1905 in film
The year 1905 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Films released in 1905
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
- Airy Fairy Lillian Tries On Her New Corsets
- Baby's Toilet, directed by Cecil Hepworth
- The Black Imp, directed by Georges Méliès
- Boarding School Girls At Coney Island
- Esmeralda, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché and Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
- Halifax Catholic Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- An Interesting Story, directed by James Williamson
- The Kleptomaniac, directed by Edwin S. Porter
- The Living Playing Cards, directed by Georges Méliès
- The Night Before Christmas, directed by Edwin S. Porter, starring Harry Eytinge
- Ormond Beach Florida Auto Races
- The Other Side Of The Hedge, produced by Cecil Hepworth and directed by Lewin Fitzhamon
- La presa di Roma, directed by Filoteo Alberini; possibly the first Italian short film
- Rescued by Rover, starring Cecil Hepworth, Margaret Hepworth (his wife), Barbara Hepworth (their baby daughter), and Blair (their dog); co-directed by Lewin Fitzhamon and Cecil Hepworth
- La Revolution en Russie, directed by Ferdinand Zecca
- Special March Past of St. Joseph's Scholars and Special Parade of St. Matthew's Pupils, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
- The Weavers, directed by the Manaki brothers; most likely the first film shot in the (then-Ottoman) Balkans
- The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog, directed by Edwin S. Porter
Births
- January 3 - Anna May Wong, actress (d. 1961)
- January 12 - Tex Ritter, actor, singer (d. 1974)
- January 13 - Kay Francis, actress (d. 1968)
- January 17 - Grant Withers, actor (d. 1959)
- January 26 - Charles Lane (d. 2007)
- February 27 - Franchot Tone, actor (d. 1968)
- March 18 - Robert Donat, actor (d. 1958)
- March 23 - Joan Crawford, actress (d. 1977)
- April 17 - Arthur Lake, actor (d. 1987)
- May 1 - Leila Hyams, actress (d. 1977)
- May 15 - Joseph Cotten, actor (d. 1994)
- May 16 - Henry Fonda, actor (d. 1982)
- June 19 - Mildred Natwick, actress (d. 1994)
- July 29 - Clara Bow, actress (d. 1965)
- August 2 - Myrna Loy, actress (d. 1993)
- August 3 - Dolores del Río, actress (d. 1983)
- September 18 - Greta Garbo, actress (d. 1990)
- September 21 - Marguerite Roberts, writer (d. 1989)
- October 10 - Aksella Luts, screenwriter and actress (d. 2005)
- November 5 - Joel McCrea, actor (d. 1990)
- December 5 - Otto Preminger, director (d. 1986)
- December 11 - Gilbert Roland, actor (d. 1994)
- December 24 - Howard Hughes, director, producer, editor (d. 1976)
Deaths
Debuts