1916 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Top Grossing Films of the Year 5 Other Movies Released

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).

• January 3 - Betty Furness, actress, consumer activist
• February 14 - Masaki Kobayashi, director
• April 5 - Gregory Peck, actor
• June 23 - Irene Worth, actress
• July 1 - Olivia de Havilland, actress
• December 9 - Kirk Douglas, American actor

Top Grossing Films of the Year

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

• The Battle of the Somme
• Energetic Eva - starring Eva Tanguay