1974 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

• May - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars.
• August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J. Geils Band marries actress Faye Dunaway

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Blazing Saddles, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Corman
2. The Towering Inferno, starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, and Fred Astaire
3. Young Frankenstein, directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, and Madeline Kahn.
4. Earthquake
5. The Godfather: Part II
6. Black Christmas
7. Benji
8. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
9. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
10. The Man with the Golden Gun

Births

• March 24 - Alyson Hannigan, actress
• April 28 - Penelope Cruz, actress
• November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio, actor

Deaths

• February 11 - Anna Q Nilsson, actress
• October 13 - Ed Sullivan, television host, actor
• November 13 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director

Other Movies Released

• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
• Chinatown
• The Conversation
• Son of Dracula