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June 24 – Mary Pickford signs a contract for $10,000 a week plus profit participation, guaranteeing her over $1 million per year. July 19 – Famous Players–Lasky is formed through a merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company. Later in the year, they acquire distributor Paramount Pictures.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Stuart Paton: Jane Gail, Allen Holubar, Matt Moore: Action Adventure: Universal.Based on the novel by Jules Verne: The Abandonment
Emory Johnson acted in 26 films for Universal, mostly dramas with a sprinkling of comedies and westerns. Johnson would make 18 movies, the highest output of his career, in 1916, including eight shorts and ten feature-length dramas. Gretchen Lederer (1891-1955) was 24 years old when she portrayed Señora Esteban.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1916 American silent film directed by Stuart Paton. The film's storyline is based on the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne . It also incorporates elements from Verne's 1875 novel The Mysterious Island .
Between 1915 and 1916, the number of feature movies rose 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times or from 342 films to 835. [5] There was a recurring claim that Carl Laemmle was the longest-running studio chief resisting the production of feature films. [6]
The Fall of a Nation is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Thomas Dixon Jr., and a sequel to the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, directed by D. W. Griffith.Dixon, Jr. attempted to cash in on the success of the controversial first film. [1]
This project marked Vernon's second planned feature film and her final slated appearance for 1916. [43] The movie's promotional materials and articles widely advertised that Francelia Billington and Agnes Vernon were the lead actresses. Trade magazines consistently listed Vernon as playing Caroline until approximately Christmas 1916.
Between 1915 and 1916, the number of feature movies rose 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times or from 342 films to 835. [5] There was a recurring claim that Carl Laemmle was the longest-running studio chief resisting the production of feature films. [6]