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A list of American films released in 1926 .
A list of American films released in 1926 .
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eagle of the Sea | Frank Lloyd | Florence Vidor, Ricardo Cortez | Historical | Paramount |
| Early to Wed | Frank Borzage | Matt Moore, Katherine Perry, Albert Gran | Comedy | Fox Film |
| The Earth Woman | Walter Lang | Mary Alden, Priscilla Bonner | Drama | Independent |
| Ella Cinders | Alfred E. Green | Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes | Comedy | First National |
| The Enchanted Hill | Irvin Willat | Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, Mary Brian | Western | Paramount |
| The Escape | Milburn Morante | Pete Morrison, Bruce Gordon | Western | Universal |
| Everybody's Acting | Marshall Neilan | Betty Bronson, Ford Sterling, Louise Dresser | Drama | Paramount |
| Eve's Leaves | Paul Sloane | Leatrice Joy, William Boyd | Comedy | PDC |
| Exclusive Rights | Frank O'Connor | Gayne Whitman, Lillian Rich, Gaston Glass | Crime | Independent |
| Exit Smiling | Sam Taylor | Beatrice Lillie, Jack Pickford, Doris Lloyd | Comedy | MGM |
| The Exquisite Sinner | Joseph von Sternberg, Phil Rosen | Conrad Nagel, Renee Adoree | Drama | MGM |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ice Flood | George B. Seitz | Kenneth Harlan, Viola Dana | Drama | Universal |
| The Impostor | Chester Withey | Evelyn Brent, Carroll Nye | Crime | FBO |
| In Search of a Hero | Duke Worne | Ashton Dearholt, Jane Thomas, James Harrison | Comedy | Independent |
| Into Her Kingdom | Svend Gade | Corinne Griffith, Einar Hanson | Drama | First National |
| Irene | Alfred E. Green | Colleen Moore | Romantic comedy | First National |
| Is That Nice? | Del Andrews | George O'Hara, Doris Hill | Comedy | FBO |
| The Isle of Retribution | James P. Hogan | Lillian Rich, Victor McLaglen | Adventure | FBO |
| It Must Be Love | Alfred E. Green | Colleen Moore, Jean Hersholt | Comedy | First National [4] |
| It's the Old Army Game | A. Edward Sutherland | W. C. Fields, Louise Brooks | Comedy | Paramount |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jade Cup | Frank Hall Crane | Evelyn Brent, Jack Luden | Mystery | FBO |
| The Jazz Girl | Howard M. Mitchell | Gaston Glass, Edith Roberts | Drama | Independent |
| Jim, the Conqueror | George B. Seitz | William Boyd, Elinor Fair | Western | PDC |
| The Johnstown Flood | Irving Cummings | George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor | Drama | Fox Film |
| Josselyn's Wife | Richard Thorpe | Pauline Frederick, Holmes Herbert | Crime | Tiffany |
| Just Another Blonde | Alfred Santell | Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, Louise Brooks | Comedy | First National |
| Just Suppose | Kenneth Webb | Richard Barthelmess, Lois Moran, Henry Vibart | Drama | First National |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Handicap | Harry Joe Brown | Reed Howes, Alice Calhoun | Action | Rayart |
| The Kick-Off | Wesley Ruggles | George Walsh, Leila Hyams | Drama | Independent [5] |
| Kid Boots | Frank Tuttle | Eddie Cantor, Clara Bow, Billie Dove | Comedy | Paramount |
| Kiki | Clarence Brown | Norma Talmadge, Ronald Colman | Romantic comedy | First National |
| King of the Pack | Frank Richardson | Charlotte Stevens, Robert Gordon, Vera Lewis | Adventure | Gotham |
| King of the Saddle | William James Craft | Bill Cody, Billy Franey | Western | Independent |
| The King of the Turf | James P. Hogan | George Irving, Patsy Ruth Miller, Kenneth Harlan | Drama | FBO |
| Kosher Kitty Kelly | James W. Horne | Viola Dana, Tom Forman | Comedy | FBO |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nervous Wreck | Scott Sidney | Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver | Comedy | PDC |
| The New Klondike | Lewis Milestone | Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee | Romantic comedy | Paramount |
| The Night Cry | Herman C. Raymaker | Rin Tin Tin, June Marlowe, John Harron | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Night Owl | Harry Joe Brown | Reed Howes, Gladys Hulette | Action | Rayart |
| The Night Patrol | Noel M. Smith | Richard Talmadge, Mary Carr | Crime | FBO |
| No Man's Gold | Lewis Seiler | Tom Mix, Eva Novak | Western | Fox Film |
| The Non-Stop Flight | Emory Johnson | Knute Erickson, Marcella Daly | Action | FBO |
| The Nutcracker | Lloyd Ingraham | Edward Everett Horton, Mae Busch, Harry Myers | Comedy | Associated Exhibitors |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Quarterback | Fred C. Newmeyer | Richard Dix, Esther Ralston | Comedy | Paramount |
| Queen o'Diamonds | Chester Withey | Evelyn Brent, Theodore von Eltz | Drama | FBO |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Mae Murray, Lloyd Hughes | Romance | MGM |
| The Valley of Bravery | Jack Nelson | Bob Custer, Eugenia Gilbert | Western | FBO |
| The Virgin Wife | Elmer Clifton | Pauline Garon, Niles Welch, Kenneth Harlan | Drama | Independent |
| Volcano! | William K. Howard | Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Wallace Beery | Drama | Paramount |
| The Volga Boatman | Cecil B. DeMille | William Boyd, Elinor Fair | Drama | PDC |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Yankee Señor | Emmett J. Flynn | Tom Mix, Olive Borden | Western | Fox Film |
| The Yellow Back | Del Andrews | Lotus Thompson, Claude Payton | Western | Universal |
| Yellow Fingers | Emmett J. Flynn | Olive Borden, Ralph Ince, Claire Adams | Drama | Fox Film |
| You Never Know Women | William A. Wellman | Florence Vidor, Lowell Sherman, Clive Brook | Romance | Paramount |
| You'd Be Surprised | Arthur Rosson | Raymond Griffith, Dorothy Sebastian | Mystery comedy | Paramount |
| Young April | Donald Crisp | Joseph Schildkraut, Rudolph Schildkraut, Bessie Love | Romance | PDC |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fool's Luck | Fatty Arbuckle | Lupino Lane, George Davis | Comedy | |
| His Private Life | Fatty Arbuckle | Lupino Lane, George Davis, Glen Cavender, Wallace Lupino | Comedy | |
| Home Cured | Fatty Arbuckle | Johnny Arthur, Virginia Vance, George Davis, Glen Cavender | Comedy | |
| Madame Mystery | Stan Laurel | Theda Bara, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson | Comedy | |
| My Stars | Fatty Arbuckle | Johnny Arthur, Florence Lee | Comedy | |
| One Sunday Morning | Fatty Arbuckle | Lloyd Hamilton, Estelle Bradley, Stanley Blystone | Comedy | |
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound. Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements or key lines of dialogue may, when necessary, be conveyed by the use of inter-title cards.
The General is a 1926 American silent film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton, who also co-directed it along with Clyde Bruckman.
Ida Estelle Taylor was an American actress who was the second of world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey's four wives. With "dark-brown, almost black hair and brown eyes," she was regarded as one of the most beautiful silent film stars of the 1920s.
Etzel von Oeringen, better known as Strongheart, was a male German Shepherd that was one of the early canine stars of feature films.
The Son of the Sheik is a 1926 American silent adventure drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky. The film is based on the 1925 romance novel The Sons of the Sheik by Edith Maude Hull, and is a sequel to the 1921 hit film The Sheik, which also stars Rudolph Valentino. The Son of the Sheik is Valentino's final film and went into general release nearly two weeks after his death from peritonitis at the age of 31.
The Strong Man is a 1926 American silent comedy film starring Harry Langdon, who produced the film. It was directed by Frank Capra in his feature debut.
Don Juan is a 1926 synchronized sound American romantic adventure film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue. The film is inspired by Lord Byron's 1821 epic poem of the same name. The screenplay was written by Bess Meredyth with intertitles by Maude Fulton and Walter Anthony.
The Untamed Lady is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Tuttle, and starring Gloria Swanson and Lawrence Gray. The film was also the debut of Nancy Kelly who was a child actress at the time. The film was written by James Ashmore Creelman from an original story by Fannie Hurst.
The Green Archer is a ten part 1925 American mystery film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. It is based on Edgar Wallace's bestselling 1923 novel of the same name. The filmmakers moved the setting of the novel from England to the United States. The story was remade in the sound era as another serial The Green Archer by Columbia Pictures.
Upstream is a 1927 American comedy film directed by John Ford. A "backstage drama", the film is about a Shakespearean actor and a woman from a knife-throwing act. The film was considered to be a lost film, but in 2009 a print was discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive.
The Golden Web is a 1926 American silent mystery film directed by Walter Lang and starring Lillian Rich, Huntley Gordon and Lawford Davidson. The cast also features Boris Karloff before he established himself as a horror star. It is based on the 1910 novel The Golden Web by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. A previous British film adaptation of the novel was produced in 1920.
The Third Degree is a 1926 American silent romance film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz, in his first American film. Starring Dolores Costello, it is based on the hit 1909 play of the same name written by Charles Klein that starred Helen Ware.
Across the Pacific is a 1926 American silent romantic adventure film produced by Warner Bros., directed by Roy del Ruth and starring Monte Blue. It was based on a 1900 play by Charles Blaney and J. J. McCloskey. The play had been filmed before in 1914 with Dorothy Dalton. It is unknown, but the film might have been released with a Vitaphone soundtrack.
The Song and Dance Man is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a play by George M. Cohan and was directed by Herbert Brenon. A copy of the film is housed in the Library of Congress collection. Of its original seven reels, only the final five survive.
General Custer at the Little Big Horn is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Roy Stewart. It depicts the Battle of the Little Bighorn and was filmed and released for the 50th anniversary of the battle.
Take It from Me is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Blanche Mehaffey, and Lee Moran.
Senor Daredevil is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Ken Maynard, Dorothy Devore, and George Nichols.
The Beautiful Cheat is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Laura La Plante, Alexander Carr, and Harry Myers.
