Overview of the events of 1914 in film
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.[ 1]
February 2 – Charlie Chaplin 's first film, Making a Living , is released.
February 7 – Release of Charlie Chaplin's second film, the Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice , in which his character of The Tramp is introduced to audiences (although first filmed in Mabel's Strange Predicament , released two days later).[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
February 8 – Winsor McCay 's Gertie the Dinosaur greatly advances filmed animation movement techniques.
February 10 – Release of the film Hearts Adrift ; the name of Mary Pickford , the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees.
February – Lewis J. Selznick and Arthur Spiegel organize the World Film Corporation ,[ 5] [ 6] a distributor of independently produced films[ 7] located in Fort Lee, New Jersey ,[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
March 8 – D. W. Griffith 's first feature film, Judith of Bethulia , is released. It is his last production for the Biograph Company .
March 20 – Tess of the Storm Country makes Mary Pickford an icon in the US and a celebrity around the world.
March 31 – The serial The Perils of Pauline is an early example of the damsel in distress in film.
April 12 – The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City.
April 18 – Cabiria , directed by Giovanni Pastrone , is released in Italy, the first epic film ,[ 11] featuring the first extensive use of a moving camera dolly in a feature film, and introducing the long-running character Maciste .
May 8 – Paramount Pictures is formed as a film distributor by William Wadsworth Hodkinson .
June 13 – 1914 Lubin vault fire : a major fire destroys the main nitrate film vault of the Lubin Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia (U.S.).[ 12]
September – The Neptune Film Company opens the Neptune Studios (the first "dark stage" in England) at Borehamwood , north of London.[ 13]
November 14 – The Kalem Company of California releases the first in the adventure film series The Hazards of Helen , initially starring actress/stuntwoman Helen Holmes , releasing a new episode every Saturday until February 1917.
November 19 – William Fox 's Box Office Attractions Company releases its first production, Life's Shop Window .
December 3 – William S. Hart appears in his first feature film, The Bargain , which makes him a star.
December 21 – Release of the first American made feature-length comedy film, Tillie's Punctured Romance , which also contains Marie Dressler and Charlie Chaplin 's feature film debuts.
December – Chaplin joins Essanay Studios for $1,250 per week.
Filoteo Alberini introduces a new 70 mm format, Panoramico, with the film Il sacco di Roma .
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[ edit ]
The top eight 1914 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Selected films with 1914 release dates [ edit ]
January – The House of Bondage , a lost [ 16] 1914 silent film drama directed by Pierce Kingsley and starring Lottie Pickford .[ 17]
January 3 – Engelein , German silent comedy film written and directed by Urban Gad
January 12 – Fantomas Part Four : Fantômas Contre Fantômas (Parts 1 through 3 of this serial were released in 1913, while Parts 4 & 5 were released in 1914)[ 18]
January 14 – Captive Souls (Hungarian : Rablélek ), a Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz
January 22 – Absinthe , American silent drama film starring King Baggot and Leah Baird and directed by Herbert Brenon
February 2 – Making a Living , the first film starring Charlie Chaplin .[ 19]
February 5 – O Mimi San , starring Sessue Hayakawa , Tsuru Aoki and Mildred Harris
February 7 – Kid Auto Races at Venice , starring Charlie Chaplin
February 8 – Gertie the Dinosaur , an animated film that incorporated many cinematic innovations
February 9 – Mabel's Strange Predicament , starring Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin
February 12 – The Squaw Man , directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille , starring Dustin Farnum
March 1 – How Moscha Came Back , silent film comedy short directed by Phillips Smalley
March 8 – Judith of Bethulia , directed by D. W. Griffith , starring Blanche Sweet
March 24 – The Avenging Conscience , directed by D. W. Griffith , starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall ; loosely based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe [ 20]
March 31 – The Perils of Pauline , (serial ), starring Pearl White
April 6 – The Old Curiosity Shop directed by Thomas Bentley , starring Alma Taylor
April 15 – Brewster's Millions
April 18 – Cabiria , directed by Giovanni Pastrone
April 18 – Mabel at the Wheel , starring Mabel Normand , Harry McCoy , and Charlie Chaplin
April 23 – A Little Madonna
May ? – Fantomas Part Five : Le Faux Magistrat [ 18]
May 11 – The Master Mind
May – Mr. Barnes of New York
June 8 – The Wrath of Gods , starring Sessue Hayakawa , Tsuru Aoki and Frank Borzage
June 12 – Der Hund von Baskerville aka The Hound of the Baskervilles (Germany/ Vitascope), directed by Rudolf Meinert , written by Richard Oswald , starring Alwin Neuß and Hanni Weiss; originally released in two parts, later edited down into a feature version.[ 21]
June 15 – The Only Son
June 22 – The Million Dollar Mystery , (serial ), starring Florence La Badie
July 13 – My Official Wife , starring Clara Kimball Young
July 13 – The Man on the Box
July 17 – The Stain , starring Theda Bara
July 22 – By the Sun's Rays
August 10 – The Call of the North , starring Robert Edeson [ 22]
September 7 – The Virginian , starring Dustin Farnum [ 23]
September 22 – Ireland a Nation
September 23 – The Aztec Treasure
September 28 – The Patchwork Girl of Oz
September 28 – The Magic Cloak of Oz , starring Mildred Harris
October 14 – His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz , starring Mildred Harris
October 14 – Mabel's Blunder
October 22 – What's His Name , starring Max Figman [ 24]
November 2 – Salomy Jane
November 7 – The Hazards of Helen (serial ), starring Helen Holmes
November 7 – His Musical Career , starring Charlie Chaplin
November 9 – The Man from Home
November 9 – The Wishing Ring
November 13 – Demolition of the Monument at San Stefano , directed by Fuat Uzkınay , considered to be the first Turkish movie – (Ottoman Empire )
November 15 – Rose of the Rancho , starring Bessie Barriscale [ 25]
November 19 – Life's Shop Window , first film produced by William Fox 's Box Office Attractions Company , the forerunner to Fox Film
December 7 – The Ghost Breaker (Paramount) directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel, starring H. B. Warner and Rita Stanwood; remade in 1922 and again in 1940.[ 26]
December 7 – His Prehistoric Past , written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin
December 7 – In the Land of the Head Hunters
December 14 – The Last Egyptian , produced and written by L. Frank Baum , directed by Joseph Farrell MacDonald (who also starred), also starring Howard Davies and Jefferson Osborne.[ 27]
December 21 – Tillie's Punctured Romance , directed by Mack Sennett , starring Marie Dressler , Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin . First comedy feature film.
December 28 – A Study in Scarlet , directed by George Pearson ; based on the Arthur Conan Doyle story[ 28]
December 28 – Cinderella , starring Mary Pickford
December 28 – The Exploits of Elaine , (serial ), directed by Louis Gasnier and George B. Seitz, starring Pearl White and Sheldon Lewis [ 26]
Notable films released in 1914 [ edit ]
United States unless stated
The Hazards of Helen , film serial directed by J. P. McGowan and J. Gunnis Davis , starring Helen Holmes
Her Bounty (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse , starring Lon Chaney [ 39]
Her Escape (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse , starring Lon Chaney [ 40]
Her Life's Story (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse , starring Lon Chaney [ 41]
The Higher Law (lost), directed by Charles Giblyn , starring Lon Chaney [ 42]
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz , directed by J. Farrell MacDonald , based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
His Musical Career , a Charlie Chaplin film
His Prehistoric Past , a Charlie Chaplin film
The Honor of the Mounted (lost), directed by Allan Dwan , starring Lon Chaney [ 43]
The Hopes of Blind Alley (lost), directed by Allan Dwan , starring Lon Chaney
Der Hund von Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles) , directed by Rudolf Meinert , based on the 1902 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle [ 21] – (Germany )
The House of Bondage (lost),[ 44] directed by Pierce Kingsley, starring Lottie Pickford .[ 45]
How Moscha Came Back , directed by Phillips Smalley
The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (lost), directed by Allan Dwan , starring Lon Chaney [ 46]
The Last Egyptian (incomplete), directed by J. Farrell MacDonald , based on the 1908 novel by L. Frank Baum [ 27]
The Lie (lost), directed by Allan Dwan , starring Lon Chaney [ 47]
Life's Shop Window (lost), directed by J. Gordon Edwards , first film produced by William Fox
Lights and Shadows (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse , starring Lon Chaney .[ 48]
The Lion, the Lamb, the Man (incomplete), directed by Joseph De Grasse , starring Lon Chaney [ 48]
Little Angel (Engelein) , directed by Urban Gad , starring Asta Nielsen – (Germany )
Mabel at the Wheel , directed by Mack Sennett , starring Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin
Mabel's Blunder , directed by and starring Mabel Normand
Mabel's Strange Predicament , directed by and starring Mabel Normand , with Charlie Chaplin
The Magic Cloak of Oz , directed by J. Farrell MacDonald , starring Mildred Harris
Making a Living , directed by Henry Lehrman , the first film starring Charlie Chaplin [ 49]
The Man from Home , directed by Cecil B. DeMille
The Man with Wax Faces (Figures de cire) , directed by Maurice Tourneur [ 50] – (France )
The Menace to Carlotta (lost), directed by Allan Dwan , starring Lon Chaney [ 35]
The Million Dollar Mystery (lost), film serial directed by Howell Hansel , starring Florence La Badie
My Official Wife (incomplete), directed by James Young , starring Clara Kimball Young
Salomy Jane , directed by William Nigh and Lucius J. Henderson , starring Beatriz Michelena
A Small Town Girl (lost), directed by Allan Dwan , starring Lon Chaney [ 41]
The Squaw Man , directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille , starring Dustin Farnum
The Stain , directed by Frank Powell , starring Theda Bara
A Study in Scarlet (lost), directed by George Pearson , based on the 1887 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle [ 54] – (GB )
January 5 – George Reeves , actor (died 1959 )[ 59]
January 6 – Danny Thomas , singer, actor, comedian (died 1991 )
January 13 – Osa Massen , Danish actress (died 2006 )[ 60]
January 14 – Harold Russell , actor (died 2002 )[ 61]
January 15 – Dimples Cooper , Filipina actress (died 1960 )
January 30 – John Ireland , actor (died 1992 )
January 31 – Carey Loftin , American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor (died 1997 )
February 3 – Mary Carlisle , actress (died 2018 )
February 6 – Thurl Ravenscroft , actor, singer (died 2005 )
February 15 – Kevin McCarthy , actor (died 2010 )
February 17 – Arthur Kennedy , actor (died 1990 )
February 18 – Mahmoud Zulfikar , director (died 1970 )
February 21 – Zachary Scott , actor (died 1965 )
February 26 – Robert Alda , actor (died 1986 )[ 62]
March 2 – Martin Ritt , director (died 1990 )
March 3 – Charlotte Henry , actress (died 1980 )
March 27 – Richard Denning , actor (died 1998 )
April 2 – Alec Guinness , actor (died 2000 )[ 63]
April 4 – Richard Coogan , actor (died 2014 )
April 14 – John Hubbard , actor (died 1988 )
April 16 – John Hodiak , actor (died 1955 )
May 5 – Tyrone Power , actor (died 1958 )[ 64]
May 19 – Beverly Roberts , actress, singer (died 2009 )
May 24 – Lilli Palmer , actress (died 1986)[ 65]
May 31 – Hannes Schiel , Austrian actor (died 2017 )
June 7 – Khwaja Ahmad Abbas , director (died 1987 )
June 18 – E. G. Marshall , actor (died 1998 )
June 21 – Wensley Pithey , character actor (died 1993 )
July 2 – Ethelreda Leopold , American actress (died 1998 )
July 20 – Masa Niemi , Finnish comic actor (died 1960 )
July 23 – Julie Mitchum , actress (died 2003 )
July 29 – Irwin Corey , comedian (died 2017 )
July 31 – Louis de Funès , actor (died 1983 )
August 2 – Beatrice Straight , actress (died 2001 )[ 66]
August 5 – Parley Baer , actor (died 2002 )
August 13 – Norman Spencer , film producer (died 2024 )
August 14 – Andrea Leeds , actress (died 1984 )
August 31 – Richard Basehart , actor (died 1984 )
September 10 – Robert Wise , director (died 2005 )
September 12 – Desmond Llewelyn , actor (died 1999 )
September 20 – Kenneth More English actor (died 1982 )
September 27 – Sophie Sooäär , Estonian actress and singer (d. 1996 )
October 1 – Maciej Maciejewski , Polish screen and stage actor (died 2018 )
October 9 – Edward Andrews , American actor (died 1985 )
October 26 – Jackie Coogan , actor (died 1984)[ 67]
October 28 - Dody Goodman , American character actress (died 2008 )
October 30 – Anna Wing , actress (died 2013 )
November 6 - Jonathan Harris , (died 2002 )
November 8 – Norman Lloyd , actor (died 2021 )
November 9
November 10 – William Henry , actor (died 1982 )
November 13
November 23
December 10 – Dorothy Lamour , actress (died 1996 )
December 13 – Larry Parks , actor (died 1975 )
December 26 – Richard Widmark , actor (died 2008 )
December 28 – Lee Bowman , actor (died 1979 )
January 9 – Gladys Rankin, American actress as Mrs. Sidney Drew ; writer as George Cameron
January 11 – William A. Russell, 35, American actor
March 25 – Frédéric Mistral , 83, French writer, Mirèio
June 19 – Brandon Thomas , 65, British writer, Charley's Aunt
July 1
Grace McHugh, American actress died while filming the movie Across the Border
Owen Carter, American cinematographer died while trying to save Grace McHugh, Across the Border
August 21 – Charles J. Hite , 38, President and CEO of Thanhouser Film Corporation
August 22 – David Davie Shelby , 66, actor.
October 24 – Gustav Wied , 56, Danish playwright and novelist
November 14 – Stellan Rye , 34, Danish film director, Dur Verfuhrte, Evinrude, The Student of Prague
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