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The History of Cinema: 1926 |
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| – Amo Bek-Nazaryan’s film, Namus, receives critical praise for the realistic way it depicts Armenian life and customs. [ADD] | ||||
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– In Melbourne, Electric Theatres and Hoyt Pictures merge to form Hoyts Theatres, a circuit of 70 cinemas. [ADD] |
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– Quotas are introduced to control the influx of foreign films.[ADD] |
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– Liasnaia byl, Belarus’s first feature film is released. It is written by Belarusian M. Charot and Yuri Tarich.[ADD] |
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The government produces a documentary film using the Phonofilm sound-on-disc system.[ADD] |
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Youssef Wahby causes controversy by announcing plans to make a film about the life of Mohammed. [ADD] |
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– A cinema fire in Tampere claims the lives of 21 people. [ADD] |
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F. W. Murnau’s Tartuffe premieres at the newly-opened Gloria Palast cinema in Berlin. [ADD] |
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Sergei Eisenstein completes a study trip in Berlin during which he meet leading directors F. W. Murnau and Fritz Lang, actor Emil Jannings and cinematographer Karl Freund. [ADD] |
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| 3/9 - |
Lotte Reiniger’s Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed), the oldest existing (and possibly the first) feature-length animated film, is released. [ADD] |
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| 30/10 - |
Fritz Lang wraps shooting of Metropolis. [ADD] |
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– UFA and SF form Alliance Cinematographique European (ACEE) [ADD] |
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Holland |
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– The Centrale Commissie voor de Filmkeuring (Central Committee for Film censorship) is established as a result of protracted public debate regarding censorship. The committee doesn’t become active until 1928. [ADD] |
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Hong Kong |
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– Hero of the Sea, and The Nameless Hero, Hong Kong’s first feature-length films, are released in this year. [ADD] |
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| India | ||||
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– Prem Sanyas (Light of Asia) , a German-Indian co-production directed by Himansu Rai and Franz Osten becomes the first Indian film to make an impact overseas. [ADD] |
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– Bulbule Paristan (The Nightingale from the Land of Fairies), the first Indian film directed by a woman, is released. [ADD] |
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– Ardeshir Irani and Abdulallay Esoofally form Imperial Film in Mumbai. [ADD] |
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– The Punjab Film Corporation is founded in Lahore. [ADD] |
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| Indonesia | ||||
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– Leotoeng Kasaroeng (The Enchanted Monkey), the country’s first film is released. It is directed by L. Heuveldorp and G. Kruger. [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1926 |
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| Chile | ||||
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La última trasnochada (Pedro Sienna, Rafael Frontaura) [ADD] |
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| Colombia | ||||
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Alma provinciana (Felix Rodriguez) [ADD] |
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| Ecuador | ||||
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Solitude [ADD] |
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On the Ecuadorian East [ADD] |
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| The History of Cinema: 1926 | ||||
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| Italy - Vietnam | ||||
| USA: January - June | ||||
| USA: July - December | ||||
