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1912 -- 1913 -- 1914 -- 1915

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>> Film Studies (1910s) <<

1917 -- 1918 -- 1919 -- 1920

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#1. Intolerance' (Griffith) <YouTube> -- The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
#3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Paton) -- A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
#--. Christus (Antamoro) ITA

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Notable Mention

@ {en} Hell’s Hinges (USA 1916 Swickard) <YouTube> -- In the wayward western town known as Hell's Hinges, a local tough guy is reformed by the faith of a good woman.

@ {en} Joan the Woman (USA 1916 DeMille) <YouTube> -- A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

{en} When Little Lindy Sang (USA 1916 Warrenton) <YouTube> -- Lindy, the lone African American, is ostracized by her classmates except for one little girl. When Lindy is a heroine during a school fire attitudes change.

Additional Films

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{en} [The] Call of the Cumberlands (USA 1916 Lloyd) <YouTube> -- A family feud erupts in the mountains of Kentucky.

{en} Civilization (USA 1916 Barker) <YouTube> -- Christ takes on the form of a pacifist count to end a senseless war. (IMDb 1915)

{en} Flirting with Fate (USA 1916 Cabanne) <YouTube> -- 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.

{en} Going Straight (USA 1916 Franklin) <YouTube> -- A man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. One day a member of their old gang shows up and threatens to expose them if they don't help him pull a heist.

{en} Little Mary Sunshine (USA 1916 King) <YouTube> -- Just after Bob's fiancée breaks off their engagement, he meets young Mary, whose mother has just died, and the two of them comfort each other.

{ru} [The] Queen of Spades (RUS 1916 Protazanov) <YouTube> -- 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 was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards in a certain order...

{en} [The] Polish Dancer / Bestia (POL 1916 Hertz) <YouTube> -- An immoral small-town girl steals money from her drunk lover in order to go to a big city. There she becomes a cabaret star and seduces a wealthy married entrepreneur.

{en} [The] Right to Be Happy (USA 1916 Julian) <lost> -- A heartwarming retelling of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' where Ebeneezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits in an attempt to save his soul.

{en} Snow White (USA 1916 Dawley) <YouTube> -- Snow White, a beautiful girl, is despised by a wicked queen who tries to destroy her. With the aid of dwarves in the woods, Snow White overcomes the queen.

{en} Tom Brown's Schooldays (GBR 1916 Wilson) <YouTube> -- A squire's mischievous son becomes a boarder at Rugby.

Critical Reception

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. Intolerance (Griffith) -- @2. The Rink (Chaplin) -- @3. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Paton) -- @4. The Pawnshop (Chaplin) -- @5. One A.M. (Chaplin) -- @6. The Vagabond (Chaplin) -- @7. The Floorwalker (Chaplin) -- @8. Behind the Screen (Chaplin) -- @9. Judex (Feuillade) -- @10. Hell’s Hinges (Swickard)

-- @11. The Fireman (Chaplin) -- @12. The Count (Chaplin) -- @13. Police! (Chaplin) -- @14. Fatty and Mabel Adrift (Arbuckle) -- @15. The Battle of the Somme (Malins, McDowell) -- @16. Burlesque on Carmen (Chaplin) (see 1915) -- @17. The End of the World (Blom) -- @18. Snow White (Dawlew) -- @19. The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (Emerson) -- @20. Blind Justice [Haevnens nat] (Christensen)

History of Cinema, Best Films

-- *** Intolerance (Griffith) -- ** Hell's Hinges (Swickard) -- ** Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Paton) -- ** Behind the Screen (Chaplin -- ** Joan the Woman (DeMille) -- ** The Dumb Girl of Portici (Smalley, Weber) -- ** One A.M. (Chaplin)

-- Where Are My Children? (Smalley, Weber) -- Tigre reale (Pastrone) -- Judex (Feuillade) -- The Battle of the Somme (Malins, McDowell) -- The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (Emerson) -- Hoodoo Ann (Ingraham) -- Blind Justice [Haevnens nat] (Christensen) -- Vingarne (Stiller) -- Homunculus (Rippert) -- The Ocean Waif (Guy-Blache)

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #16. Intolerance

-- #109. Hell’s Hinges (Swickard) -- #191. The Rink (Chaplin) -- #192. Behind the Screen (Chaplin) -- #200. The Pawnshop (Chaplin) -- #214. Joan the Woman -- #230. The Dumb Girl of Portici -- #278. One A.M. (Chaplin) -- #290. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

-- #300+. The Count (Chaplin) -- Fatty and Mabel Adrift (Arbuckle) -- The Fireman (Chaplin) -- The Floorwalker (Chaplin) -- The Golden Chance -- Gretchen the Greenhorn -- He Did and He Didn’t -- A Natural Born Gambler -- Police! (Chaplin) -- The Vagabond (Chaplin)

Silent Films Ranked, Best Films

-- #17. Intolerance (Griffith) -- #67. Les vampires (Feuillade)

Paste Magazine, Best Films

-- #42. Intolerance -- #88. Il fuoco / The Flame (Pastrone)

Schneider, Best Films

-- Intolerance

External links

1916 in film -- Wikipedia

Pages in category "1916, Top Films"

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Media in category "1916, Top Films"

The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.

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 -- -- '''1916, Top Films''' -- --
+>> [[:Category:Film Studies--1910s|Film Studies (1910s)]] <<
 [[:Category:1917, Top Films|1917]] -- [[:Category:1918, Top Films|1918]] -- [[:Category:1919, Top Films|1919]] -- [[:Category:1920, Top Films|1920]]
-== Notable 1916 films ==
+.
+<gallery>
--> ->
+Paton (film).jpg
+Antamoro (film).jpg
+</gallery>
+.
+* #1. '''Intolerance''' (Griffith) <YouTube>''''' -- The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
+* #3. '''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''' (Paton) -- A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
+* #--. '''Christus (Antamoro) ITA
-* @@ {en} '''''Intolerance (USA 1916 Griffith) <YouTube>''''' -- The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
+.
+=== Notable Mention ===
-->
-* @ {en} '''''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (USA 1916 Paton) <YouTube>''''' -- A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
-* @ {it} '''''Christus (ITA 1916 Antamoro) <YouTube>''''' -- The story of the life of Christ.
 * @ {en} '''''Hell’s Hinges (USA 1916 Swickard) <YouTube>''''' -- In the wayward western town known as Hell's Hinges, a local tough guy is reformed by the faith of a good woman.
@@ Line 23: / Line 28: @@
 * {en} '''''When Little Lindy Sang (USA 1916 Warrenton) <YouTube>''''' -- Lindy, the lone African American, is ostracized by her classmates except for one little girl. When Lindy is a heroine during a school fire attitudes change.
--
+=== Additional Films ===
+.
+<gallery>
+King (film).jpg
+Wilson (film).jpg
+</gallery>
+.
 * {en} '''''[The] Call of the Cumberlands (USA 1916 Lloyd) <YouTube>''''' -- A family feud erupts in the mountains of Kentucky.
@@ Line 35: / Line 45: @@
 * {en} '''''Little Mary Sunshine (USA 1916 King) <YouTube>''''' -- Just after Bob's fiancée breaks off their engagement, he meets young Mary, whose mother has just died, and the two of them comfort each other.
-* {ru} '''''[The] Queen of Spades''''' (RUS 1916 Protazanov) <YouTube>''''' -- 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 was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards in a certain order...
+* {ru} '''''[The] Queen of Spades (RUS 1916 Protazanov) <YouTube>''''' -- 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 was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards in a certain order...
 * {en} '''''[The] Polish Dancer / Bestia (POL 1916 Hertz) <YouTube>''''' -- An immoral small-town girl steals money from her drunk lover in order to go to a big city. There she becomes a cabaret star and seduces a wealthy married entrepreneur.
-* {en} ''[The] Right to Be Happy (USA 1916 Julian) <lost>''''' -- A heartwarming retelling of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' where Ebeneezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits in an attempt to save his soul.
+* {en} ''[The] Right to Be Happy (USA 1916 Julian) <lost>'' -- A heartwarming retelling of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' where Ebeneezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits in an attempt to save his soul.
 * {en} '''''Snow White (USA 1916 Dawley) <YouTube>''''' -- Snow White, a beautiful girl, is despised by a wicked queen who tries to destroy her. With the aid of dwarves in the woods, Snow White overcomes the queen.
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 == Critical Reception ==
-==== Silent Era, Best Films ====
+=== [https://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx?year=1916 Flickchart, Best Films] ===
+-- @1. '''Intolerance''' (Griffith)
+-- @2. '''The Rink''' (Chaplin)
+-- @3. '''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''' (Paton)
+-- @4. '''The Pawnshop''' (Chaplin)
+-- @5. '''One A.M.''' (Chaplin)
+-- @6. '''The Vagabond''' (Chaplin)
+-- @7. '''The Floorwalker''' (Chaplin)
+-- @8. '''Behind the Screen''' (Chaplin)
+-- @9. '''Judex''' (Feuillade)
+-- @10. '''Hell’s Hinges''' (Swickard)
+-- @11. '''The Fireman''' (Chaplin)
+-- @12. '''The Count''' (Chaplin)
+-- @13. '''Police!''' (Chaplin)
+-- @14. '''Fatty and Mabel Adrift''' (Arbuckle)
+-- @15. '''The Battle of the Somme''' (Malins, McDowell)
+-- @16. Burlesque on Carmen (Chaplin) (see 1915)
+-- @17. The End of the World (Blom)
+-- @18. Snow White (Dawlew)
+-- @19. '''The Mystery of the Leaping Fish''' (Emerson)
+-- @20. '''Blind Justice [Haevnens nat]''' (Christensen)
+=== History of Cinema, Best Films ===
+-- *** '''Intolerance''' (Griffith)
+-- ** '''Hell's Hinges''' (Swickard)
+-- ** '''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''' (Paton)
+-- ** '''Behind the Screen''' (Chaplin
+-- ** Joan the Woman (DeMille)
+-- ** '''The Dumb Girl of Portici''' (Smalley, Weber)
+-- ** '''One A.M.''' (Chaplin)
+-- Where Are My Children? (Smalley, Weber)
+-- Tigre reale (Pastrone)
+-- '''Judex''' (Feuillade)
+-- '''The Battle of the Somme''' (Malins, McDowell)
+-- '''The Mystery of the Leaping Fish''' (Emerson)
+-- Hoodoo Ann (Ingraham)
+-- '''Blind Justice [Haevnens nat]''' (Christensen)
+-- Vingarne (Stiller)
+-- Homunculus (Rippert)
+-- The Ocean Waif (Guy-Blache)
+=== Silent Era, Best Films ===
--- #16. ''Intolerance''
+-- #16. '''Intolerance'''
--- #109. ''Hell’s Hinges'' (Swickard)
+-- #109. '''Hell’s Hinges''' (Swickard)
--- #191. ''The Rink'' (Chaplin)
+-- #191. '''The Rink''' (Chaplin)
--- #192. ''Behind the Screen'' (Chaplin)
+-- #192. '''Behind the Screen''' (Chaplin)
--- #200. ''The Pawnshop'' (Chaplin)
+-- #200. '''The Pawnshop''' (Chaplin)
 -- #214. ''Joan the Woman''
 -- #230. ''The Dumb Girl of Portici''
--- #278. ''One A.M.'' (Chaplin)
+-- #278. '''One A.M.''' (Chaplin)
 -- #290. ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''
--- #300+. ''The Count'' (Chaplin)
+-- #300+. '''The Count''' (Chaplin)
--- ''Fatty and Mabel Adrift''
+-- '''Fatty and Mabel Adrift''' (Arbuckle)
--- ''The Fireman'' (Chaplin)
+-- '''The Fireman''' (Chaplin)
--- ''The Floorwalker'' (Chaplin)
+-- '''The Floorwalker''' (Chaplin)
 -- ''The Golden Chance''
 -- ''Gretchen the Greenhorn''
 -- ''He Did and He Didn’t''
 -- ''A Natural Born Gambler''
--- ''Police!'' (Chaplin)
+-- '''Police!''' (Chaplin)
--- ''The Vagabond'' (Chaplin)
+-- '''The Vagabond''' (Chaplin)
 ==== Silent Films Ranked, Best Films ====
--- #17. Intolerance (Griffith)
+-- #17. '''Intolerance''' (Griffith)
--- #67. Les vamnpires (Feuillade)
+-- #67. '''Les vampires''' (Feuillade)
 ==== Paste Magazine, Best Films ====
--- #42. ''Intolerance''
+-- #42. '''Intolerance'''
 -- #88. ''Il fuoco / The Flame'' (Pastrone)
 ==== '''[[Schneider, Best Films]]''' ====
--- ''Intolerance''
+-- '''Intolerance'''
 == External links ==