
Actor |
1986 |
|
20 |
Fabia Drake |
UK |
Actress |
1990 |
|
28 |
Anthony Havelock-Allan |
UK |
Producer, Screenwriter |
2003 |
|
February
|
7 |
Rocco D'Assunta |
Italy |
Actor, Comedian, Playwright |
1970 |
|
10 |
John Farrow |
Australia |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1963 |
|
March
|
1 |
Glenn Miller |
US |
Musician, Actor |
1944 |
|
3 |
Mayo Methot |
US |
Actress |
1951 |
|
5 |
George Meeker |
US |
Actor |
1984 |
|
15 |
George Brent |
Ireland |
Actor |
1979 |
|
April
|
3 |
Iron Eyes Cody |
US |
Actor |
1999 |
|
14 |
John Gielgud |
UK |
Actor |
2000 |
|
16 |
Fifi D'Orsay |
Canada |
Actress, Singer |
1983 |
|
20 |
Bruce Cabot |
US |
Actor |
1972 |
|
May
|
7 |
Val Lewton |
Russia |
Producer, Screenwriter |
1951 |
|
13 |
Chishū Ryū |
Japan |
Actor |
1993 |
|
17 |
Jean Gabin |
France |
Actor, Singer |
1976 |
|
21 |
Robert Montgomery |
US |
Actor, Director, Producer |
1981 |
|
25 |
Gregorio Fernandez |
Philippines |
Actor, Director |
1978 |
|
June
|
1 |
George Hurrell |
US |
Photographer |
1992 |
|
2 |
Johnny Weissmuller |
US |
Actor, Olympic Swimmer |
1984 |
|
12 |
Enid Stamp Taylor |
UK |
Actress |
1946 |
|
17 |
Ralph Bellamy |
US |
Actor |
1991 |
|
18 |
Keye Luke |
China |
Actor |
1991 |
|
24 |
Phil Harris |
US |
Actor, Comedian, Songwriter, Musician |
1995 |
|
26 |
Peter Lorre |
Slovakia |
Actor |
1964 |
|
30 |
Glenda Farrell |
US |
Actress |
1971 |
|
July
|
5 |
Milburn Stone |
US |
Actor |
1980 |
|
10 |
Lili Damita |
France |
Actress, Singer |
1994 |
|
August
|
13 |
Charles "Buddy" Rogers |
US |
Actor, Musician |
1999 |
|
24 |
Alice White |
US |
Actress |
1983 |
|
September
|
1 |
Johnny Mack Brown |
US |
Actor |
1974 |
|
2 |
Joan Henley |
Ireland |
Actress |
1986 |
|
13 |
Gladys George |
US |
Actress |
1954 |
|
29 |
Greer Garson |
UK |
Actress, Singer |
1996 |
|
October
|
20 |
Anna Neagle |
UK |
Actress, Singer, Dancer |
1986 |
|
22 |
Constance Bennett |
US |
Actress, Producer |
1965 |
|
29 |
Perc Westmore |
UK |
Make-Up Artist |
1970 |
|
November
|
1 |
Laura La Plante |
US |
Actress |
1996 |
|
11 |
Andrzej Bogucki |
Poland |
Actor, Singer, Songwriter |
1978 |
|
14 |
Dick Powell |
US |
Actor, Musician, Producer, Director, Studio Head |
1963 |
|
25 |
Jessie Royce Landis |
US |
Actress |
1972 |
|
December
|
6 |
Elissa Landi |
Italy |
Actress |
1948 |
|
7 |
Clarence Nash |
US |
Voice Actor |
1985 |
|
Deaths
References
- ^ 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.