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Fats Waller, African American jazz pianist and entertainer (died 1943) [45] June 2 – Johnny Weissmuller, swimmer and actor (Tarzan) (died 1984) [46] June 3 – Charles R. Drew, African American physician, pioneer in blood transfusion (died 1950) [47] June 24 – Phil Harris, bandleader and comic actor (died 1995)"Benny Show's Phil Harris Dies ...
Westinghouse Works, 1904, a collection of 21 short films directed by Billy Bitzer – The Widow and the Only Man , directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr. – ( US ) The Wonderful Living Fan (Le Merveilleux Éventail vivant) , directed by Georges Méliès – ( France )
Instead, the electors had to select 26 native-born men during the 1905 election, as well as 12 women and six foreign-born men. [36] A women's hall of fame was announced in February 1904. [37] Separate elections were hosted for women and for foreign-born men. [38] [39] Every person who received at least ten votes in the 1900 election was re ...
American films by year; 1890s; 1890–1899: 1900s; 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909: 1910s; 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919: 1920s ...
AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films of 40 minutes or more) whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work."
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Alligator Farm: Documentary: Shot during the summer of 1903 at Atlantic City, New Jersey: The Automobile Race: The Chicago Fire: Live documentary ...
Hugh Hefner, the man who created a magazine empire, died Wednesday at the age of 91. His legacy includes some of the most famous Playboy playmates ever to grace the cover and go one to become ...
1885 – American inventors George Eastman and Hannibal Goodwin each invented a sensitized celluloid base roll photographic film to replace the glass plates then in use. L'homme Machine, was directed by French scientist Étienne-Jules Marey; it is the oldest black and white animated known film.