General Strike paralyses the country for nine days
30 September
British Board of Film Censors bans Sergei Eisenstein's The Battleship Potemkin, which is not awarded a certificate until 1954. However, it is screened at the Film Society and other cinema clubs.
Nell Gwynne (d. Herbert Wilcox)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (d. Alfred Hitchcock)
J.D. Williams, co founder of First National Pictures in the US, sets up British National Pictures, building studios in Borehamwood, Elstree.
1927
8 February
Actor Stanley Baker born in Ferndale, Rhondda Valley (d. 1976)
March
John Maxwell forms British International Pictures to combat Hollywood domination of British film industry.
3 July
Ken Russell born in Southampton
6 October
The Jazz Singer, the first picture to use all-synchronised sound, opens in US.
Easy Virtue (d. Alfred Hitchcock)
Hindle Wakes (d. Maurice Elvey)
Cinematograph Act establishes quota for film exhibitors.
British Lion Film Corporation opens Beaconsfield studio.
March: Gaumont-British Pictures Corporation registered as public company.
John Schlesinger born in London (d. 2003)
British Board of Film Censors bans Sergei Eisenstein's The Battleship Potemkin, which is not awarded a certificate until 1954. However, it is screened at the Film Society and other cinema clubs.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (d. Alfred Hitchcock)