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Overview of the events of 1916 in film
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.
Events [ ] Charlie Chaplin signs for Mutual Film for a salary of $10,000 a week and a signing on fee of $150,000, making him one of the highest-paid people in the United States.June 24 – Mary Pickford signs a contract for $10,000 a week plus profit participation, guaranteeing her over $1 million per year.
July 19 – Famous Players-Lasky is formed through a merger of Adolph Zukor 's Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky 's Feature Play Company. Later in the year, they acquire distributor Paramount Pictures .
August 10 – The official British documentary propaganda film The Battle of the Somme
September 5 – Release of D. W. Griffith 's epic film Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages Lillian Gish (as "The Eternal Motherhood") and Constance Talmadge (in two roles), in the United States. It is estimated to have cost around $2.5 million to make but is initially a commercial failure.
October 17 – Release of A Daughter of the Gods Annette Kellerman ).
November 19 – Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn ) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures , later to become one of the most successful independent filmmakers.
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is founded in the United States as the Society of Motion Picture Engineers.
11 mm, an amateur film gauge, appears on the market. Top-grossing films (U.S.) [ ]
Highest-grossing films of 1916
Rank
Title
Gross
1
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea $8,000,000
2
Intolerance $1,000,000
3
Joan the Woman $605,731
4
Maria Rosa $102,768
5
The Heart of Nora Flynn $87,738
6
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine $77,944
7
The Dream Girl $66,725
8
A Grid-Iron Hero $16,435
9
The Innocent Lie n/a
10
Hulda from Holland n/a
Notable films released in 1916 [ ] 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Stuart Paton The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Francis Ford The Americano John Emerson The Battle of the Somme GB )Behind the Screen Charlie Chaplin , starring Chaplin and Edna Purviance La Bohème Albert Capellani Cenere Eleonora Duse (the only film in which she appears) – (Italy )Civilization Reginald Barker and Thomas H. Ince , starring Howard C. Hickman and Enid Markey The Count Charlie Chaplin , starring Chaplin and Edna Purviance The Curse of Quon Gwon The Danger Girl Gloria Swanson and Bobby Vernon A Daughter of the Gods Annette Kellerman Disraeli Charles Calvert and Percy Nash – (GB )East Is East Florence Turner – (GB )Farmer Al Falfa's Cat-Tastrophe , animation produced by Paul Terry Fatty and Mabel Adrift Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle The Floorwalker Charles Chaplin Frau Eva Robert Wiene and starring Emil Jannings (Germany )Habit of Happiness Douglas Fairbanks Hell's Hinges Charles Swickard and William S. Hart , starring William S. HartHoodoo Ann Mae Marsh and Robert Harron Hulda from Holland Mary Pickford Intolerance D.W. Griffith , starring Lillian Gish and Constance Talmadge Joan the Woman Cecil B. DeMille , starring Geraldine Farrar Judex Louis Feuillade , starring Musidora and René Cresté – (France )Lights of New York Van Dyke Brooke , starring Leah Baird and Walter McGrail The Lyons Mail Fred Paul – (Britain )A Maori Maid's Love Raymond Longford – (Australia/New Zealand)The Mutiny of the Bounty The Mystery of the Leaping Fish John Emerson , starring Douglas Fairbanks Oliver Twist Marie Doro One A.M. Charlie Chaplin The Pawnshop Charles Chaplin shortPolice Charles Chaplin short with Edna Purviance and Wesley Ruggles The Return of Draw Egan William S. Hart The Rink Charles Chaplin shortSally Bishop George Pearson – (GB )Sally in Our Alley directed by Larry Trimble, starring Hilda Trevelyan , Mary Dibley , Reginald Owen – (GB )Sherlock Holmes William Gillette Snow White Marguerite Clark Under Two Flags Theda Bara The Vagabond Charlie Chaplin The Valley of Fear A Welsh Singer Henry Edwards , starring Edwards, Florence Turner and Campbell Gullan – (GB )Where Are My Children? Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber , starring Tyrone Power, Sr. and Juan de la Cruz Willard-Johnson Boxing Match Short film series [ ] Broncho Billy Anderson Harold Lloyd Charlie Chaplin Births [ ] January 3
Maxene Andrews , singer, actress, member of Andrews Sisters (died 1995 )Betty Furness , actress, consumer activist (died 1994 )
January 4 – Lionel Newman , composer (died 1989 )
February 1 - Bruce Gordon , actor (died 2011 )
February 14
Sally Gray , born Constance Stevens, actress (died 2006 )Masaki Kobayashi , director (died 1996 )
February 26 – Jackie Gleason , actor (died 1987 )
February 29 – Dinah Shore , singer, actress, television presenter (died 1994)
March 16 – Mercedes McCambridge , actress (died 2004 )[1]
March 24
Anna Maria Bottini , actress (died 2020 )Richard Conte , American actor (died 1975 )
March 26 – Sterling Hayden , actor (died 1986 )
April 4 – David White , actor (died 1990 )
April 5 – Gregory Peck , actor (died 2003 )
April 26 – Vic Perrin , voice actor (died 1989)
April 30 – Phil Brown , actor (died 2006)
May 1 – Glenn Ford , actor (died 2006 )
May 6 – Adriana Caselotti , singer, voice actress (died 1997 )
June 12 – Irwin Allen , director, producer (died 1991 )
June 14 – Dorothy McGuire , actress (died 2001 )
June 23 – Irene Worth , actress (died 2002 )
July 1 – Olivia de Havilland , actress (died 2020 )
July 4 – Burton Zucker, actor, real estate developer, father of David and Jerry Zucker (d. 2008 )
July 27 – Keenan Wynn , actor (died 1986)
August 18 - Don Keefer , American actor (died 2014)
August 25 – Van Johnson , actor (died 2008 )
August 27 – Martha Raye , actress (died 1994)
September 1 – Arleen Whelan , actress (died 1993 )
September 13 - Lynne Carver , American actress (died 1955 )
September 14 – Douglas Kennedy , actor (died 1973 )
September 15 – Margaret Lockwood , actress (died 1990 )
September 18 – Rossano Brazzi , actor (died 1994)
September 28 – Peter Finch , actor (died 1977 )
November 20 – Evelyn Keyes , actress (died 2008)
November 23 - Michael Gough , British character actor (died 2011 )
December 9 – Kirk Douglas , actor (died 2020 )[2]
December 18 – Betty Grable , actress (died 1973)
December 19 – Roy Baker , director (died 2010 ) Deaths [ ] January 17, Arthur V. Johnson , 39, American screen actor and director, The Sealed Room The Unchanging Sea The Adventures of Dollie The Voice of the Violin tuberculosis
June 22
Page Peters, 26, American screen actor, The Warrens of Virginia The Purple Scar , An International Marriage Davy Crockett
Maurice Vinot , 27, French screen actor, airplane crash
September 9 – Sydney Ayres , 37, American stage & screen actor and director, The Sting of Conscience , As in a Dream , multiple sclerosis
September 17 – Arthur Hoops , 45, American stage & screen actor, The Secret of Eve Bridges Burned Extravagance The Eternal Question The Scarlet Woman
September 27 – Camille D'Arcy, 37, American actress, The Prince Chap Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines The White Sister
October 6 – Henry Woodruff , 47, American stage & screen actor, A Beckoning Flame , A Man and His Mate , Bright's disease
November 30 – Dorrit Weixler , 23, German comic actress, Maria , Kammermusik , Heimgekehrt , Todesrauchen , suicide by hanging
unknown – Jean , the Vitagraph Dog (born 1902), American Border Collie, Jean and the Calico Doll Fraid Cat Debuts [ ] References [ ]
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