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The History of Cinema: 1916 |
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– A federal entertainments tax is imposed. [ADD] |
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Within three days of the funeral of Emperor Franz Joseph, 255 copies of the film are distributed across the country. [ADD] |
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| – A. Kolowrat-Krakowsky builds a studio in Vienna's 19th district, Sievering. [ADD] | ||||
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– The first Kinospiegel (film criticism) is published in a daily newspaper. [ADD] |
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– The first regulations regarding the safety of children and young people at the cinema are enforced. [ADD] |
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Azerbaijan |
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| 14/5 - | Svetlov’s In the Realm of Oil and Millions premieres at the Biograph Theatre in Baku. [ADD] | |||
| Czechoslovakia | ||||
| 20/10 - | Antonin Fenci’s debut directorial film, Zlate Srdecko (Heart of Gold) is released. [ADD] | |||
| Denmark | ||||
| – The Kino–Teatret at Christianshavn on Wildersgade opens. [ADD] | ||||
| Finland | ||||
| Aug - | Ruling Russian authorities ban all film activity in the country. The ban will remain in place until the March 1917 Russian revolution. [ADD] | |||
| – Erik Erstlander opens the country’s first film studio for his Finlandia Film production company. [ADD] | ||||
| France | ||||
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| 22/1 - | Leon Gaumont employs 30-year-old actor Jacques Feyder as a director. [ADD] | |||
| 18/2 - | Foreign films begin to flood the French market as a result of a severe drop in the output of the domestic industry. [ADD] | |||
| 29/3 - | The committee formed to promote the use of film for education purposes is appointed by decree in Paris. [ADD] | |||
| 7/4 - | L’ecran, the first official journal of the French Union of Cinematographers, is published. [ADD] | |||
| 22/4 - | In a Paris courtroom, two young girls claim that scenes they saw in a film inspired their crime of attempted murder. [ADD] | |||
| 13/5 - | Alphonse Frank reopens the German-owned cinema Palais Rochechouart in Paris. [ADD] | |||
| 17/5 - | Demands are made to ban the screening of “cinematographic performances which, in the guise of fantastic adventures, teach the most skilful means of robbing and killing” after a number of criminals claim to have been inspired by the film serial Mysteries of New York. [ADD] | |||
| 18/5 - | Gaumont release Le Pied qui etreint. A parody of Louis Feuillade’s Les Vampires, it is directed by Jacques Feyder and stars Andre Roanne, Georges Biscot and Musidora. [ADD] | |||
| 30/6 - | The tenth and final episode of Les Vampires is released. [ADD] | |||
| 1/7 - | Georges-Michel Coissac publishes an article in Cine-Journal “moralising about the cinema and calling for a banning of vulgarity on the screen". [ADD] | |||
| 5/9 - | Following the completion of his Le droit a la vie, Abel Gance signs a 10-picture deal with Louis Nalpas, head of Film d’Arte. Gance will receive 1,500 francs for each film. [ADD] | |||
| 30/9 - | Comedian Max Linder sails for America to replace Charlie Chaplin at Essanay following horrendous war traumas when, in addition to being stricken by pneumonia, he suffered gas poisoning and a serious breakdown. He will earn $5,000 per week for the duration of the contract, during which he is expected to shoot 12 films. [ADD] | |||
| 16/12 - | The press receive a screening of the first episodes of Louis Feuilade’s new serial, Judex, starring Musidora, Yvette Andreyor and Rene Creste. [ADD] | |||
Other Key Films of 1916 |
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| Chile | ||||
| La Baraja de la Muerte (Salvador Giambastiane) [ADD] | ||||
| Fiestas de los Estudiantes (Salvador Giambastiani) [ADD] | ||||
| Santiago Antiguo (Salvador Giambastiani) [ADD] | ||||
| Denmark | ||||
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| Haevnens Nat (Benjamin Christensen) [ADD] | ||||
| Pax Aeterna (Holger-Madsen) [ADD] | ||||
| Pro Patria (August Blom) [ADD] | ||||
| France | ||||
| La Boheme (Albert Capellani) [ADD] | ||||
| Le Coupable (Andre Antoine) [ADD] | ||||
| Les Freres corses (Andre Antoine) [ADD] | ||||
| Tetes de femmes, femmes de tete (Jacques Feyder) [ADD] | ||||
| Georgia - Turkey | ||||
| USA: January - June | ||||
| USA: July - December | ||||
