1914 in film
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.[1]
Events
- The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City.
- 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 10 - Release of the film Hearts Adrift; the name of Mary Pickford, the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees.
- April 18 - The film Cabiria is released.
- May 8 - Paramount Pictures is formed.
- Filoteo Alberini introduces a new 70 mm format, Panoramico, with the film Il sacco di Roma
- The Neptune Film Company opens the first of the Elstree Studios, the first "dark stage" in England, at Borehamwood, north of London.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
Films released in 1914
- February 2 - Making a Living
- 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[1]
- March 5 - Child of the Big City
- 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
- March 31 - The Perils of Pauline, (serial), starring Pearl White
- April 6 - The Old Curiosity Shop directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Alma Taylor
- April 13 - A Bathing Beauty
- April 15 - Brewster's Millions
- April 18 - Cabiria, directed by Giovanni Pastrone. Not the first dolly moving camera shot, but it may be the first dolly moving camera shot in a feature film. A blockbuster feature film of 1914.
- April 18 - Mabel at the Wheel, starring Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, and Charlie Chaplin
- April 23 - A Little Madonna
- 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 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[5]
- September 7 - The Virginian, starring Dustin Farnum[6]
- 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[7]
- 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 - Ayastefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı, directed by Fuat Uzkınay, considered to be the first Turkish movie - (Ottoman Empire)
- November 14 - Tillie's Punctured Romance, directed by Mack Sennett, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin. First comedy feature film.
- November 15 - Rose of the Rancho, starring Bessie Barriscale[8]
- December 7 - The Ghost Breaker
- 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
- December 28 - A Study in Scarlet, directed by George Pearson
- December 28 - Cinderella, starring Mary Pickford
- December 28 - The Exploits of Elaine, (serial), starring Pearl White
- Il sacco di Roma
Short film series
Births
- January 5 - George Reeves, actor (died 1959)
- January 6 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian (died 1991)
- January 14 - Harold Russell, actor (died 2002)
- January 30 - John Ireland, actor (died 1992)
- February 3 - Mary Carlisle, actress
- February 17 - Arthur Kennedy, actor (died 1990)
- February 21 - Zachary Scott, actor (died 1965)
- February 26 - Robert Alda, actor (died 1986)
- March 2 - Martin Ritt, director (died 1990)
- March 3 - Charlotte Henry, actress (died 1980)
- April 2 - Alec Guinness, actor (died 2000)
- April 4 - Richard Coogan, actor (died 2014)
- April 16 - John Hodiak, actor (died 1955)
- May 5 - Tyrone Power, actor (died 1958)
- May 24 - Lilli Palmer, actress (died 1986)
- June 7 - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, director (died 1987)
- June 18 - E. G. Marshall, actor (died 1998)
- July 29 - Irwin Corey, comedian
- July 31 - Louis de Funès, actor (died 1983)
- August 2 - Beatrice Straight, actress (died 2001)
- 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 (d. 1982)
- October 26 - Jackie Coogan, actor (died 1984)
- October 30 - Anna Wing, actress (died 2013)
- November 9 - Hedy Lamarr, actress (died 2000)
- November 14 - Amelia Bence, actress (died 2016)
- November 23 - Roger Avon, British film and television actor (died 1998)
- December 10 - Dorothy Lamour, actress (died 1996)
- December 13 - Larry Parks, actor (died 1975)
- December 26 - Richard Widmark, actor (died 2008)
- December 30 - Jo Van Fleet, actress (died 1996)
Deaths
- January 9 - Gladys Rankin, American actress as Mrs. Sidney Drew; writer as George Cameron
- January 11 - William A. Russell, 35, American actor
- March 25 - Frederic Mistral, 83, French writer, Mireille
- 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, President and CEO of Thanhouser Film Corporation
- August 22 - David Davie Shelby, 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
Film debuts
References
- 1 2 3 4 Birchard, Robert S. (2004), Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 1-13, ISBN 0-8131-2324-0
- ↑ Blanke, David (2002). The 1910s. American popular culture through history (Illustrated ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-313-31251-9.
- ↑ Robinson, David (1986) [First published 1985]. Chaplin: His Life and Art. London: Paladin. p. 113. ISBN 0-586-08544-0.
- ↑ Chaplin, Charles (2003) [First published 1964]. My Autobiography. London: Penguin Classics. p. 145. ISBN 0-141-01147-5.
- ↑ Birchard, Robert S. (2004), Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 19-21, ISBN 0-8131-2324-0
- ↑ Birchard, Robert S. (2004), Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 14-18, ISBN 0-8131-2324-0
- ↑ Birchard, Robert S. (2004), Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 23-26, ISBN 0-8131-2324-0
- ↑ Birchard, Robert S. (2004), Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 30-33, ISBN 0-8131-2324-0
