1916 Movies
Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 1916, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.
Joan the Woman
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, Theodore Roberts
Country: United States of America
Outline: A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Directed by: D.W. Griffith
Starring: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner
Country: United States of America
Outline: The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
The Queen of Spades
Directed by: Yakov Protazanov
Starring: Tamara Duvan, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Vera Orlova, Nikolai Panov
Country: United States of America
Outline: While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once incurred an enormous gambling debt, which she ...
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Directed by: Stuart Paton
Starring: Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton, Curtis Benton
Country: United States of America
Outline: Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. ...
Judex
Directed by: Louis Feuillade
Starring: René Cresté, Musidora, René Poyen, Édouard Mathé
Country: United States of America
Outline: A twelve part serial following the adventures of the masked vigilante Judex as he fights against criminals led by the corrupt banker Favrauxom.
Flirting with Fate
Directed by: Christy Cabanne
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Jewel Carmen, Howard Gaye, W.E. Lawrence
Country: United States of America
Outline: In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer he's hired to end his life.
Reggie Mixes In
Directed by: Christy Cabanne
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Joseph Singleton, William Lowery
Outline: Reggie, a wealthy young man about town, is eager for excitement, so he takes to visiting the rougher sections of the city in search of thrills. He meets and falls for a cabaret singer, but ...
Sherlock Holmes
Directed by: Arthur Berthelet
Starring: William Gillette, Marjorie Kay, Ernest Maupain, Edward Fielding
Country: United States of America
Outline: When a couple of swindlers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will in order to discover the whereabouts of letters which could spell scandal for the royal family, Sherlock Holmes is on the case.
American Aristocracy
Directed by: Lloyd Ingraham
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Jewel Carmen, C.A. de Lima, Albert Parker
Country: United States of America
Outline: A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.
His Picture in the Papers
Directed by: John Emerson
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Clarence Handyside, Rene Boucicault, Jean Temple
Outline: A young man can only get the woman he loves if he becomes famous and manages to get his picture in the newspapers. He determines to let nothing stand in the way of his doing exactly that, ...
The World and the Woman
Directed by: Frank Lloyd, Eugene Moore
Starring: Jeanne Eagels, Boyd Marshall, Thomas A. Curran, Grace DeCarlton
Outline: THE WORLD AND THE WOMAN is historically important as the screen debut of legendary actress Jeanne Eagels. The role of a prostitute turned faith healer is suitably challenging for the star. ...
King Lear
Directed by: Ernest C. Warde
Starring: Frederick Warde, Lorraine Huling, Wayne Arey, J.H. Gilmour
Country: United States of America
Outline: Lear is an old man blind to his weaknesses. He decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters according to who recites the best declaration of love. Goneril and Regan pretend to ...
The Innocence of Ruth
Directed by: John H. Collins
Starring: Edward Earle, Viola Dana, Augustus Phillips, Lena Davril
The Price of Power
Directed by: Tonino Valerii
The Right to Live
Directed by: Michele Frantzeskos
Directed by: D.W. Griffith
Starring: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Howard Gaye, Lillian Langdon, Margery Wilson, Eugene Pallette, Constance Talmadge, Elmer Clifton
Country: United States of America
Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Eric Campbell, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Lloyd Bacon, Henry Bergman, Leota Bryan, Frank J. Coleman, James T. Kelley, Charlotte Mineau
Country: United States of America
Directed by: Lloyd Ingraham
Starring: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, William H. Brown, Wilbur Higby, Loyola O'Connor, Mildred Harris, Pearl Elmore, Anna Dodge, Charles Lee, Elmo Lincoln
Country: United States of America
Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, James T. Kelley, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, Leota Bryan, Lloyd Bacon, Frank J. Coleman, Charlotte Mineau
Country: United States of America
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, Theodore Roberts, Wallace Reid, Charles Clary, James Neill, Tully Marshall, Lawrence Peyton, Horace B. Carpenter
Country: United States of America
Directed by: J. Searle Dawley
Starring: Dorothy Cumming, Creighton Hale, Lionel Braham, Alice Washburn, Marguerite Clark
Country: United States of America
Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Eric Campbell, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman, Leota Bryan, Frank J. Coleman, James T. Kelley, Charlotte Mineau, John Rand
Country: United States of America
Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin, Charlotte Mineau, James T. Kelley, Frank J. Coleman, John Rand, Wesley Ruggles
Country: United States of America
Directed by: Attilio Fabbri
Starring: Teresa Boetti Valvassura, Amedeo Chiantoni, Attilio Fabbri, Pina Fabbri, Ugo Gracci, Tina Martini
Country: Italy
Maria Rosa
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Pedro de Cordoba, James Neill
Outline: Ramon loves Catalonian peasant Maria Rosa. He uses a knife belonging to her love Andreas to kill fisherman Pedro, so Andreas goes to jail for ten years. Maria will wait for him, but Ramon ...
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