Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine.
Filmmaking takes an unexpected historical role by recording activities along
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).
June 19 –
John P. Harris and his brother Harry in
Pittsburgh open the first
theater in the
U.S. devoted exclusively to the exhibition of motion pictures.
December 16 – Variety, an entertainment trade newspaper that would later cover the film industry, is published for the first time in New York City.
^Niver, Kemp (1967). Motion Pictures From The Library of Congress Paper Print Collection 1894-1912. University of California Press,
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^Kinnard,Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc.
ISBN0-7864-0036-6. Page 20.
^Smallwood, Bill (March 16, 1947). "Delightful Side". Los Angeles Sentinel. p. 17.
ProQuest562108876. Billye [sic] Yarbo and Nat Cole both birthday on the 17th.
^1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00416; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 60-362