1906 In Film

The year 1906 in film involved some significant events.

Events

• 26 December - The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released.

Films released in 1906

• Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp, directed by Ferdinand Zecca
• 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
• Georges Méliès
• 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)
• 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 22 - Billy Wilder, director, screenwriter (d. 2002)
• June 26 - Alberto Rabagliati, singer, actor (d. 1974)
• July 3 - 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
• July 18 - Gaynor Rowlands, (lantern actress)

Debuts

• Florence Lawrence - The Automobile Thieves (short)
• Gabrielle Robinne - The Troubadour (short)