1926 in film

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List of years in film (table)
… 1916 ^. 1917 ^. 1918 ^. 1919 ^. 1920 ^. 1921 ^. 1922 … 1923 1924 1925 -1926- 1927 1928 1929 … 1930 ^. 1931 ^. 1932 ^. 1933 ^. 1934 ^. 1935 ^. 1936 … In television: 1923 1924 1925 -1926- 1927 1928 1929
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… 1923 ^. 1924 ^. 1925 - 1926 - 1927 ^. 1928 ^. 1929 … … 1890s ^. 1900s ^. 1910s -1920s- 1930s ^. 1940s ^. 1950s … … 19th century ^. 20th century ^. 21st century …
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Years in film

1870s
1880s
1890s
1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899
1900s
1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909
1910s
1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919
1920s
1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929
1930s
1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939
1940s
1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949
1950s
1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959
1960s
1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
1970s
1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979
1980s
1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
1990s
1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999
2000s
2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
2010s
2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014

1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Films released in 1926
4 Short film series
5 Animated short film series
6 Births
7 Deaths
8 Film debuts

[edit] Events

August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film.
Theodore W. Case and E. I. Sponable demonstrate their sound-on-film experiments to William Fox of the Fox Film Corporation. The Fox-Case Corp. was formed in an effort to exploit the system, which was given the name Movietone. Fox began to create Movietone News newsreels at this time. One of the first newsreels was Charles Lindbergh's takeoff for Paris.
Al Jolson films A Plantation Act one of the first unreleased talkies and a test film for The Jazz Singer
The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called The Adventures of Prince Achmed.