// Events June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was formed by twenty-six film directors in Los Angeles, California. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... See also: 1916 in film 1917 1918 in film years in film film Events Technicolor is introduced Top grossing films Cleopatra Movies released Movies released in 1917 include: The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short. ... This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ...

Events

• 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).

November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Samuel Goldwyn (August 17, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a major producer of motion pictures. ...

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 3 - Mary Carlisle, actress
• 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
• 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 15 - Margaret Lockwood, actress (d. 1990)
• September 18 - Rossano Brazzi, actor (d. 1994)
• December 9 - Kirk Douglas, actor
• December 18 - Betty Grable, actress (d. 1973)
• December 28 - Peter Finch, actor (d. 1977)

January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Elizabeth Mary Furness, better known as Betty Furness (January 3, 1916–April 2, 1994) was an American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1994. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Andrews Sisters on the cover of the reissue collection The Best of the Andrew Sisters: The Millennium Collection. ... The Andrews Sisters on the cover of the reissue collection The Best of the Andrew Sisters: The Millennium Collection. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1995. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1988 in film, other events of 1989, 1990 in film, list of years in film. // Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia for $20 million. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Masaki Kobayashi (小林正樹 Kobayashi Masaki, February 14, 1916–October 4, 1996) was a Japanese director who is probably best known for Kwaidan (怪談), a collection of four ghost stories (drawn from the book by Lafcadio Hearn), each of which has a surprise ending. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1996. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows in a staged publicity shot for The Honeymooners. ... See also: 1986 in film, other events of 1987, 1988 in film, list of years in film. // Events May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... February 29 is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore, February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress and talk show host. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1994. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... Carlotta Mercy Mercedes Agnes McCambridge (born on March 16, 1916 in Joliet, Illinois) was an Irish-American actress. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2004. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... Sterling Hayden (March 26, 1916 - May 23, 1986) was an American actor. ... See also: 1985 in film, other events of 1986, 1987 in film, list of years in film. // Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... Gregory Peck at Cannes, 2000 Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American film actor. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2003. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Glenn Ford Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (born May 1, 1916)(died October 15, 2005), better known by his stage name Glenn Ford, is an actor. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... Adriana Hitchell Caselotti (May 16, 1916 - January 19, 1997) was an Italian-American actress best known for providing the voice behind the lead charcter in Walt Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916-November 2, 1991) was a television and film producer nicknamed The Master of Disaster for his work in the disaster film genre. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1991. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... Dorothy McGuire and Kent Smith in The Spiral Staircase Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2001. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... Wynn in Warning Shot (1967) Keenan Wynn (27 July 1916 – 14 October 1986) was an American character actor and member of a well-known show-business family. ... See also: 1985 in film, other events of 1986, 1987 in film, list of years in film. // Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a Japanese-born American film actress. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... Van Johnson Van Johnson (born Charles Van Johnson on August 25, 1916, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American film and television actor. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... Martha Raye (August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994) was an American comic actress and singer in motion pictures and later, on television. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1994. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... Dick Haymes (born September 13, 1918 in Buenos Aires - died March 29, 1980 in Los Angeles) was one of the most popular American male vocalists of the 1940s. ... See also: 1979 in film 1980 1981 in film 1970s in film 1980s in film years in film film // Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Margaret Lockwood with Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Dame Margaret Mary Lockwood (September 15, 1916 - July 15, 1990) was a British actress. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1990. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... Rossano Brazzi (September 18, 1916 – December 24, 1994) was an Italian singer and actor. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1994. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kirk Douglas in Champion Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor and film producer known for his oft-imitated and -parodied gravel-ridden voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as sons of bitches. He is also father to Hollywood... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Betty Grable Ruth Elizabeth Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 3, 1973) was an American actress, singer, and pin-up girl whose famous bathing-suit poster was an icon of the World War II era. ... See also: 1972 in film 1973 1974 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... Peter Finch Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977) was an English-born actor with strong Australian connections. ... See also: 1976 in film 1977 1978 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network. ...

Short film series

• Harold Lloyd (1913-1921)
• Charlie Chaplin (1914-1923

Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893–March 8, 1971) was an American actor and film maker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Charlie Chaplin and Virginia Cherrill in City Lights (1931) Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr, KBE, (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was a British born, actor, the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable director. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Deaths

Top grossing films

• Intolerance, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge

Intolerance is a silent film directed by D.W. Griffith in 1916. ... David Lewelyn Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 - July 23, 1948) was an American film director (commonly known as D. W. Griffith) probably best known for his film The Birth of a Nation. ... Lillian Gish Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 - February 27, 1993), was an American actress known as Lillian Gish. ... Constance Talmadge in the 1910s Constance Talmadge (April 19, 1897-November 23, 1973) was a silent movie star born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and was the sister of fellow actresses Norma Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge. ...

Other movies released

• The Battle of the Somme
• Oliver Twist, starring Marie Doro
• Energetic Eva - starring Eva Tanguay
• Ultus and the Grey lady by George Pearson