1914 in film
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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:
- 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.
- A Study in Scarlet by George Pearson
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
- 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)