One of the series about the adventures of Baldy, played by French comedian Rober Reynols, who had moved to Russia, was a raving success with illiterate audiences before the revolution. Universal gags plus expressive gesticulation - and the credits were no longer needed.
Watch the official Baldy is Invited to Dinner 1916 trailer in HD below.
Russia 01 January 1916
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1916:
30 October 1916
A father who despises his daughter, a boyfriend who refuses to marry the girl he knocked up, and a mother caught in the middle.
10 March 1916
Ranger Frank rescues a family from a devastating outlaw band.
01 January 1916
A girl tends a garden planted with symbolic flowers: red roses for lust and white roses for love. Daddy Wisdom encourages the girl to cultivate the white roses instead of the red.
10 July 1916
When his friends decide that "Happy Jack" Lewis needs a wife, they place an ad in the paper for one. Glad Mason replies and sends her picture.
01 June 1916
A Scottish Laird weds a peasant's niece who falls in love with his nephew.....
10 September 1916
Mary Doone (Theda Bara) is a poor British girl who runs away from her adopted family because the father made a pass at her.
05 June 1916
Mink Jones of Jonesville, is the lord high executioner and everything else.
22 January 1916
"The Open Track" is a short action film from the action series of short films "The Hazards of Helen".
08 May 1916
Upon hearing about a woman dubbed The Huntress because of her wild attention craving ways, Fleming Harcourt decides he can domesticate her and they marry.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1916 A. Taldykin & Co.