1904 in film

Events

• As shown in the film series Westinghouse Works, some filmmakers begin to move away from eye-level filmmaking and use the camera to explore spaces from an angle usually inaccessible to the average person.
• William Fox purchases his first Nickelodeon.
• 23 June: Marcus Loew founds the theatre chain, the People's Vaudeville Company, which later was renamed Loews Theatres which was the oldest theatre chain operating in North America when it was merged with AMC Theatres in 2006

  Films released in 1904

• Audley Range School, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
• Automobile Race For The Vanderbilt Cup, cinematography by G.W. Bitzer and A.E. Weed
• The Bewitched Traveller produced by Cecil Hepworth
• Blackpool Victoria Pier, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
• The Bold Bank Robbery, directed by Jack Frawley
• Behind the Scenes, directed by Alf Collins
• Buy Your Own Cherries, produced by Robert W. Paul
• Chased by Dogs, directed by Alf Collins
• Tchin-Chao the Chinese Conjuror, directed by Georges Méliès
• Clowns
• The Cook In Trouble, directed by Georges Méliès
• A Day In The Hayfields, directed by Cecil Hepworth
• Faust, directed by George Melies
• Faust and Marguerite, directed by George Melies
• A Fire In A Burlesque Theatre, cinematography by A.E. Weed
• Girls Taking Time Checks, Westinghouse Works, filmed by, Billy Bitzer
• The Impossible Voyage, directed by Georges Méliès
• The Marvelous Living Fan, directed by Georges Méliès
• A Miracle Under the Inquisition, directed by George Melies
• The Mistletoe Bough, directed by Percy Stow
• Opening Of The Drill Hall In Accrington by General Baden-Powell, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
• Princess Rajah Dance, cinematography by A.E. Weed
• The Terrible Turkish Executioner, directed by George Melies
• Troubles Of A Manager Of A Burlesque Show, produced by Frank Marion and Wallace McCutcheon
• Westinghouse Works , filmed by, Billy Bitzer

  Births

Deaths

• May 8 – Eadweard Muybridge, cinematographer
• July 15 – Anton Chekhov, writer
• September 22 – Wilson Barrett, actor, writer