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

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 Son of the Sheik United Artists $1,000,000[6]
8 The Better 'Ole Warner Bros. $955,000[4]
9 The Sea Beast $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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15.
  5. 1 2 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  6. Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950: The Company Built by the Stars. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-299-23003-6.
  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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  13. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  14. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  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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