The year in ages

1926

The movies of 1926, and how old the leads really were when they hit cinemas.

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35average lead age in 1926
21Greta Garbo in The Temptress
48Lionel Barrymore in The Bells
36titles of 1926 on record
The General poster 31lead

The General

Buster Keaton was 31
Faust poster 35lead

Faust

Gösta Ekman was 35
Battling Butler poster 30lead

Battling Butler

Buster Keaton was 30
Mother poster

Mother

Tartuffe poster

Tartuffe

Flesh and the Devil poster

Flesh and the Devil

The Black Pirate poster

The Black Pirate

For Heaven's Sake poster

For Heaven's Sake

Sparrows poster

Sparrows

The Merry Widow poster

The Merry Widow

Nana poster

Nana

The Holy Mountain poster 24lead

The Holy Mountain

Leni Riefenstahl was 24
The Son of the Sheik poster

The Son of the Sheik

The Magician poster

The Magician

Secrets of a Soul poster

Secrets of a Soul

45 Minutes from Hollywood poster

45 Minutes from Hollywood

The Bat poster 32lead

The Bat

George Beranger was 32
The Student of Prague poster

The Student of Prague

So This Is Paris poster

So This Is Paris

Mighty Like a Moose poster

Mighty Like a Moose

The Blackbird poster 42lead

The Blackbird

Lon Chaney was 42
The Temptress poster 21lead

The Temptress

Greta Garbo was 21
The Winning of Barbara Worth poster 35lead

The Winning of Barbara Worth

Ronald Colman was 35
Ella Cinders poster

Ella Cinders

Tell It to the Marines poster 43lead

Tell It to the Marines

Lon Chaney was 43
The Bells poster 48lead

The Bells

Lionel Barrymore was 48
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp poster

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Beverly of Graustark poster 29lead

Beverly of Graustark

Marion Davies was 29
Along Came Auntie poster

Along Came Auntie

Don Juan poster 44lead

Don Juan

John Barrymore was 44
Beau Geste poster

Beau Geste

Old Ironsides poster

Old Ironsides

The Imaginary Voyage poster

The Imaginary Voyage

Brown of Harvard poster

Brown of Harvard

Mare Nostrum poster

Mare Nostrum

Mantrap poster

Mantrap

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