1916 in film

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Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Yearsinfilm The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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<ref name="var">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2 Joan the Woman Paramount $605,731<ref name="birchard">Template:Cite book</ref>
3 Maria Rosa $102,767<ref name="birchard"/>
4 The Heart of Nora Flynn $87,738<ref name="birchard"/>
5 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine $77,944<ref name="birchard"/>
6 The Dream Girl $66,725<ref name="birchard"/>

Notable films

Films produced in the United States unless stated otherwise

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Belshazzar's feast scene from Intolerance

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Short film series

Births

  • January 4 – Robert Parrish, American director editor and former child actor (died 1995)
  • January 5 – Alfred Ryder, American actor and director (died 1995)
  • February 8 – Betty Field, American film and stage actress (died 1973)
  • February 11 – Walter Newman, American radio, writer and screenwriter (died 1993)
  • February 13 – James Griffith, American character actor, musician and screenwriter (died 1993)
  • February 14
  • February 16 – Alberto Sorrentino, Italian film actor (died 1994)
  • February 17 – Raf Vallone, Italian actor and footballer (died 2002)
  • February 21 – Jan Wiley, American film actress (died 1993)
  • February 26 – Jackie Gleason, American comedian, actor, writer, and composer (died 1987)
  • February 29 – Dinah Shore, American singer, actress, television personality (died 1994)
  • March 6 – Virginia Gregg, American actress (died 1986)
  • March 11 – Ferdy Mayne, German-British actor (died 1998)
  • March 19 – Eric Christmas, English actor (died 2000)
  • March 26 – Sterling Hayden, American actor, author, sailor, and Marine (died 1986)
  • April 4 – David White, American actor (died 1990)
  • April 5 – Gregory Peck, American actor (died 2003)
  • April 6 – Phil Leeds, American character actor (died 1998)
  • April 7 – Anthony Caruso, American character actor (died 2003)
  • April 10
  • April 26 – Vic Perrin, American radio, film and television actor (died 1989)
  • April 30 – Phil Brown, American actor (died 2006)
  • May 1 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (died 2006)
  • May 6 – Adriana Caselotti, American actress and singer (died 1997)
  • May 24 – Peter Whitney, American actor (died 1972)
  • May 27 – Willie Best, American television and film actor (died 1962)
  • May 29 – Sidney Glazier, American film producer (died 2002)
  • June 6 – Dorothea Kent, American film actress (died 1990)
  • June 12 – Irwin Allen, American film and television producer and director (died 1991)
  • June 14 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (died 2001)
  • June 19 – Karin Booth, American film and television actress (died 2003)
  • June 23 – Irene Worth, American stage and screen actress (died 2002)
  • June 29 – Ruth Warrick, American singer, actress and political activist (died 2005)
  • July 1 – Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (died 2020)
  • July 2 – Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (died 1991)
  • July 23 – Sandra Gould, American actress (died 1999)
  • July 27 – Keenan Wynn, American character actor (died 1986)
  • July 31 – Sydney Tafler, English actor (died 1979)
  • August 18 – Don Keefer, American actor (died 2014)
  • August 21 – Geoffrey Keen, English actor (died 2005)
  • August 24 – Hal Smith, American actor (died 1994)
  • August 25 – Van Johnson, American actor and dancer (died 2008)
  • August 27
  • September 12 – Edward Binns, American actor (died 1990)
  • September 15 – Margaret Lockwood, British actress (died 1990)
  • September 18 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (died 1994)
  • September 28 – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (died 1977)
  • October 4 – George Sidney, American film director and producer (died 2002)
  • October 10 – Benson Fong, American character actor (died 1987)
  • October 20 – Anton Diffring, German actor (died 1989)
  • November 5 – Willoughby Gray, English actor (died 1993)
  • November 12 – Liam Dunn, American character actor (died 1976)
  • November 16 – Daws Butler, American voice actor (died 1988)
  • November 17 – Frank Maxwell, American actor (died 2004)
  • November 20 – Evelyn Keyes, American film actress (died 2008)
  • November 23 – Michael Gough, British actor (died 2011)
  • November 29 – Fran Ryan, American character actress (died 2000)
  • December 5 – Margaret Hayes, American film, stage, and television actress (died 1977)
  • December 8 – Richard Fleischer, American film director (died 2006)
  • December 9 – Kirk Douglas, American actor and filmmaker (died 2020)
  • December 13 – Mark Stevens, American actor (died 1994)
  • December 18 – Betty Grable, American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer (died 1973)

Deaths

Debuts

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References

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