See also: 1924 in film 1925 1926 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films Ben-Hur His People The Unholy Three The Freshman Movies released Movies released in 1925 include: Ben-Hur, starring Ramon Novarro. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also: 1926 in film 1927 1928 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres. ... List of 1920s films Films released in the 1920s include: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) Metropolis (1927) ok yeash your gay this site sucks! Other lists of movies List of years in film in the 1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Decades in Film... This page indexes the individual year in film pages. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...

Events

• August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film.
• Theodore W. Case and E. I. Sponable demonstrate their sound-on-film experiments to William Fox of the Fox Film Corporation. The Fox-Case Corp. was formed in an effort to exploit the system, which was given the name Movietone. Fox began to create Movietone News newsreels at this time. One of the first newsreels was Charles Lindbergh's takeoff for Paris.
• Al Jolson films A Plantation Act one of the first unreleased talkies and a test film for The Jazz Singer
• The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called The Adventures of Prince Achmed.

Warner Bros. ... Vitaphone was a sound film process used on several features and shorts produced by Warner Brothers in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ... Don Juan is a legendary fictional libertine, whose story has been told many times by different authors. ... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (1967) as a 33 â…“ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc. ... Bell Laboratories (also known as Bell Labs and formerly known as AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bell Telephone Laboratories) was the main research and development arm of the United States Bell System. ... Western Electric (sometimes abbreviated WE and WECo) was a US electrical engineering company, the manufacturing arm of AT&T from 1881 to 1995 . ... William Fox (born Wilhelm Fried in January 1, 1879–May 8, 1952) was the founder of Fox Film Corporation, now 20th Century Fox. ... The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures, formed in 1915 when founder William Fox merged two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office... Movietone was created ever since silent movies came out, and was the primary source of news and current events for moviegoers until the first black and white television set came out in the late 1940s. ... Movietone News produced cinema newsreels from 1929-1979. ... Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. ... Part of the Paris skyline with from left to right: Montparnasse Tower, Eiffel Tower, and in the background, towers of neighboring La Défense. ... Asa Al Jolson Yoelson (born in Seredžius, Lithuania on May 26, 1885 or 1886, and died in San Francisco, California on October 23, 1950) was an acclaimed American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1911 until his death in 1950. ... A Plantation Act was one of the first Vitaphone shorts made in 1926 starring Al Jolson. ... The Jazz Singer is a 1927 U.S. movie musical notable for being the first feature-length motion picture with talking sequences. ... Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen The Länder of Germany during the Weimar Republic, with the Free State of Prussia (Freistaat Preußen) as the largest   Capital Berlin Government Semi-presitential Republic  - Reichspräsidenten Friedrich Ebert (1919-1925) Paul von Hindenburg (1925-1934)  - First Chancellor Philipp Scheidemann (1919)  - Last Chancellor... Charlotte Reiniger (June 2, 1899 - June 19, 1981) was a German and later British silhouette animator. ... Die Geschichte des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed), is a 1926 feature-length animated film by the German animator Lotte Reiniger. ...

Top grossing films

1. Aloma of the South Seas
2. What Price Glory?

What Price Glory is a film that has been made twice. ...

Films released in 1926

• The Adventures of Prince Achmed, directed by Lotte Reiniger.
• Aloma of the South Seas, starring Gilda Gray.
• Battling Butler, a Buster Keaton film.
• La Boheme, by King Vidor (see disambiguation)
• The Black Pirate, starring Douglas Fairbanks.
• Brown of Harvard
• Don Juan, starring John Barrymore.
• Faust, directed by F.W. Murnau.
• Flesh and the Devil, starring John Gilbert and Greta Garbo.
• For Heaven's Sake, a comedy starring Harold Lloyd.
• Hunting Tower, by George Pearson (John Buchan novel)
• Madame Mystery, starring Theda Bara.
• Mare Nostrum, directed by Rex Ingram
• Mother
• The Scar of Shame, a race movie starring Harry Henderson and Lucia Lynn Moses
• Scarlet Letter, starring Lillian Gish.
• Sea Beast, starring John Barrymore.
• The Son of the Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino.
• Sparrows, starring Mary Pickford.
• Storm of Passion
• The Temptress, starring Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno.
• What Price Glory?, starring Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen and Dolores del Rio.

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The Black Pirate is a 1926 adventure film which tells the story of a young nobleman who infiltrates a ship full of pirates to avenge his fathers death. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Brown of Harvard is the title of both a film from 1918 and from 1926. ... Don Juan is a legendary fictional libertine, whose story has been told many times by different authors. ... John Sidney Blythe Barrymore (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942), better known as just John Barrymore and nicknamed The Great Profile, became famous as a Shakespearean actor, lauded for his Hamlet, and was frequently regarded as the greatest actor of his generation, playing a wide variety of roles on stage... Faust was a silent film produced in 1926 directed by F.W. Murnau with Gösta Ekman as Faust and Emil Jannings as Mephisto. ... F W Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential directors of the silent film era. ... Flesh and the Devil is a classic 1926 movie starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert. ... John Gilbert John Gilbert (July 10, 1899 - January 9, 1936) was an actor and major star of the silent film era. ... Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish actress, by reputation one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever to be produced by MGM and the Hollywood studio system. ... For Heavens Sake is a 1926 comedy silent film starring Harold Lloyd. ... 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. ... George Pearson (1875-1973) was a pioneering English film director, producer and screenwriter. ... John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (August 26, 1875 - February 11, 1940), was a Scottish novelist and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. ... Theda Bara portrayed Cleopatra, in a costume of dubious historical accuracy. ... Mare Nostrum (1926) is a silent film set during World War I. Production The young Michael Powell worked as an apprentice grip on the film, having been introduced by set-designer Harry Lachman. ... Rex Ingram (October 20, 1895 - September 19, 1969) was an African American film and stage actor. ... Faces of mother and child; detail of sculpture at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Female mallard duck and ducklings In the case of a mammal such as a human, the biological mother gestates her child (called first an embryo, then a fetus) in the womb from conception until the fetus... The Scar of Shame is a silent film, which was filmed in 1926 and released in 1927. ... Poster for Micheauxs film The Exile (1931) The race movie or race film was a cinematic genre which existed in the United States between about 1915 and 1945. ... Salem Custom House The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is generally considered to be his greatest work and a classic piece of American literature. ... Lillian Gish Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ... John Sidney Blythe Barrymore (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942), better known as just John Barrymore and nicknamed The Great Profile, became famous as a Shakespearean actor, lauded for his Hamlet, and was frequently regarded as the greatest actor of his generation, playing a wide variety of roles on stage... The Son of the Sheik was a 1926 silent movie produced by United Artists, directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Mary Pickford. ... Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish actress, by reputation one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever to be produced by MGM and the Hollywood studio system. ... Antonio Moreno Antonio Tony Moreno (September 26, 1887 - February 16, 1967) was a notable actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s. ... What Price Glory is a film that has been made twice. ... Edmund Dantes Lowe (March 3, 1890 - April 21, 1971) was an actor. ... Victor McLaglen (1883-1959) was a boxer and actor. ... Dolores Del Rio Dolores del Río (August 3, 1905 - April 11, 1983) was a Mexican film actress. ...

Short film series

• Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
• Our Gang (1922-1944)
• Laurel and Hardy (1926-1940)

Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... A poster for the 1931 Our Gang comedy Love Business featuring depictions of (from left to right): Pete the Pup, Jackie Cooper, and Norman Chubby Chaney. ... See also: 1921 in film 1922 1923 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 26 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely... See also: 1943 in film 1944 1945 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released. ... Laurel and Hardy, in a promotional still from their 1937 feature film Way Out West. ... See also: 1939 in film 1940 1941 in film 1940s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Walt Disneys animated film Pinocchio is released. ...

Animated short film series

• Felix the Cat (1919-1930)
• Koko the Clown (1919-1963)

The famous Felix pace as seen in Oceantics (1930) Felix the Cat is a cartoon character from the silent-film era. ... Koko the Clown and Fitz Koko the Clown was an animated character created by animation pioneer, Max Fleischer. ...

Births

• January 5 - Maria Schell, actress
• January 14 - Tom Tryon, actor, novelist († 1991)
• January 17 - Moira Shearer, actress, dancer
• January 19 - Fritz Weaver, actor
• January 20 - Patricia Neal, actress
• February 16 - John Schlesinger, director († 2003)
• March 6 - Andrzej Wajda, director
• March 16 - Jerry Lewis, actor
• May 8 - Don Rickles, comedian and actor
• June 1 - Andy Griffith, actor
• June 1 - Marilyn Monroe, actress († 1962)
• June 28 - Mel Brooks, entertainer
• July 14 - Harry Dean Stanton, actor
• July 21 - Norman Jewison, director
• October 17 - Beverly Garland, actress
• October 18 - Klaus Kinski, actor
• November 30 - Richard Crenna, actor

January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Schell as a kidnapped German doctor in the 1954 World War II drama, The Last Bridge . ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Tom Tryon (January 14, 1926 - September 4, 1991) was an American film and television actor, as well as author of several science fiction, horror, and mystery novels. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1991. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 – 31 January 2006), known as Moira Shearer, was an internationally famous British ballet dancer and actress. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Fritz Weaver on The Twilight Zone Fritz Weaver is a prolific American actor and voice actor. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Patricia Neal (born January 20, 1926) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... John Richard Schlesinger (February 16, 1926–July 25, 2003) was a British film director. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2003. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... Andrzej Wajda, Warsaw (Poland), May 2006 Andrzej Wajda (born March 6, 1926) is a Polish film director, one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch on March 16, 1926), is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and director known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Donald Jay Rickles (born May 8, 1926, New York City, New York) is an American comedian, film actor, and voice actor. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Griffith as Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American actor, singer, writer and producer from Mount Airy, North Carolina. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an iconic American actress, singer and model. ... // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... Mel Brooks in the 2005 film of The Producers Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies, or as he says, spoofs. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926 in West Irvine, Kentucky, USA) is an American actor. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, BA, LL.D (born July 21, 1926) is a Canadian film director, producer, and actor. ... October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Beverly Garland (born Beverly Lucy Fessenden on October 17, 1926) is a veteran American film and television actress with a half-century of credits, from cult 1950s B movies to the hit WB series 7th Heaven. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... Klaus Kinski. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 - January 17, 2003) was an American actor. ...

Deaths

• January 30 - Barbara La Marr, actress
• August 23 - Rudolph Valentino, actor