1926 in film

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The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Events

February - The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed).
August 5 - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system uses multiple 33⅓ rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film.
August 23 - Rudolph Valentino, whose film The Son of the Sheik was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body.
October 7 - Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphone film, The Better 'Ole, starring Sydney Chaplin.
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. is formed in an effort to exploit the system, which is given the name Movietone. Fox begin to create Movietone News newsreels at this time. One of the first newsreels is of 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

Top-grossing films (Worldwide)

Rank	Title	Gross
1.	Aloma of the South Seas	$3,000,000^[1]
2.	For Heaven's Sake	$2,600,000^[2]
3.	The Son of the Sheik	$2,000,000^*^[3]
4.	What Price Glory?	$2,000,000^[4]
5.	Don Juan	$1,693,000^[5]
6.	Beau Geste	$1,500,000^[4]
7.	The Better Ole	$1,273,000^[5]
8.	Flesh and the Devil	$1,261,000
9.	Sparrows	$966,878
10.	The Temptress	$965,000
11.	The Sea Beast	$938,000^[5]
12.	My Yankee Senor	n/a

^*U.S. and Canada rental only

Notable films released in 1926

U.S.A. unless stated

3 Bad Men, directed by John Ford
The Adventures of Prince Achmed, directed by Lotte Reiniger - (Germany)
Aloma of the South Seas, directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Gilda Gray & William Powell
Bardelys the Magnificent, directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman
The Bat, directed by Roland West
Battling Butler, directed by and starring Buster Keaton
Beau Geste, directed by Herbert Brenon, starring Ronald Colman and Alice Joyce
The Bells, directed by James Young, starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff
Beverly of Graustark, directed by Sidney Franklin, starring Marion Davies and Antonio Moreno
The Black Pirate, directed by Albert Parker, starring Douglas Fairbanks and Billie Dove
La Bohème, directed by King Vidor, starring Lillian Gish, John Gilbert and Renée Adorée
Brown of Harvard directed by Jack Conway, starring William Haines, Jack Pickford and Mary Brian
Brudeferden i Hardanger (The bridal procession in Hardanger) - (Norway)
Cab No. 13 (Einspanner Nr 13), directed by Michael Curtiz - (Germany)
Cruise of the Jasper B, starring Rod La Rocque, Mildred Harris and Snitz Edwards
Dangerous Traffic, directed by Bennett Cohen, starring Ralph Bushman, Mildred Harris and Jack Perrin
The Devil's Circus, starring Norma Shearer
The Devil's Wheel (Chyortovo koleso) - (U.S.S.R.)
Don Juan, directed by Alan Crosland, starring John Barrymore
Falešná kočička aneb Když si žena umíní (Fake Woman or When He is a She) - (Czechoslovakia)
Faust, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Gösta Ekman and Emil Jannings - (Germany)
Flesh and the Devil, directed by Clarence Brown, starring John Gilbert and Greta Garbo
Fool's Luck, directed by Fatty Arbukle, starring Lupino Lane and George Davis
For Heaven's Sake, directed by Sam Taylor, starring Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston
The General, starring Buster Keaton
The Golden Butterfly (Der goldene Schmetterling), directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Lili Damita and Nils Asther - (Germany)
The Great Gatsby, directed by Herbert Brenon, starring Warner Baxter and Lois Wilson
The Great K & A Train Robbery, starring Tom Mix
Hands Up!
The Holy Mountain (Der heilige Berg), starring Leni Riefenstahl - (Germany)
In the Way of Zorro
Irene, starring Colleen Moore. In color sequence by Technicolor.
It Must Be Love, starring Colleen Moore.
The Johnstown Flood, starring George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor
Kid Boots, starring Eddie Cantor and Clara Bow
The Last Days of Pompeii (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) - (Italy)
Loetoeng Kasaroeng, directed by L. Heuveldorp, starring Martoana - (Dutch East Indies)
Love's Berries (Yagodka lyubvi) - (U.S.S.R.)
Madame Mystery, directed by Richard Wallace and Stan Laurel, starring Theda Bara
The Magician, directed by Rex Ingram, starring Alice Terry
Manon Lescaut, UFA production; directed by Arthur Robison, starring Lya De Putti - (Germany)
Mare Nostrum, directed by Rex Ingram, starring Antonio Moreno and Alice Terry
Ménilmontant, directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff, starring Nadia Sibirskaïa - (France)
Michel Strogoff
Miss Mend, directed by Fyodor Otsep, starring Boris Barnet - (U.S.S.R.)
Mother, directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin - (U.S.S.R.)
My Stars, directed by Fatty Arbuckle
Nana directed by Jean Renoir - (France)
Nell Gwyn directed by Herbert Wilcox; starring Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton - (GB)
Nelson, starring Cedric Hardwicke - (GB)
Old Ironsides directed by James Cruze; starring Esther Ralston
The Overcoat (Shinel) - (U.S.S.R.)
A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ippēji) - (Japan)
Rien que les heures (Nothing but Time), directed by Alberto Cavalcanti - (France)
The Scarlet Letter, starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson
The Sea Beast, starring John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and George O'Hara
The Show-Off, directed by Mal St. Clair; starring Ford Sterling, Lois Wilson and Louise Brooks
The Son of the Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky
So's Your Old Man, starring W. C. Fields
The Sorrows of Satan, starring Adolphe Menjou
Sparrows, directed by William Beaudine, starring Mary Pickford
The Strong Man, starring Harry Langdon
The Student of Prague, starring Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Agnes Esterhazy and Fritz Alberti - (Germany)
Tartuffe, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Emil Jannings - (Germany)
Tell It to the Marines, directed by George W. Hill; starring William Haines and Lon Chaney
The Temptress, starring Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno
The Three Million Trial - (U.S.S.R.)
Torrent, starring Ricardo Cortez and Greta Garbo
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, starring Harry Langdon and Joan Crawford
A Trip to Chinatown, starring Margaret Livingston and Earle Foxe
The Triumph of the Rat, directed by Graham Cutts, starring Ivor Novello and Isabel Jeans - (GB)
The Volga Boatman, directed by Cecil B. DeMille; starring William Boyd
What Price Glory?, starring Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen and Dolores del Río
The Winning of Barbara Worth, starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky and Gary Cooper
A Woman of the Sea, directed by Josef von Sternberg; starring Edna Purviance (unreleased)

Comedy film series

Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)
Buster Keaton (1917–1944)
Our Gang (1922–1944)
Laurel and Hardy (1921–1943)
Harry Langdon (1924–1936)

Animated short film series

Felix the Cat (1919–1936)
Koko the Clown (1919–1934)
Alice Comedies
- Alice on the Farm
- Alice's Balloon Race
- Alice's Orphan
- Alice's Little Parade
- Alice's Mysterious Mystery
- Alice Charms the Fish
- Alice's Monkey Business
- Alice in the Wooly West
- Alice the Fire Fighter
- Alice Cuts the Ice
- Alice Helps the Romance
- Alice's Spanish Guitar
- Alice's Brown Derby
- Alice the Lumber Jack
Koko's Song Car Tunes (1924–1927)
Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
Un-Natural History (1925–1927)
Pete the Pup (1926–1927)

Births

January 6 - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor and the 1955 Mr. Universe (died 2006)
January 14 - Tom Tryon, actor and novelist (died 1991)
January 15 - Maria Schell, actress (died 2005)
January 17 - Moira Shearer, actress and dancer (died 2006)
January 19 - Fritz Weaver, actor (died 2016)
January 20 - Patricia Neal, actress (died 2010)
February 2 - Lia Laats, actress (died 2004)
February 11 - Leslie Nielsen, actor and comedian (died 2010)
February 16 - John Schlesinger, director (died 2003)
February 20 - Gillian Lynne, dancer, actress and choreographer
March 6 - Andrzej Wajda, director (died 2016)
March 16 - Jerry Lewis, American actor (died 2017)
April 7 - Prem Nazir, Indian actor (died 1989)
April 8 - Shirley Mills, American actress (died 2010)
April 12 - Jane Withers, American actress
April 14 - Gloria Jean, American actress, singer
April 22 - Charlotte Rae, American actress
April 30 - Cloris Leachman, American actress
May 8 - Don Rickles, American comedian and actor (died 2017)
May 11 - Frank Thring, Australian actor (died 1994)
June 1
- Andy Griffith, American actor (died 2012)
- Marilyn Monroe, American actress (died 1962)
June 13 - Paul Lynde, American comedian and actor (died 1982)
June 28 - Mel Brooks, American entertainer
July 5 - Diana Lynn, American actress (died 1971)
July 10 - Carleton Carpenter, American actor, magician, author and songwriter
July 14 - Harry Dean Stanton, American character actor (died 2017)
July 21 - Norman Jewison, Canadian director
July 22 - Bryan Forbes, English director (died 2013)
August 7 - Stan Freberg, American voice actor, author, radio personality and comedian (died 2015)
August 29 - Betty Lynn, American actress
September 19 - James Lipton, American actor, screenwriter and presenter
October 15 - Jean Peters, American actress (died 2000)
October 17
- Beverly Garland, American actress (died 2008)
- Julie Adams, American actress
October 18 - Klaus Kinski, German actor (died 1991)
November 1 - Betsy Palmer, American actress (died 2015)
November 30 - Richard Crenna, American actor (died 2003)
December 1 - Allyn Ann McLerie, American actress
December 18 - Walter Lassally, German-born British-Greek cinematographer (died 2017)

Deaths

January 30 - Barbara La Marr, actress (born 1896)
February 6 - Carrie Clark Ward, actress (born 1862)
April 20 - Billy Quirk, actor (born 1873)
March 2 - Victory Bateman, actress (born 1865)
July 22 - Willard Louis, actor (born 1882)
August 22 - Joe Moore, actor, brother of Mary Moore, Matt Moore, Owen Moore & Tom Moore
August 23 - Rudolph Valentino, actor (born 1895)
August 30 - Eddie Lyons, American actor (born 1886)
September 8 - Kisaburo Kurihara, Japanese actor (born 1885)
September 11 - Matsunosuke Onoe, actor (born 1875)
October 31 - Harry Houdini, magician & actor (born 1874)
November 7 - Tom Forman, silent film actor & director (born 1893)
November 8 - James K Hackett, stage & silent film actor (born 1869)
November 17 - Harold Vosburgh, silent film actor (born 1870)

Film debuts

Sterling Holloway - The Battling Kangaroo
Nancy Kelly - The Untamed Lady
Joel McCrea - Torrent
Franklin Pangborn - Exit Smiling
Buddy Rogers - Fascinating Youth
Mickey Rooney - Not to Be Trusted (as Mickey McBain)
John Wayne - Brown of Harvard

References

↑ "Aloma of the South Seas Gross". worldwideboxoffice.com. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
↑ "Biggest Money Pictures". Variety. June 21, 1932. p. 1.
↑ "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M186.
1 2 "The All Time Best Sellers". International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38. Quigley Publishing Company. p. 942. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
1 2 3 Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television. 15.

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[1] "Aloma of the South Seas Gross". worldwideboxoffice.com. Retrieved 2012-07-23.

[Variety-2] "Biggest Money Pictures". Variety. June 21, 1932. p. 1.

[3] "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M186.

[quig-4] 1 2 "The All Time Best Sellers". International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38. Quigley Publishing Company. p. 942. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

[wb-5] 1 2 3 Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television. 15.

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