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The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.
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Events
- October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with a million dollar budget also credited with first ever nude scene by a major star.
- 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 (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Intolerance, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge | |
| 2. | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(1916 film) | |
| 3. | The Innocent Lie | |
| 4. | Hulda From Holland |
Films released in 1916
- A Daughter of the Gods, starring Annette Kellerman
- The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring, directed by Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard, starring Grace Cunard
- Alsace
- The Americano
- The Battle of the Somme
- Behind the Screen, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
- La Bohème, by Albert Capellani (see disambiguation)
- Cenere
- Civilization, directed by Reginald Barker and Walter Edwards, starring Howard C. Hickman and Enid Markey
- The Curse of Quon Gwon
- The Count, directed by and starring, Charlie Chaplin
- Energetic Eva, starring Eva Tanguay
- Hell's Hinges, directed by Charles Swickard and William S. Hart, starring William S. Hart
- Hoodoo Ann, starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron
- Hulda From Holland, starring Mary Pickford
- The Innocent Lie, starring Mary Pickford
- Intolerance, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge
- Judex, directed by Louis Feuillade, starring Musidora
- A Life for a Life
- Lights of New York, directed by Van Dyke Brooke, starring Leah Baird and Walter McGrail
- 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?, directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber, starring Tyrone Power, Sr. and Juan de la Cruz
Short film series
- Broncho Billy Anderson (1910–1916)
- Harold Lloyd (1913–1921)
- Charlie Chaplin (1914–1923)
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 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 (d. 2008)
- August 27 - Martha Raye, actress (d. 1994)
- September 13 - Dick Haymes, actor (d. 1980)
- September 14 - Douglas Kennedy, actor (d. 1973)
- September 15 - Margaret Lockwood, actress (d. 1990)
- September 18 - Rossano Brazzi, actor (d. 1994)
- November 20 - Evelyn Keyes, actress (d. 2008)
- December 9 - Kirk Douglas, actor
- December 18 - Betty Grable, actress (d. 1973)
- December 28 - Peter Finch, actor (d. 1977)
Deaths
- January 17 - Arthur V. Johnson, screen actor
- September 17 - Arthur Hoops, stage & screen actor
- October 6 - Henry Woodruff, stage & screen actor
Debuts
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