1916 in film

Summary

The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.) edit

The top six 1916 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1916
Rank Title Studio Gross
1 Intolerance Triangle $1,750,000[1]
2 Joan the Woman Paramount $605,731[2]
3 Maria Rosa $102,767[2]
4 The Heart of Nora Flynn $87,738[2]
5 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine $77,944[2]
6 The Dream Girl $66,725[2]

Notable films released in 1916 edit

 
Poster of Intolerancce
 
Belshazzar's feast scene from Intolerance
  • Intolerance, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Constance Talmadge
  • Joan the Woman, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Geraldine Farrar
  • Judex, directed by Louis Feuillade, starring Musidora and René Cresté – (France)
  • Lights of New York, directed by Van Dyke Brooke, starring Leah Baird and Walter McGrail
  • Luke's Double (French) 11-minute comedy short based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Harold Lloyd, directed by Hal Roach[15]
  • The Lyons Mail, directed by Fred Paul – (Britain)
  • Man Without a Soul (British) directed by George Loane Tucker, starring Barbara Everest and Milton Rosmer[16]
  • A Maori Maid's Love, directed by Raymond Longford – (Australia/New Zealand)
  • Mingling Spirits, short film directed by Al Christie for Universal Pictures, starring Betty Compson
  • Mr. Tvardovski (Russian) a Faustian-type film directed by Ladislas Starevitch, starring Nicolai Saltykov, based on a novel by J. I. Kraszevski; part of the film featured animation
  • The Mutiny of the Bounty, directed by Raymond Longford – (Australia/New Zealand)
  • The Mysteries of Myra, 15-chapter serial directed by Theodore and Leopold Wharton, starring Jean Sothern, Howard Estabrook and Warner Oland[17]
  • The Mystery of the Leaping Fish, short directed by John Emerson, starring Douglas Fairbanks
  • Night of Horror/ Nachte des Grauens (German) a lost film directed by Richard Oswald and Arthur Robison, starring Emil Jannings and Werner Krauss, cited in some references as being the first vampire film [18]
  • Oliver Twist, starring Marie Doro
  • One A.M., directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
  • The Pawnshop, a Charles Chaplin short
  • The Phantom of the Opera (German) first film version of the Gaston Leroux novel, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Olaf Chrisander and Aud Egede Nissen
  • The Phantom Witness, directed by Frederick Sullivan for Thanhouser Films, starring Kathryn Adams and Edwin Stanley
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (British) directed by Fred W. Durant, starring Henry Victor and Pat O'Malley
  • Police, a Charles Chaplin short with Edna Purviance and Wesley Ruggles
  • The Queen of Spades/ Pikovaya dama (Russian) directed by Yakov Protazanov, based on the short story by Alexander Pushkin, starring Tamara Duvan and Nikolai Panov[19]
  • The Real Thing at Last (British) directed by James m. Barrie and L.C. MacBean, starring Ernest Thesiger
  • The Return of Draw Egan, directed by and starring William S. Hart
  • The Rink, a Charles Chaplin short
  • The Romantic Journey, directed by George Fitzmaurice, written by Ouida Bergere, starring William Courtenay
  • Saint, Devil and Woman, directed by Frederick Sullivan for Thanhouser Films, starring Florence La Badie
  • Sally Bishop directed by George Pearson – (GB)
  • Sally in Our Alley directed by Larry Trimble, starring Hilda Trevelyan, Mary Dibley, Reginald Owen – (GB)
  • Seven Keys to Baldpate (Australian) directed by Monte Luke, starring Dorothy Brunton and J. Plumpton Wilson; based on the 1913 novel by Earl Derr Biggers which was turned into a play by George M. Cohan[20]
  • She (British) directed by Horace Lisle Lucoque and William G.B. Barker, starring Alice Delysia and Henry Victor; the first British film adaptation of the H. Rider Haggard novel[21]
  • Sherlock Holmes (U.S.), directed by Arthur Berthelet, starring William Gillette as Holmes, based on the 1899 stage play which also starred William Gillette (Ernest Maupain played Moriarty)
  • The Shielding Shadow (aka Ravengar) 15-chapter serial directed by Louis Gasnier (who later directed Reefer Madness in 1936) and Donald MacKenzie, starring Grace Darmond and Ralph Kellard[22]
  • The Silent Stranger (aka The Silent Man) 11-minute short starring, and directed by, King Baggot
  • Snow White, starring Marguerite Clark
  • Sold to Satan, starring and directed by Edward Sloman
  • The Soul's Cycle, directed by Ulysses Davis, starring Margaret Gibson and John Oaker, deals with reincarnation similar in plot to The Mummy (1932)
  • Trilby Frilled, 10-minute short directed by Edwin McKim, starring Davy Don as Svengali and Patsy De Forest; spoof of George Du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby[23]
  • Under Two Flags, starring Theda Bara
  • Ultus, the Man From the Dead (British) directed by George Pearson for Gaumont Films, starring Aurele Sydney as Ultus, a superhero apparently influenced by France's popular film character Fantomas; there were four Ultus films in the series, which were later re-edited into seven shorter films for overseas distribution
  • Ultus and the Grey Lady (British) 2nd film in the "Ultus" series, directed by George Pearson, starring Aurele Sydney as Ultus
  • Ultus and the Secret of the Night (British) 3rd film in the "Ultus" series, directed by George Pearson, again starring Aurele Sydney as Ultus
  • Ultus and the Three-Button Mystery (British) 4th and final film in the "Ultus" series, directed by George Pearson, starring Aurele Sydney as Ultus; this 4th film wasn't theatrically released until 1917
  • The Vagabond, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
  • The Valley of Fear (British) directed by Alexander Butler, based on the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, starring H.A. Saintsbury as Sherlock Holmes and Arthur M. Cullin as Dr. Watson (Booth Conway played Moriarty)
  • The Vij (Russian) written and directed by Wadyslaw Starewicz, starring Ivan Mosjoukine and Olga Obolenskaya; the 2nd ever film adaptation of Nicolai Gogol's short story; featured stop motion animation[24]
  • A Welsh Singer directed by Henry Edwards, starring Edwards, Florence Turner and Campbell Gullan – (GB)
  • The Wheel of Death (British) directed by A.E. Coleby, starring Arthur Rooke and Joan Legge
  • Where Are My Children?, directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber, starring Tyrone Power, Sr. and Juan de la Cruz
  • Willard-Johnson Boxing Match
  • The Wings (Swedish: Vingarne) Swedish silent film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Nils Asther, Egil Eide, Lars Hanson, Lili Bech, and Julius Hälsig [sv]
  • Witchcraft, directed by Frank Reicher, produced by Jesse L. Lasky, starring Fannie Ward and Jack Dean, based on a short story by Robert Ralston Reed
  • The Witch of the Mountains, starring Mareguerite Nichols, Gordon Sackville and Richard Johnson; produced by Knickerbocker Star Features
  • The Witching Hour, directed by George Irving, starring C. Aubrey Smith and Marie Shotwell; this was adapted from the 1907 stage play by Augustus Thomas

Short film series edit

Births edit

Deaths edit

Debuts edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Griffith's 20 Year Record". Variety. 5 September 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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  28. ^ "Ann Dvorak". latimes.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

External links edit

  • List of 1916 films at IMDb
  • List of 1916 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1916 births at IMDb