1926 In Film

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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 .

TOP GROSSING FILMS

# '' Aloma Of The South Seas ''
# '' What Price Glory? ''

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 '' starring William Haines , Jack Pickford and Mary Brian

'' Cruise Of The Jasper B '', starring Rod La Rocque , Mildred Harris and Snitz Edwards

'' 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 .

'' Madame Mystery '', starring Theda Bara .

'' Mare Nostrum '', directed by Rex Ingram

'' Mother ''

'' The Scarlet Letter '', starring Lillian Gish . -(film mentioned in article)

'' Sea Beast '', starring John Barrymore .

'' The Son Of The Sheik '', starring Rudolph Valentino .

'' Sparrows '', starring Mary Pickford .

'' Storm Of Passion '' ('' Aiyoku No Arashi '')

'' The Student Of Prague (1926 Film) '', starring Conrad Veidt and Werner Krauss .

'' The Temptress '', starring Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno .

'' What Price Glory? '', starring Edmund Lowe , Victor McLaglen and Dolores Del Rio .

SHORT FILM SERIES

'' Buster Keaton '' ( 1917 - 1941 )

'' Our Gang '' ( 1922 - 1944 )

'' Laurel And Hardy '' (1921- 1943 )

ANIMATED SHORT FILM SERIES

'' Felix The Cat '' (1919-1930)

'' Koko The Clown '' (1919-1934)

'' Alice Comedies '' (1924-1927)

'' Koko's Song Car Tunes '' (1924-1927)

'' Krazy Kat '' (1925-1940)

'' Un-Natural History '' (1925-1927)

'' Oswald The Rabbit '' (1926-1928)

'' Pete The Pup '' (1926-1927)

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

DEATHS

January 30 - Barbara La Marr , actress

August 23 - Rudolph Valentino , actor

September 11 - Matsunosuke Onoe , actor

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