1914 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

• The 3,300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City.
• May 8 - Paramount Pictures is formed.

Top grossing films

• The Squaw Man
• Tillie's Punctured Romance

Movies released

Movies released in 1914 include:

• Der Golem, starring Paul Wegener; written and directed by Henrik Galeen and Paul Wegener
• The Squaw Man, starring Dustin Farnum
• Tillie's Punctured Romance, directed by Mack Sennett and starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin
• Gertie the Dinosaur - animated.

Births

• January 4 - Jane Wyman, actress
• January 5 - George Reeves, actor (d. 1959)
• January 6 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian (d. 1991)
• January 14 - Harold Russell, actor (d. 2002)
• February 4 - Ida Lupino, actress, director (d. 1995)
• February 9 - Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque performer, actress, writer (d. 1970)
• February 24 - Zachary Scott, actor (d. 1965)
• February 26 - Robert Alda, actor (d. 1986)
• March 2 - Martin Ritt, director (d. 1990)
• April 2 - Alec Guinness, actor (d. 2000)
• April 4 - Rosemary Lane, singer, actress (d. 1974)
• April 16 - John Hodiak, actor (d. 1955)
• May 24 - Lilli Palmer, actress (d. 1986)
• June 7 - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, director (d. 1987)
• June 18 - E. G. Marshall, actor (d. 1998)
• August 2 - Beatrice Straight, actress (d. 2001)
• August 14 - Andrea Leeds, actress (d. 1984)
• August 31 - Richard Basehart - actor (d. 1984)
• September 10 - Robert Wise, director
• September 12 - Desmond Llewelyn, actor (d. 1999)
• October 26 - Jackie Coogan, actor (d. 1984)
• October 30 - Ruth Hussey, actress
• November 4 - Martin Balsam, actor (d. 1996)
• December 10 - Dorothy Lamour, actress (d. 1996)
• December 13 - Larry Parks, actor (d. 1975)
• December 26 - Richard Widmark, actor
• December 30 - Jo Van Fleet, actress (d. 1996)

Deaths