| 1905 |
 Chronomedia index
Numbers after entries link to the list of references. |
links and notes |
| April 23 |
 Biografteatret cinema is
opened at 47 Vimmelskaftet, Copenhagen by Ole Olsen
[left] |
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| June |
 In Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, vaudeville operator Harry Davis opens the first nickelodeon [right]. |
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| August |
The Daily Mirror is the first UK newspaper to be
extensively illustrated using half-tone photographic reproduction. |
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| December 16 |
First issue of US entertainment trade paper Variety is published by Sime Silverman.
The 16-page paper costs five cents. |
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Pre-selective jukebox, the Multiphone, is invented by John C Dunton of Grand Rapids,
Michigan. |
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First film studio in Italy is built by the Cines Company, headed by Marchese Ernesto
Pacelli and Barone Alberto Fassini. Another is built by Alberini & Santoni. |
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First Italian fiction film: La Presa di Roma, 20 settembre 1870 by Filoteo Alberini. |
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First commercial film shows in Persia are run by Sahâf Bâshi in Avenue Cheraq Gaz, Tehran. |
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Gramophone Company in UK presents commemorative miniature gold discs to violinist
Marie Hall. |
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R W Paul invents the Maltese cross intermittent shutter mechanism for film projectors,
synchronised with the pulldown mechanism in the gate. |
ß 1896 |
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Léon Gaumont begins production of short sound films using his Chronophone, a sound film
system linking film with discs. The projector and disc player are each driven by a dc motor, each with
the same number of armatures, connected to the corresponding armatures of the other motor. To maintain
synchronisation, the operator can use a lever to slow the projector and speed up the disc player or
vice versa. Among subjects filmed are Coquelin in a scene from Cyrano de Bergerac, also filmed
in 1900 by Clément-Maurice with his Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre system.
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à 1907 |
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Lumière Brothers ceases film production. |
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English film producer Cecil Hepworth builds an indoor studio with artificial lighting
at Hurst Grove, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. 0019 |
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Wireless Telegraphy Act is passed in Canada; the responsible authority is the
Department of Marine and Fisheries. |
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