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1916 ( MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1916th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 916th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1910s decade.
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Charlie Chaplin signs for Mutual Filmfor 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 Pickfordsigns 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 Paramo...August 10 – The official British documentary propaganda film The Battle of the Sommeis premièred in London. In the first six weeks of general release (from 20 August) 20 million people view it.20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, directed by Stuart Paton for Universal Pictures, starring Curtis Benton and Alan Holubar (as Capt. Nemo), based on the novel by Jules VerneThe Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Directed by Francis FordThe Americano Directed by John EmersonArima no neko sodo(Japanese) starring Matsunosuke Onoe, another film adaptation of the Japanese legend of the "Ghost Cat of Arima"January 3January 4 – Lionel Newman, composer (died 1989)February 1 - Bruce Gordon, actor (died 2011)February 13 – James Griffith, actor, musician, screenwriter (died 1993)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, tuberculosisJune 22September 9 – Sydney Ayres, 37, American stage & screen actor and director, The Sting of Conscience, The Avenger, As in a Dream, multiple sclerosisSeptember 17 – Arthur Hoops, 45, American stage & screen actor, The Secret of Eve, Bridges Burned, Extravagance, The Eternal Question, The Scarlet Woman, heart attackEdward Arnold – The Misleading LadyRichard Barthelmess – Gloria's RomanceLina Basquette – The Dumb Girl of PorticiList of 1916 films at IMDbList of 1916 deaths at IMDbList of 1916 births at IMDbMar 11, 2022 · portwashingtonperformingarts; culturalandacademicfilms. Language. English. From the George Wiley collection: One of cinema’s most impressive epics, Intolerance spans the course of 2,500 years and examines human failings and prejudices through various dramatic set pieces.
Joan is loved by a young man of the village and they are married. In a few weeks the husband, a soldier, is sent to the war-front along with his three brothers. Word is received that her husband has been killed in battle and Joan's first impulse is suicide by she is pregnant and her prospective motherhood makes her realize her new responsibility.
Dec 31, 2014 · Director D.W. Griffith's expensive, most ambitious silent film masterpiece Intolerance (1916) is one of the milestones and landmarks in cinematic history. Many reviewers and film historians consider it the greatest film of the silent era.
Subtitles: English. Starring: Erich von Stroheim Mae Marsh Bessie Love Elmo Lincoln Tod Browning Lillian Gish. Directed by: D.W. Griffith. Four narratives—from biblical times to the early 1900s—are stitched together by themes of man's inhumanity to man in this silent cinema masterpiece.
