January 16, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1916

1. "Intolerance" (D.W.Griffith, Triangle)

2. "Blind Justice" (Benjamin Christensen, Denmark)

3. "A Daughter Of The Gods" (Herbert Brenon, Fox)

4. "A Life For A Life" (Yevgeni Bauer, Russia)

5. "The Matrimaniac" (Paul Powell, Triangle)

6. "Judex" (Louis Feuillade, France)

7. "Little Mary Sunshine" (Henry King, Pathe)

8. "Christus" (Giulio Antamoro, Italy)

9. "Battle Of The Somme" (Geoffrey H. Malins, UK)

10. "Homunculus" (Otto Rippert, Germany)


Other great films:


Short Top 10:

1. "One A.M." (Charles Chaplin, Mutual)

2. "The Pawnshop" (Charles Chaplin, Mutual)

3. "The Rink" (Charles Chaplin, Mutual)

4. "Behind The Screen" (Charles Chaplin, Mutual)

5. "Police" (Charles Chaplin, Essanay)

6. "La Folie du docteur Tube" (Abel Gance, France)

7. "The Vagabond" (Charles Chaplin, Mutual)

8. "Antos zgubil gorset" (Edward Puchalski, Poland)

9. "The Floorwalker" (Charles Chaplin, Mutual)

10. "The Count" (Charles Chaplin, Mutual)


Other great shorts:

Fatty And Mabel Adrift
The Fireman
He Did And He Didn't
Wife And Auto Trouble

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Never Again! The Story Of A Speeder Cop" (Raoul Barre, IFS)

2. "Farmer Alfalfa In New York" (Paul Terry, Bray)

3. "Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing" (IFS)


Other great cartoons:

At The Circus
Bobby Bumps Starts A Lodge
Professor Bonehead Is Shipwrecked

Weak films of 1916:

Burlesque On Carmen
Flirting With Fate
Hell's Hinges
His Picture In The Papers

Weak shorts:

The Cinema Director
Dizzy Heights And Daring Hearts
Eleanor's Catch
Live Wires And Love Sparks
A Movie Star
The Mystery Of The Leaping Fish
A Natural Born Gambler
One Too Many
Triple Trouble
The Waiter's Ball

Weak cartoons:

Bobby Bumps And The Stork
Bugologist
A Newlywed Phable
Phable Of A Phat Woman
The Phable Of Olaf And Louis
Twas But A Dream