Editing 1906 in film

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The year '''1906 in film''' involved some significant events.

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==Events==
*December 14 – [[Pathé]] Frères pioneer the luxury cinema with the opening of the Omnia Cinéma-Pathé in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arcades|work=Cinema Treasures|url=https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/34353|accessdate=2023-12-01}}</ref>
*December 26 – The world's first feature film, ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'', is released.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Buckmaster |first1=Luke |title=The Story of the Kelly Gang rewatched – the world's first feature-length film |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/06/the-story-of-the-kelly-gang-rewatched-the-worlds-first-feature-length-film |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 March 2019 |date=5 March 2016}}</ref>
* [[Carl Laemmle]] opens one of the first movie theaters in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Laemmle {{!}} American film producer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Laemmle |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable films released in 1906==

===A===
* ''[[Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp]] (Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse)'', directed by [[Albert Capellani]], based on the Middle-Eastern [[Aladdin|folk tale]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[The Automobile Thieves]]'', directed by [[J. Stuart Blackton]] – ([[List of American films of 1906|US]])

===D===
* ''[[Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906 film)|Dream of a Rarebit Fiend]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1906|US]])

===G===
* ''The Gans-Nelson Contest'', starring [[Joe Gans]] and [[Battling Nelson]] – ([[List of American films of 1906|US]])

===H===
* ''[[The Hilarious Posters]] (Les Affiches en goguette)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[The House of Ghosts]] (La Maison ensorcelée)'', directed by [[Segundo de Chomón]]<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 22.</ref> – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[Humorous Phases of Funny Faces]]'', directed by [[J. Stuart Blackton]] – ([[List of American films of 1906|US]])

===L===
* ''[[Life of a Cowboy (1906 film)|Life of a Cowboy]]'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1906|US]])
* ''A Lively Quarter-Day'', directed by J. H. Martin – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===M===
* ''The Magic Roses (Les Roses magique)'', directed by [[Segundo de Chomón]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''Mephisto's Son (Le Fils du Diable)'', directed by Charles-Lucien Lépine – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[The Merry Frolics of Satan]] (Les Quat'Cents Farces du Diable)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[The Mysterious Retort]] (L'Alchimiste Parafaragaramus ou la Cornue infernale)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===Q===
* ''[[The '?' Motorist]]'', directed by [[Walter R. Booth]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===R===
* ''The Rajah's Casket (L'есrin du rajah)'', directed by [[Gaston Velle]]<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. {{ISBN|0-7864-0036-6}}. Page 20.</ref> – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

===S===
[[File:Story-of-the-kelly-gang-capture2-1906.jpg|thumb|200px|Image of the 1906 film, ''The Story of the Kelly Gang''.]]
* ''San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake'', directed by Robert K. Bonine – ([[List of American films of 1906|US]])
* ''[[The Scheming Gambler's Paradise]] (Le Tripot clandestin)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''A Spiritualistic Meeting (Le Fantôme d'Alger)'' (lost), directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])
* ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'' (incomplete), directed by [[Charles Tait (film director)|Charles Tait]] – ([[List of Australian films before 1910|Australia]])

===T===
* ''Three American Beauties'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] and [[Wallace McCutcheon Sr.]] – ([[List of American films of 1906|US]])
* ''[[A Trip Down Market Street]]'', directed by the [[Miles Brothers]] – ([[List of American films of 1906|US]])

===V===
* ''A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.'s Biscuit Works'' – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])

===W===
* ''Whitsuntide Fair at Preston'', produced by [[Mitchell and Kenyon]] – ([[List of British films before 1920|GB]])
* ''A Winter Straw Ride'', directed by [[Edwin S. Porter]] – ([[List of American films of 1906|US]])
* ''[[The Witch (1906 film)|The Witch]] (La Fée Carabosse ou le Poignard fatal)'', directed by [[Georges Méliès]] – ([[List of French films before 1910|France]])

==Births==
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0"
|-  style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
| '''Month''' || '''Date''' || '''Name''' ||'''Country''' || '''Profession''' ||'''Died''' ||
|- valign="top"
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''January'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Manuel Silos]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director || [[1988 in film|1988]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || [[William Bendix]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1964 in film|1964]] ||
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''February'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[John Carradine]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1988 in film|1988]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || [[Colette Darfeuil]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1998 in film|1998]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1973 in film|1973]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || [[Charles Quigley]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1964 in film|1964]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Mary Brian]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[2002 in film|2002]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || [[Jeanne Aubert]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || [[1988 in film|1988]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || [[Warren Hymer]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1948 in film|1948]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || [[Madeleine Carroll]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1987 in film|1987]] ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Camilla Spira]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1997 in film|1997]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[Lou Costello]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Comedian, actor || [[1959 in film|1959]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || [[Roy Roberts]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1975 in film|1975]] ||
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Ned Glass]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1984 in film|1984]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Grady Sutton]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1995 in film|1995]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[Eddie Albert]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[2005 in film|2005]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || [[Renate Müller]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1937 in film|1937]] ||
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Josephine Dunn]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1983 in film|1983]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Rose Hobart]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, SAG Official || [[2000 in film|2000]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || [[Mary Astor]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1987 in film|1987]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || [[Roberto Rossellini]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer, screenwriter || [[1977 in film|1977]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || [[Bruce Bennett]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[2007 in film|2007]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || [[Lola Lane]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || [[1981 in film|1981]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[Lyda Roberti]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || [[1938 in film|1938]] ||
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || [[Vinton Hayworth]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter || [[1970 in film|1970]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[Evalyn Knapp]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1981 in film|1981]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || [[Billy Wilder]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Austria-Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer, screenwriter || [[2002 in film|2002]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || [[Alberto Rabagliati]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, actor || [[1974 in film|1974]] ||
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || [[George Sanders]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1972 in film|1972]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || [[John Carroll (actor)|John Carroll]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1979 in film|1979]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || [[Thelma Todd]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Businesswoman || [[1935 in film|1935]] ||
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Joan Hickson]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1998 in film|1998]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[John Huston]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director, screenwriter, Visual Artist || [[1987 in film|1987]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || [[Dorothy Jordan (film actress)|Dorothy Jordan]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1988 in film|1988]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || [[Lurene Tuttle]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Acting Coach || [[1986 in film|1986]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[Joan Blondell]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1979 in film|1979]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''September'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || [[Dita Parlo]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1971 in film|1971]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || [[Jacques Becker]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, screenwriter || [[1960 in film|1960]] ||
|-
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[Janet Gaynor]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || [[1984 in film|1984]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[Luchino Visconti]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, screenwriter || [[1976 in film|1976]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || [[Louise Brooks]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, dancer || [[1985 in film|1985]] ||
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[Donald Woods (actor)|Donald Woods]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1998 in film|1998]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[Onest Conley]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1989 in film|1989]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || [[Kane Richmond]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || [[1973 in film|1973]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || [[Lew Grade]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Dancer, producer || [[1998 in film|1998]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || [[Oscar Levant]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Comedian, Actor || [[1972 in film|1972]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[Carol Reed]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer || [[1976 in film|1976]] ||
|-
|}

==Deaths==
* May 23 – [[Henrik Ibsen]], author (born 1828)
* July 18 – [[Gaynor Rowlands]], ([http://www.ronworld.f9.co.uk/Gr1.htm lantern actress]) (born 1883)

==Debuts==
* [[Florence Lawrence]] – The Automobile Thieves (short)
* [[Gabrielle Robinne]] – The Troubadour (short)

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{YouTube|p=PLoHEmNPV3oBiC4B3bemQ-YKW1YWos8LWm|''1906 in film''}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1906-01-01,1906-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1906 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1906-01-01,1906-12-31&adult=include List of 1906 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1906-01-01,1906-12-31&adult=include List of 1906 births] at [[IMDb]]

==References==
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