1916 in film explained

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.

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

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

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
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)