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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.
- December 26 – The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released.
- Carl Laemmle opens one of the first movie theaters in Chicago.
Notable films
A
- Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp (Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse), directed by Albert Capellani, based on the Middle-Eastern folk tale – (France)
- The Automobile Thieves, directed by J. Stuart Blackton – (US)
D
- Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)
G
- The Gans-Nelson Contest, starring Joe Gans and Battling Nelson – (US)
H
- The Hilarious Posters (Les Affiches en goguette), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
- The House of Ghosts (La Maison ensorcelée), directed by Segundo de Chomón – (France)
- Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, directed by J. Stuart Blackton – (US)
L
- Life of a Cowboy, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)
- A Lively Quarter-Day, directed by J. H. Martin – (UK)
M
- The Magic Roses (Les Roses magique), directed by Segundo de Chomón – (France)
- Mephisto's Son (Le Fils du Diable), directed by Charles-Lucien Lépine – (France)
- The Merry Frolics of Satan (Les Quat'Cents Farces du Diable), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
- The Mysterious Retort (L'Alchimiste Parafaragaramus ou la Cornue infernale), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
Q
- The '?' Motorist, directed by Walter R. Booth – (UK)
R
- The Rajah's Casket (L'есrin du rajah), directed by Gaston Velle – (France)
S
thumb|200px|Image of the 1906 film, The Story of the Kelly Gang.
- San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake, directed by Robert K. Bonine – (US)
- The Scheming Gambler's Paradise (Le Tripot clandestin), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
- A Spiritualistic Meeting (Le Fantôme d'Alger) (lost), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
- The Story of the Kelly Gang (incomplete), directed by Charles Tait – (Australia)
T
- Three American Beauties, directed by Edwin S. Porter and Wallace McCutcheon Sr. – (US)
- A Trip Down Market Street, directed by the Miles Brothers – (US)
V
- A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.'s Biscuit Works – (UK)
W
- Whitsuntide Fair at Preston, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon – (UK)
- A Winter Straw Ride, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)
- The Witch (La Fée Carabosse ou le Poignard fatal), directed by Georges Méliès – (France)
Births
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|- 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || William Bendix || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Colette Darfeuil || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1998 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Lon Chaney Jr. || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1973 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Charles Quigley || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1964 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Mary Brian || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 2002 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Jeanne Aubert || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || 1988 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Warren Hymer || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1948 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Madeleine Carroll || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Lou Costello || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Comedian, actor || 1959 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Roy Roberts || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Grady Sutton || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1995 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Eddie Albert || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 2005 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Renate Müller || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Rose Hobart || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, SAG Official || 2000 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Mary Astor || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1987 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Roberto Rossellini || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer, screenwriter || 1977 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Bruce Bennett || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 2007 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Lola Lane || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || 1981 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Lyda Roberti || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Evalyn Knapp || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1981 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Billy Wilder || style="text-align:center;"| Austria-Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer, screenwriter || 2002 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Alberto Rabagliati || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, actor || 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || John Carroll || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1979 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Thelma Todd || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Businesswoman || 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || John Huston || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director, screenwriter, Visual Artist || 1987 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Dorothy Jordan || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 1988 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Lurene Tuttle || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Acting Coach || 1986 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Joan Blondell || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Jacques Becker || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, screenwriter || 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 ||
|-
| 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 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Louise Brooks || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, dancer || 1985 ||
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Donald Woods || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1998 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Onest Conley || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1989 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Kane Richmond || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || 1973 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Lew Grade || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Dancer, producer || 1998 ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Imperio Argentina || style="text-align:center;"| Argentina || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, actress || 2003 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Oscar Levant || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Comedian, Actor || 1972 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Carol Reed || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer || 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)
External links
- List of 1906 films at IMDb
- List of 1906 deaths at IMDb
- List of 1906 births at IMDb