1916 in film

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Events

• From the far -less collaboration between Sascha Kolowrat Krakowsky and Oskar Messter goes on 4 April, the " Austro- Hungarian Sascha - Messter film mbH ", later Sascha - Messter movie out.
• The published on September 5, silent film Intolerance by David Wark Griffith is the first flop in film history.

• Samuel Goldfish and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company, the film studio. Goldfish changed his name later in Samuel Goldwyn.

Born

January to March

January

• January 04: Robert Parrish, American film director and editor († 1995)
• January 06: Rolf Kutschera, Austrian actor († 2012)
• January 11: Bernard Blier, French actor († 1989)

February

• 04 February: Frank Tarloff, American screenwriter († 1999)
• February 10: Walter Reed, American actor († 2001)
• FEBRUARY 11: Walter Newman, American screenwriter († 1993)
• February 14: Sally Gray, English actress († 2006)
• February 14: Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director († 1996)
• FEBRUARY 25: Michael Truman, British film director, film producer and editor († 1972)
• FEBRUARY 26: Jackie Gleason, American actor († 1987)
• FEBRUARY 29: Dinah Shore, American entertainer († 1994)

March

• March 03: Benno Sterzbach, German actor († 1985)
• MARCH 11: Ferdy Mayne, German - British actor († 1998)
• March 14: Horton Foote, American screenwriter († 2009)
• MARCH 16: Mercedes McCambridge, American actress († 2004)
• MARCH 25: Jean Rogers, American actress († 1991)
• MARCH 26: Sterling Hayden, American actor († 1986)

April-June

April

• 04 April: Dorothy Dare, American actress
• April 05: Gregory Peck, American actor († 2003)
• April 07: Robert Freytag, Austrian actor († 2010)
• April 11: Howard W. Koch, American producer and director († 2001)
• APRIL 12: Russell Garcia, American composer († 2011)
• April 25: John Springer, American press agent, film historian and writer († 2001)
• April 26: Helen Burgess, American actress († 1937)

May

• May 01: Glenn Ford, American actor († 2006)
• May 10: Alfred Weidenmann, German director († 2000)
• MAY 17: Stanley Roberts, American screenwriter († 1982)
• MAY 19: Alfred Shaughnessy, British screenwriter († 2005)

June

• June 06: Irene von Meyendorff, German actress († 2001)
• June 08: Luigi Comencini, Italian director († 2005)
• June 12: Irwin Allen, American producer ( † 1991)
• June 14: Dorothy McGuire, American actress († 2001)
• June 15: Susanne von Almassy, Austrian actress († 2009)
• June 23: Irene Worth, American actress († 2002)
• JUNE 28: Manfred Steffen, German actor and spokesman († 2009)

July to September

July

• 01 July: Olivia de Havilland, American actress
• July 02: Ken Curtis, American actor and country music singer († 1991)
• 08 July: Peter Pasetti, German actor († 1996)
• JULY 23: Kurt Kreuger, American actor († 2006)
• July 27: Keenan Wynn, American actor († 1986)
• JULY 28: Tilly Lauenstein, German actress († 2002)
• JULY 29: Budd Boetticher, American film director († 2001)

August

• 03 August: Hertha Feiler, Austrian actress († 1970)
• 04 August: Heinz Lankans, German actor († 1978)
• 06 August: Charles Snow, American screenwriter († 1963)
• August 12: Ralph Nelson, American film director († 1987)
• 13 August: Gloria Dickson, American actress († 1945)
• AUGUST 19: Marie Wilson, American actress († 1972)
• August 20: Petro Vlahos, American film technician ( † 2013)
• August 25: Van Johnson, American actor († 2008)
• August 27: Martha Raye, American actress († 1994)
• AUGUST 29: George Montgomery, American actor († 2000)

September

• 09 September: Peter Beauvais, German director († 1986)
• September 10: Harry Kleiner, American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• September 28: Peter Finch, British actor († 1977)

October to December

October

• October 04: George Sidney, American film director († 2002)
• October 14: Jack Arnold, American film director († 1992)
• October 18: Anthony Dawson, British actor († 1992)
• October 20: Gerhard fever, German animator, director and producer († 2013)
• OCTOBER 28: Pearl Hackney, British actress († 2009)
• October 30: Heinz Spitzner, German actor († 1992)

November

• November 05: Madeleine Robinson, French actress († 2004)
• November 14: Sherwood Schwartz, American producer and screenwriter († 2011)
• November 20: Evelyn Keyes, American actress († 2008)
• November 23: Michael Gough, British actor († 2011)

December

• 08 December: Richard Fleischer, American film director († 2006)
• December 09: Kirk Douglas, American actor
• December 18: Betty Grable, American actress († 1973)
• December 19: Roy Ward Baker, British film director and producer ( † 2010)
• December 20: Leny Marenbach, German actress († 1984)
• December 23: Dino Risi, Italian film director († 2008)

Exact date of birth unknown

• Giorgos Tzavellas, Greek director, actor and author († 1976)

Died

• November 30: Dorrit Weixler, German actress (* 1892)