1926 in film

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

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1926
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 What Price Glory? Fox Film $2,000,000[1]
2 The Black Pirate United Artists $1,700,000[2]
3 Beau Geste Paramount $1,500,000[1]
4 The Volga Boatman Producers Distributing Corporation $1,275,375[3]
5 Don Juan Warner Bros. $1,258,000[4]
6 Tell It to the Marines MGM $1,250,000[5]
7 The Better 'Ole Warner Bros. $955,000[4]
8 The Son of the Sheik United Artists $820,000[6]
9 The Sea Beast Warner Bros. $814,000[4]
10 The Temptress MGM $587,000[5]

Events

Notable films released in 1926

For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1926

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Comedy film series

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

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)
  • May 7 - Lillian Lawrence, actress (born 1868)
  • July 22 – Willard Louis, actor (born 1882)
  • July 23 - Charles Avery[17]
  • 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

References

  1. "The All Time Best Sellers". International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38. Quigley Publishing Company. p. 942. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  2. Krämer, Peter (2019). The General. ISBN 978-1-8387-1889-3. In addition, the strongly comedy-inflected, spectacular adventure films starring Fairbanks, who was known for his onscreen acrobatics (as well as his infectious smile), ranked highly in the annual charts – The Thief of Bagdad at no. 3 in 1924, Don Q, Son of Zorro at no. 4 in 1925 and The Black Pirate at no. 4 in 1926 – with domestic rentals of between $1.5 million and $1.7 million.
  3. Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-8131-2636-4.
  4. Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15.
  5. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  6. Movie Box Office Grosses: 1925 through 1931
  7. Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 205.
  8. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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  15. Kehr, Dave (20 August 2017). "Jerry Lewis, a Jester Both Silly and Stormy, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  16. "Marilyn Monroe | Biography, Movies, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  17. Charles Avery;IMDb.com
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