1916 In Film

Information about 1916 In Film

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The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.

Events

November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers).
11 mm, an amateur film gauge, appears on the market.

Top grossing films

Intolerance, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge

Films released in 1916

The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
Alsace
The Americano
The Battle of the Somme
Behind the Screen, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
La Boheme, by Albert Capellani (see disambiguation)
Cenere
Civilization
''The Count, directed by and starring, Charlie Chaplin
Energetic Eva - starring Eva Tanguay
Hell's Hinges
Intolerance, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge
Judex
A Life for a Life
Lights of New York
Oliver Twist, starring Marie Doro
One A.M., directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
The Phantom of the Opera
Seventeen
Ultus and the Grey Lady by George Pearson
Where Are My Children?

Short film series

Births

January 3 - Betty Furness, actress, consumer activist (d. 1994)
January 3 - Maxene Andrews, singer, actress, member of Andrews Sisters (d. 1995)
January 4 - Lionel Newman, composer (d. 1989)
February 3 - Mary Carlisle, actress
February 14 - Masaki Kobayashi, director (d. 1996)
February 26 - Jackie Gleason, actor (d. 1987)
February 29 - Dinah Shore, singer, actress, television presenter (d. 1994)
March 17 - Mercedes McCambridge, actress (d. 2004)
March 26 - Sterling Hayden, actor (d. 1986)
April 5 - Gregory Peck, actor (d 2003)
May 1 -Glenn Ford, actor (d. 2006)
May 16 - Adriana Caselotti, singer, voice actress (d. 1997)
June 12 - Irwin Allen, director, producer (d. 1991)
June 14 - Dorothy McGuire, actress (d. 2001)
June 23 - Irene Worth, actress (d. 2002)
July 27 - Keenan Wynn, actor (d. 1986)
July 1 - Olivia de Havilland, actress
August 25 - Van Johnson, actor
August 27 - Martha Raye, actress (d. 1994)
September 13 - Dick Haymes, actor (d. 1980)
September 15 - Margaret Lockwood, actress (d. 1990)
September 18 - Rossano Brazzi, actor (d. 1994)
December 9 - Kirk Douglas, actor
December 18 - Betty Grable, actress (d. 1973)
December 28 - Peter Finch, actor (d. 1977)

Deaths

1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894
1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900s

1900 • 1901
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