Editing 1905 in film

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The year '''1905 in film''' involved some significant events.

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==Events==
*The [[Manaki brothers]] make the first motion picture in the [[Balkans]], ''[[The Weavers (1905 film)|The Weavers]]''.
*[[Pathé Frères]] colors black-and-white films by machine.
*Filmmaking takes an unexpected historical role by recording activities along [[Market Street (San Francisco)|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 [[Documentary film|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 [[Nickelodeon (movie theater)|theater]] in the [[U.S.]] devoted exclusively to the exhibition of motion pictures. 
*December 16 – ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', an entertainment trade newspaper that would later cover the film industry, is published for the first time in New York City.

==Notable films released in 1905==

===#===
* ''[[2 A. M. in the Subway|2 A.M. in the Subway]]'', directed by [[Billy Bitzer]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|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]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])
* ''[[An Adventurous Automobile Trip]] (Le Raid Paris–Monte Carlo en deux heures)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''Airy Fairy Lillian Tries on Her New Corsets'', directed by [[Frank J. Marion|Frank Marion]] and [[Wallace McCutcheon Sr.]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])
* ''Automobile Races at Ormond, Fla.'', produced by the [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])

===B===
* ''[[Baby's Toilet]]'', directed by [[Cecil Hepworth]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[The Black Imp]] (Le Diable noir)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''Boarding School Girls'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])

===C===
* ''Le Cake-walk du Nouveau Cirque (Cake Walk, Performed by Nouveau Cirque)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''La charité du prestidigitateur (The Magician's Alms)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''Chien jouant à la balle (Clown, Dog and Balloon)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''Le coq dressé de Cook et Rilly (Cook & Rilly's Trained Rooster)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===D===
* ''[[Dingjun Mountain (film)|Dingjun Mountain]]'' (lost), directed by Ren Qingtai – ([[List of Chinese films before 1930|China]])

===E===
* ''[[The Enchanted Sedan Chair]] (La Chaise à porteurs enchantée)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[Esmeralda (1905 film)|Esmeralda]]'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] and [[Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset]], based upon the 1831 novel ''[[The Hunchback of Notre-Dame]]'' by [[Victor Hugo]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''Espagne'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===F===
* ''Five O'Clock Tea'', directed by [[Alice Guy]], starring [[Dranem]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===H===
* ''Halifax Catholic Procession'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Los héroes del sitio de Zaragoza]] (The Heroes of the Siege of Saragossa)'', directed by [[Segundo de Chomón]] – ([[List of Spanish films before 1930|Spain]])

===I===
* ''[[In the Swimming Pool, Palm Beach, Florida]]'', directed by [[G. W. Bitzer]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])
* ''The Infernal Cave (L'antre infernale)'', directed by [[Gaston Velle]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship]] (Le Dirigeable fantastique ou le Cauchemar d'un inventeur)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===K===
* ''[[The Kleptomaniac]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])

===L===
* ''Lilas blanc (White Lilacs)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]], starring [[Félix Mayol]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[The Little Train Robbery]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]]<ref name="The Little Train Robbery">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000521/], Original release date.</ref> – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])
* ''[[The Living Playing Cards]] (Les Cartes vivantes)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===M===
* ''Les maçons (The Bricklayers)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''La malagueña et le torero (The Malagueña and the Bullfighter)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[The Miller's Daughter (1905 film)|The Miller's Daughter]]'', directed by [[Wallace McCutcheon Sr.]] and [[Edwin S. Porter]],<ref name="niver">Niver, Kemp (1967). ''Motion Pictures From The Library of Congress Paper Print Collection 1894-1912.'' University of California Press, {{ISBN|978-0520009479}}</ref> based on the 1880 stage play ''[[Hazel Kirke]]'' by [[Steele MacKaye]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])
* ''[[The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach]] (De mésaventure van een Fransch heertje zonder pantalon aan het strand te Zandvoort)'', directed by [[Willy Mullens]] – ([[List of Dutch films before 1910|Netherlands]])
* ''[[The Mysterious Island (1905 film)|The Mysterious Island]] (L'Île de Calypso)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]],<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 20.</ref> based upon the ancient Greek epic poem the ''[[Odyssey]]'' by [[Homer]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===N===
* ''[[The Night Before Christmas (1905 film)|The Night Before Christmas]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]], starring [[Harry Eytinge]], based upon the [[A Visit from St. Nicholas|1823 poem]] by [[Clement Clarke Moore]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])
* ''[[The Nihilist (film)|The Nihilist]]'', directed by [[Wallace McCutcheon Sr.]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])

===O===
* ''The Other Side of the Hedge'', directed by [[Lewin Fitzhamon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Our New Errand Boy]]'', directed by [[James Williamson (film pioneer)|James Williamson]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===P===
* ''[[The Palace of the Arabian Nights]] (Le Palais des mille et une nuits)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''Polin, l'anatomie du conscrit (Polin, the Anatomy of a Conscript)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''La polka des trottins (The Trottins' Polka)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]], starring [[Félix Mayol]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''La Presa di Roma (The Capture of Rome)'', directed by [[Filoteo Alberini]] – ([[List of Italian films of 1910|Italy]])

===R===
* ''[[Rescued by Rover]]'', directed by [[Lewin Fitzhamon]] and [[Cecil Hepworth]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''[[Revolution in Russia]] (La révolution en Russie)'', directed by [[Lucien Nonguet]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[Rip's Dream]] (La Légende de Rip Van Vinckle)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]], based upon the 1819 short story ''[[Rip Van Winkle]]'' by [[Washington Irving]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===S===
* ''[[The Seven Ages (film)|The Seven Ages]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])
* ''Special March Past of St. Joseph's Scholars and Special Parade of St. Matthew's Pupils, Blackburn'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''La statue (The Statue)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===T===
* ''Le tango (The Tango)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''A Trip to Salt Lake City'', directed by [[G. W. Bitzer]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])

===U===
* ''[[The Unfortunate Policeman]]'', produced by [[Robert W. Paul]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===V===
* ''Le vrai jiu-jitsu (The True Jiu-jitsu)'', directed by [[Alice Guy]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===W===
* ''[[The Weavers (1905 film)|The Weavers]]'', directed by the [[Manaki Brothers]] – ([[Balkans]])
* ''[[The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1905|US]])

==Births==
[[File:Garbo_in_Inspiration.jpg|thumb|200px|Greta Garbo.]]
[[File:Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg|thumb|200px|Howard Hughes.]]
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| '''Month''' || '''Date''' || '''Name''' ||'''Country''' || '''Profession''' ||'''Died''' ||
|- valign="top"
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''January'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || [[Anna May Wong]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1961 in film|1961]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || [[Tex Ritter]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, singer || [[1974 in film|1974]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || [[Kay Francis]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1968 in film|1968]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || [[Sterling Holloway]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1992 in film|1992]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Grant Withers]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1959 in film|1959]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || [[Chick Chandler]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1988 in film|1988]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || [[Charles Lane (actor, born 1905)|Charles Lane]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[2007 in film|2007]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''February'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || [[Henry Mollison]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1985 in film|1985]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || [[Franchot Tone]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, producer, director || [[1968 in film|1968]] ||
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[Richard Haydn]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1985 in film|1985]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Lillian Yarbo]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1996 in film|1996]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Delightful Side|author=Smallwood, Bill|date=March 16, 1947|work=Los Angeles Sentinel|pages=17|quote=Billye [sic] Yarbo and Nat Cole both birthday on the 17th.|id={{ProQuest|562108876}}}}</ref><ref>1940 United States Federal Census ''Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00416; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 60-362''</ref> ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || [[Robert Donat]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1958 in film|1958]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || [[Joan Crawford]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1977 in film|1977]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || [[Ilka Chase]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1978 in film|1978]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Arthur Lake (actor)|Arthur Lake]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1987 in film|1987]] ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Leila Hyams]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Model || [[1977 in film|1977]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || [[Joseph Cotten]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1994 in film|1994]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || [[Henry Fonda]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1982 in film|1982]] ||
|-
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || [[Mildred Natwick]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1994 in film|1994]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[William Gargan]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1979 in film|1979]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || [[Clara Bow]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1965 in film|1965]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[Myrna Loy]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1993 in film|1993]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[Ruth Nelson (actress)|Ruth Nelson]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1992 in film|1992]]<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ruth-nelson-54389 "Ruth Nelson"]. [[IBDb]]. Retrieved November 1, 2022.</ref> ||
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''September'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Meta Luts]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Estonia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1958 in film|1958]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || [[Greta Garbo]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1990 in film|1990]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || [[Marguerite Roberts]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || [[1989 in film|1989]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[Muriel Box]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director, screenwriter || [[1991 in film|1991]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[Michael Powell]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Filmmaker || [[1990 in film|1990]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || [[Andy Devine]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1977 in film|1977]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[Aksella Luts]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Estonia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, screenwriter, dancer, Choreographer, Editor || [[2007 in film|2007]] ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Joel McCrea]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1990 in film|1990]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Mischa Auer]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1967 in film|1967]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || [[Astrid Allwyn]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1978 in film|1978]] ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Otto Preminger]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Austria-Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer, actor || [[1986 in film|1986]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || [[Gilbert Roland]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1994 in film|1994]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || [[Howard Hughes]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer, Editor || [[1976 in film|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 V. Johnson|Arthur Johnson]] – ''[[The White Caps]]'' (short)
* [[Max Linder]] – ''First Night Out'' (short)
* [[Paul Panzer]] – ''Stolen by Gypsies'' (short)

== External links ==
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* {{YouTube|p=PLoHEmNPV3oBhmgPubmhJF3TCdv2KsANm1|''1905 in film''}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1905-01-01,1905-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1905 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1905-01-01,1905-12-31&adult=include List of 1905 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1905-01-01,1905-12-31&adult=include List of 1905 births] at [[IMDb]]

==References==
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