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Overview of the events of 1914 in film
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]
Events
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 was 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 – The film Cabiria is released featuring extensive use of a moving camera for the first time in film.
May 8 – Paramount Pictures is formed as a film distributor by William Wadsworth Hodkinson .
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 was also 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
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.)
Highest-grossing films of 1914
Rank
Title
Gross
1
The Million Dollar Mystery
$3,270,000
2
The Spoilers
$1,000,000[11]
3
The Squaw Man
$533,446
4
Dough and Dynamite
$130,000
5
Rose of the Rancho
$87,028
6
The Man from Home
$62,091
7
What's His Name
$61,560
8
The Call of the North
$52,284
Selected films released in 1914
January – The House of Bondage a lost [12] 1914 silent film drama directed by Pierce Kingsley and starring Lottie Pickford .[13]
January 3 – Engelein , German silent comedy film written and directed by Urban Gad
January 12 – Fantômas Contre Fantômas
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 .[14]
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
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 . 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 [15]
September 7 – The Virginian , starring Dustin Farnum [16]
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 [17]
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 15 – Rose of the Rancho , starring Bessie Barriscale [18]
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
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 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
December 28 – Cinderella , starring Mary Pickford
December 28 – The Exploits of Elaine , (serial ), starring Pearl White
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 (died 2018)
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 )
June 21 – Wensley Pithey , character actor (died 1993 )
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 )
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 26 – Jackie Coogan , actor (died 1984)
October 30 – Anna Wing , actress (died 2013 )
November 8 – Norman Lloyd , actor
November 9 – Hedy Lamarr , actress (died 2000)
November 13
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 , 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
Film debuts
References
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^ 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 .
^ "Profit Sharing for Movies" . The New York Times . December 14, 1914. Retrieved 2015-12-12 .
^ "L. J. Selznick Dies; A Film Pioneer" . The New York Times . January 26, 1933. Retrieved 2015-12-12 .
^ Katz, Ephraim (1998). The Film Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. p. 1237. ISBN 0-06-273492-X .
^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town , Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
^ "Studios and Films" . Fort Lee Film Commission. Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2011-05-30 .
^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry , Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
^ "The All Time Best Sellers" . International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38 . Quigley Publishing Company . p. 942. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .
^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The House of Bondage
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^ "Other titles of 'Making a Living' " . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 5 March 2014 .
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