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The year1914 in filminvolved some significant events, including the debut ofCecil B. DeMilleas a director.[1]
Events[edit]
- February 2 –Charlie Chaplin's first film,Making a Living,is released.
- February 7 – Release of Charlie Chaplin's second film, theKeystonecomedyKid Auto Races at Venice,in which his character ofThe Trampis introduced to audiences (although first filmed inMabel's Strange Predicament,released two days later).[2][3][4]
- February 8 –Winsor McCay'sGertie the Dinosaurgreatly advances filmed animation movement techniques.
- February 10 – Release of the filmHearts Adrift;the name ofMary Pickford,the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees.
- February –Lewis J. SelznickandArthur Spiegelorganize theWorld Film Corporation,[5][6]a distributor of independently produced films[7]located inFort Lee, New Jersey,[8][9][10]
- March 8 –D. W. Griffith's first feature film,Judith of Bethulia,is released. It is his last production for theBiograph Company.
- March 20 –Tess of the Storm CountrymakesMary Pickfordan icon in the US and a celebrity around the world.
- March 31 – The serialThe Perils of Paulineis an early example of thedamsel in distressin film.
- April 12 – The 3,300-seatMark Strand Theatreopens in New York City.
- April 18 –Cabiria,directed byGiovanni Pastrone,is released in Italy, the firstepic film,[11]featuring the first extensive use of a movingcamera dollyin a feature film, and introducing the long-running characterMaciste.
- May 8 –Paramount Picturesis formed as a film distributor byWilliam Wadsworth Hodkinson.
- September – The Neptune Film Company opens theNeptune Studios(the first "dark stage" in England) atBorehamwood,north of London.[12]
- November 19 –William Fox'sBox Office Attractions Companyreleases its first production,Life's Shop Window.
- December 3 –William S. Hartappears 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 also containsMarie DresslerandCharlie Chaplin's feature film debuts.
- December – Chaplin joinsEssanay Studiosfor $1,250 per week.
- Filoteo Alberiniintroduces a new 70 mm format, Panoramico, with the filmIl sacco di Roma.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]
The top eight 1914 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
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1 | The Spoilers | General | $1,000,000[13] |
2 | Dough and Dynamite | Paramount | $130,000[14] |
3 | The Virginian | $111,518[14] | |
4 | Rose of the Rancho | $87,028[14] | |
5 | The Man from Home | $62,091[14] | |
6 | What's His Name | $61,560[14] | |
7 | The Call of the North | $52,284[14] | |
8 | The Ghost Breaker | $50,136[14] |
Selected films with 1914 release dates[edit]
- January –The House of Bondagealost[15]1914silent filmdrama directed byPierce Kingsleyand starringLottie Pickford.[16]
- January 3 –Engelein,Germansilentcomedy filmwritten and directed byUrban Gad
- January 12 –Fantomas Part Four:Fantômas Contre Fantômas(Parts 1 through 3 of this serial were released in 1913, while Parts 4 & 5 were released in 1914)[17]
- January 14 –Captive Souls(Hungarian:Rablélek) a Hungarian film directed byMichael Curtiz
- January 22 –AbsintheAmericansilentdrama filmstarringKing BaggotandLeah Bairdand directed byHerbert Brenon
- February 2 –Making a Livingthe first film starringCharlie Chaplin.[18]
- February 5 –O Mimi San,starringSessue Hayakawa,Tsuru AokiandMildred Harris
- February 7 –Kid Auto Races at Venice,starringCharlie Chaplin
- February 8 –Gertie the Dinosaur,an animated film that incorporated many cinematic innovations
- February 9 –Mabel's Strange Predicament,starringMabel NormandandCharlie Chaplin
- February 12 –The Squaw Man,directed byOscar ApfelandCecil B. DeMille,starringDustin Farnum
- March 1 -How Moscha Came Back,silent film comedy short directed byPhillips Smalley
- March 8 –Judith of Bethulia,directed byD. W. Griffith,starringBlanche Sweet
- March 24 –The Avenging Conscience,directed byD. W. Griffith,starringBlanche SweetandHenry B. Walthall;loosely based on the works ofEdgar Allan Poe[19]
- March 31 –The Perils of Pauline,(serial), starringPearl White
- April 6 –The Old Curiosity Shopdirected byThomas Bentley,starringAlma Taylor
- April 15 –Brewster's Millions
- April 18 –Cabiria,directed byGiovanni Pastrone
- April 18 –Mabel at the Wheel,starringMabel Normand,Harry McCoy,andCharlie Chaplin
- April 23 –A Little Madonna
- May? -Fantomas Part Five:Le Faux Magistrat[17]
- May 11 –The Master Mind
- May –Mr. Barnes of New York
- June 8 –The Wrath of Gods,starringSessue Hayakawa,Tsuru AokiandFrank Borzage
- June 12 –Der Hund von BaskervilleakaThe Hound of the Baskervilles(Germany/ Vitascope), directed byRudolf Meinert,written byRichard Oswald,starringAlwin Neußand Hanni Weiss; originally released in two parts, later edited down into a feature version.[20]
- June 15 –The Only Son
- June 22 –The Million Dollar Mystery,(serial), starringFlorence La Badie
- July 13 –My Official Wife,starringClara Kimball Young
- July 13 –The Man on the Box
- July 17 –The Stain,starringTheda Bara
- July 22 –By the Sun's Rays
- August 10 –The Call of the North,starringRobert Edeson[21]
- September 7 –The Virginian,starringDustin Farnum[22]
- September 22 –Ireland a Nation
- September 23 –The Aztec Treasure
- September 28 –The Patchwork Girl of Oz
- September 28 –The Magic Cloak of Oz,starringMildred Harris
- October 14 –His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz,starringMildred Harris
- October 14 –Mabel's Blunder
- October 22 –What's His Name,starringMax Figman[23]
- November 2 –Salomy Jane
- November 7 –The Hazards of Helen(serial), starringHelen Holmes
- November 7 –His Musical Career,starringCharlie Chaplin
- November 9 –The Man from Home
- November 9 –The Wishing Ring
- November 13 –Ayastefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı,directed byFuat Uzkınay,considered to be the firstTurkish movie– (Ottoman Empire)
- November 15 –Rose of the Rancho,starringBessie Barriscale[24]
- November 19 –Life's Shop Window,first film produced byWilliam Fox'sBox Office Attractions Company,the forerunner toFox Film
- December 7 –The Ghost Breaker(Paramount) directed byCecil B. DeMilleand Oscar C. Apfel, starringH. B. Warnerand Rita Stanwood; remade in 1922 and again in 1940.[25]
- December 7 –His Prehistoric Past,written, directed, and starringCharlie Chaplin
- December 7 –In the Land of the Head Hunters
- December 14 –The Last Egyptian,produced and written byL. Frank Baum,directed by Joseph Farrell MacDonald (who also starred), also starring Howard Davies and Jefferson Osborne.[26]
- December 21 –Tillie's Punctured Romance,directed byMack Sennett,starringMarie Dressler,Mabel NormandandCharlie Chaplin.First comedy feature film.
- December 28 –A Study in Scarlet,directed byGeorge Pearson;based on theArthur Conan Doylestory[27]
- December 28 –Cinderella,starringMary Pickford
- December 28 –The Exploits of Elaine,(serial), directed by Louis Gasnier and George B. Seitz, starringPearl WhiteandSheldon Lewis[25]
Other films released in 1914[edit]
- Absinthe(Imp/ Universal) written and directed byHerbert Brenon,starringKing Baggotand Leah Baird; filmed in Paris, France; re-released in 1916.[28]
- Across the Pacific,written and directed by Edwin Carewe (based on the play by Charles E. Blaney), starring Dorothy Dalton and Sam Hines.[29]
- Alice in Wonderland(Maienthau Prods.) based on the novel byLewis Carroll.A 16mm. reduction positive print still exists.[30]
- Alone With the DevilakaEkspressens Mysterium(Denmark/ Nordisk) directed by Hjalmar Davidsen, starring Cristel Holch, Carl Lauritzen and Valdemar Psilander[31]
- Bancho Sarayashika(Japanese/ Nikkatsu) ghost story directed by Shozo Makino, starring Matsunosuke Onoe, based on a 19th-century Kabuki play by Segawa Joko III.[32]
- The Basilisk(British/ Hepworth) written and directed byCecil B. Hepworth,starring William Felton and Alma Taylor; yet another adaptation ofGeorge du Maurier's 1894 novelTrilby;prints were tinted green for theatrical release.[33]
- Batty Bill and the Suicide Club(French/ Gaston Melies) one of ten "Batty Bill" short comedies released in 1914.[32]
- The Bells(British/ Gaumont) starring H. B. Irving, Frank Keenan and Joseph Dowling, based on theErckmann-ChatriannovelLe Juif Polonaise;some sources claim this film was announced but never actually made.[33][34]
- The Bells(U.S./ Sawyer's Features) yet another (lost) adaptation of theErckmann-ChatriannovelLe Juif Polonaise[33]
- Botan Doro/ translation:The Peony Lantern(Japanese/ Nikkatsu Kyoto) one of the earliest Japanese horror films, directed by Shozo Makino, starring Matsunosuke Onoe; based on a 1892 Kabuki play calledKaidan Botan Doro.[34]
- By the Sun's Rays(Universal) starring Lon Chaney, Agnes Vernon and Murdock MacQuarrie; Chaney's earliest existing film.[35]
- A Christmas Carol(British) written and directed by Harold Shaw, starring Charles Rock and George Bellamy; based on theCharles Dickensnovel.[36]
- The Chimes(British/ Hepworth) written and directed byThomas Bentley,produced byCecil Hepworth,starring Warwick Buckland and Stewart Rome, based on the story byCharles Dickens.[34]
- The Chimes(U.S. Amusement Corp.) another adaptation of theCharles Dickensstory; written and directed byHerbert Blache,starring Tom Terriss and Faye Cusick.[34]
- The Crimson Moth(Biograph) directed by Travis Vale, starring Jack Drumier and Louise Vale (who died of the Spanish Flu in 1918).[36][34]
- The Crown of Richard III(French/Pathe) remade in U.S. in 1939 asTower of London[37]
- Curse of the Scarabee Ruby(Gaumont/Eclipse/Urban) a French-British co-production inspired by both of the novelsThe MoonstoneandTrilby,produced byCharles Urban.[37]
- A Deal with the DevilakaDen Mystiske Fremmede(Denmark/ Nordisk) directed by Holger-Madsen, starring Olaf Fonss, Ebba Thomsen and Alf Blutecher; storyline was based onFaust.[37]
- The Diamond of Disaster(Thanhouser Films) directed by Carroll Fleming, written by Fleming's brother Phil Lonergan, starring J. S. Murray and Ernest Warde[36][38]
- Discord and Harmony(Gold Seal/ Universal) directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney, Pauline Bush and Murdock MacQuarrie[39]
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Done to a Frazzle(Crystal-Superba/ Warners) satire of theRobert Louis Stevensonnovella, starring Charles De Forrest[36][38]
- Doctor Polly(Vitagraph) A haunted house comedy directed by Wilfred North and Wally Van, starring Lillian Walker, Josie Sadler and Wally Van.[38]
- The Dream Woman(Blache Prods.) written and directed by Alice Guy-Blache, starring Fraunie Fraunholz and Claire Whitney; based on the 1859Wilkie Collinsnovel,The Woman in White[38]
- The Embezzler(Gold Seal/ Universal) directed by Allan Dawan, starring Lon Chaney, Pauline Bush and Murdock MacQuarrie[40]
- The End of the Feud(Universal) directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney, Pauline Bush and Murdock MacQuarrie.[41]
- The Fakir's Spell(British/ Dreadnought Films) directed by Frank Newman, starring Idleton Newman; features a killer ape; some plot elements from this film turned up later inThe Reptile(1965) andThe Oblong Box(1969).[25][38]
- The Forbidden Room,akaThe Web of Circumstance(Bison/ Universal Pictures) directed byAllan Dwan,starringMurdock MacQuarrie,Pauline Bush andLon Chaney;a lost film.[25][42]
- The Forces of Evil,akaThe Dominant Will(Eclair/ Leading Players) based on theGeorge du MauriernovelTrilby.[43]
- Fune Yurei,translationGhost Ship(Japanese/ Nikkatsu) directed by Shozo Makino, starring Matsunosuke Onoe[43]
- The Ghost of the Mine(Eclair American) starring Robert Frazer and Edna Payne; filmed in Tucson, Arizona; an early horror-western hybrid.[43]
- Ghosts(British/ Close Prods.) produced by Elwin Neame and (his wife) Ivy Close (who starred in the film).[44]
- Guarding Britain's Secrets,akaThe Fiends of Hell(British/ Walturdaw) directed by Charles Calvert, starring Douglas Payne and Dr. Nikola Hamilton (who also wrote the screenplay).[25][38]
- Hands Invisible(Powers Films) written and directed by Edwin August, who also starred in it; similar in plot to the laterHands of Orlac(1920).[44]
- Her Bounty(Universal) directed byJoseph De Grasse,starring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush[45]
- Her Escape(Universal) directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush; Chaney plays a blind man in this film.[46]
- Her Grave Mistake(Universal) starring Lon Chaney, Murdock MacQuarrie and Agnes Vernon[47]
- Her Life's Story(Universal) directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush; based on a poem "The Cross" by Miriam Bade Rasmus.[48]
- Hidden Death,akaLa Mort qui Frole(French/ Gaumont Films) directed by Jean Durand[25]
- The Higher Law(Universal) directed by Charles Giblyn, starring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush, a sequel toThe Oubliette(1914).[49]
- The Honor of the Mounted(Gold Seal/ Universal) directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush[50]
- The Hopes of Blind Alley(Universal) directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush[47]
- The Hound of the BaskervillesakaLa Chien des Baskerville(French/ Pathe) another adaptation of the famous novel byArthur Conan Doyle[20]
- The Hound of the Baskervilles Parts 1 and 2(German film); Part One was called "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and Part Two was called "The Solitary House"; directed by Rudolf Meinert for Vitascope, written by Richard Oswald, starring Alwin Neuss as Sherlock Holmes; later edited down into a single feature version; two concluding parts came out in 1915 (see 1915 for Parts 3 and 4)
- The House of Fear(U.S./ Lubin) directed by Siegmund Lubin, starring Rosetta Brice; based on a story by Emmett C. Hall.[51]
- The Hypnotic Violinist(Denmark/ Filmfabrikken) starring Emilie Sannom, Rasmus Ottesen and Soren Fjelstrup[51]
- The Imp Abroad(Victor Films) produced and directed byHarry Rivier,starringRupert Julianand Elsie Jane Wilson.[51]
- The Invisible Power(Kalem) directed by George Melford, starring Paul Hurst and William H. West, yet another film adaptation of theGeorge du MauriernovelTrilby.[51]
- Jane Eyre(Imp/ Universal Pictures) directed byFrank Hall Crane,starring Ethel Grandin and Irving Cummings, based on the 1847Charlotte Brontenovel.[26]
- Jane Eyre(Whitman) directed by Martin Faust, starring Lisbeth Blackstone, John Charles and Mary Fry Clements[26]
- Kaidan Asamagatake,akaThe Ghost Story of Mount Asamagatake(Japanese/ Nikkatsu) directed by Shozo Makino, starring Matsunosuke Onoe.[26]
- The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf(Bison/ Universal) written and directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney, Murdock MacQuarrie and Pauline Bush[52]
- The Lie(Gold Seal/ Universal) directed by Allan Dwan, starringLon ChaneyandMurdock MacQuarrie[53]
- Lights and Shadows(Universal) directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush.[54]
- The Lion, the Lamb, the Man(Universal) directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney, Pauline Bush and Millard K. Wilson[54]
- The Menace to Carlotta(Rex/ Universal) directed by Allan Dwan, written by Lon Chaney, starring Lon Chaney,Murdock MacQuarrieandPauline Bush.[39]
- A Miner's Romance(Universal) starring Lon Chaney and Murdock MacQuarrie[45]
- The Miser's Conversion(Thanhouser) starring Sydney Bracy; features man-into-ape transformation.[55]
- Murders in the Rue Morgue(Rosenberg Films) based on the story byEdgar Allan Poe[56]
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood,co-directed by Herbert Blache and Tom Terriss, starring Tom Terriss and Rodney Hickok; based on the 1870Charles Dickensnovel; film was remade again in 1935 by Universal Pictures.[57]
- The Mystery of Grayson Hall(Eclair Films) starring Lindsay J. Hall and Fred Hearn[56]
- Naidra, the Dream Worker(Edison Prods.) features a cursed mummy's necklace.[56]
- The Necklace of Rameses(Thomas Edison Prods.) directed byCharles Brabin,starring William Bechtel and Gertrude Braun.[57]
- A Night of Thrills(Universal/ Rex) directed byJoseph De Grasse,starringLon Chaneyand Pauline Bush; a haunted house comedy.[56][58]
- Okazaki no neko,translation:The Ghost-Cat of Okazaki(Nikkatsu) directed by Shozo Makino, starring Matsunosuke Onoe; based on an 1827 kabuki play which in turn was based on an 1820s Japanese novel calledShank's Mare.[59]
- The Old Cobbler(Universal) directed byMurdock MacQuarrie(who also starred in the film), also starring Lon Chaney and Agnes Vernon[60]
- The Oubliette(Universal) medieval adventure film directed by Charles Giblyn, starringLon Chaneyand Murdock MacQuarrie; film still exists.[61]
- Out of the Far East(Imp/ Universal Pictures) directed by Frank H. Crane, starring Stuart Paton and Leah Baird; re-released in 1917 asEyes in the Dark.[59]
- The Phantom Light(Bison Films) directed by Henry McRae, starring William Clifford and Marie Walcamp[62]
- The Phantom Violin(Universal Pictures) directed by Francis Ford (who also starred in the film), starring Grace Cunard (who also wrote the screenplay) and Harry Schumm.[62]
- The Quest for the Sacred Jewel(U.S.-French co-production/ Pathe) directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Charles Arling and Edna Mayo; another adaptation of the 1868Wilkie Collinsnovel,The Moonstone.[62]
- A Ranch Romance(Nestor/ Universal) starring Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney and Agnes Vernon
- Remember Mary Magdalen(Victor/ Universal) directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney, Murdock MacQuarrie and Pauline Bush[50]
- Richelieu(Universal) directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney, Murdock MacQuarrie and Pauline Bush.[49]
- Ruslan i Ljudmila(Russian) directed by Ladislav Starevich, starring Ivan Mosjoukine as Satan; based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin.[63]
- Ein Seltsamer Fall(translation:A Strange Case) (Germany/ Vitascope) directed byMax Mack,written byRichard Oswald,starring Alwin Neuss and Hanni Weiss; an unofficial film adaptation of theRobert Louis StevensonnovellaDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde;existing prints run about 30 minutes instead of the original's 50-minute length.[25]
- A Small Town Girl(Universal) directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney, Pauline Bush andRupert Julian;film was released in November, 1914, although some sources say 1915.[48]
- The Spiritist,akaThe Spiritualist(Denmark/ Nordisk) directed by Holger Madsen, starring Marie Dinesen and Vibeke Kroyer[64]
- The Strange Case of Princess Khan,produced byWilliam G. Selig,directed by Edward J. LeSaint, starring Stella Razeto[64]
- A Study in Scarlet(British) directed by George Pearson, based on the famous Arthur Conan Doyle novel, starring James Bragington as Sherlock Holmes
- A Study in Scarlet(U.S.) directed by Francis Ford for Universal Pictures, based on the famous Arthur Conan Doyle novel, starring Francis Ford as Sherlock Holmes and Jack Francis as Watson
- The Suicide Club(British/ Apex Films) produced byMaurice Elvey,starring Elizabeth Risdon andMontagu Love;based on the story byRobert Louis Stevenson,which was remade in 1936 asTrouble for Two.[63]
- Svengali(Austrian/ Wiener Kunstfilm) directed by Luise Kolm and Jakob Fleck, starring Ferdinand Bonn; based on the novelTrilbybyGeorge du Maurier.[63]
- The Temptations of Satan(U.S. Amusement) directed byHerbert Blache,starring Vinnie Burns, Fraunie Fraunholz and James O'Neill as Satan.[63]
- The Tragedy of Whispering Creek(Bison/ Universal) written and directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaneyand Pauline Bush[41]
- Trilby(British) produced by Harold Shaw, starring Herbert Tree and Viva Birkett; based onGeorge du Maurier'snovel of the same name.[63]
- The Unlawful Trade(Rex/Universal) written and directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney, Pauline Bush and Murdock MacQuarrie[65]
- The Vampire(Eclair Films) plot features a large vampire bat.[66]
- Vendetta(French/ Eclipse) directed by Louis Mereanton, starring Regina Badet; based onthe novel of the same namebyMarie Corelli.[66]
- The Vij(Russian) written and directed by Ladislas Starevitch, starring Ivan Mosjoukine and Olga Obolenskaya; based on the story byGogol;remade later asBlack Sunday(1960).[66]
- Virtue Is Its Own Reward,akaVirtue Its Own Reward(Universal) directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush[67]
- The White Spectre(General Films)[66]
- The White Wolf(Nestor Films/ Universal) plot involves a werewolf transformation.[66]
- Woman of Mystery(Blache Prods.) written and directed by Alice Guy-Blache; starring Vinnie Burns, Claire Whitney and Fraunie Fraunholz; plot involves split personalities and spirit control.[66]
- Yoshiwara kaidan: Teburi bozu(Japanese/ Nikkatsu) directed by Shozo Makino, starring Matsunosuke Onoe; another adaptation of the 1825 Japanese kabuki play,Yotsuya kaidan.[68]
Short film series[edit]
- Broncho Billy Anderson(1910–1916)
- Harold Lloyd(1913–1921)
- Charlie Chaplin(1914–1923)
Births[edit]
- January 5 –George Reeves,actor (died1959)[69]
- January 6 –Danny Thomas,singer, actor, comedian (died1991)
- January 13 –Osa Massen,Danish actress (died2006)[70]
- January 14 –Harold Russell,actor (died2002)[71]
- January 15 –Dimples Cooper,Filipina actress (died1960)
- January 30 –John Ireland,actor (died1992)
- January 31 -Carey Loftin,American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor (died1997)
- February 3 –Mary Carlisle,actress (died2018)
- February 6 –Thurl Ravenscroft,actor, singer (died2005)
- February 15 –Kevin McCarthy,actor (died2010)
- February 17 –Arthur Kennedy,actor (died1990)
- February 18 –Mahmoud Zulfikar,director (died1970)
- February 21 –Zachary Scott,actor (died1965)
- February 26 –Robert Alda,actor (died1986)[72]
- March 2 –Martin Ritt,director (died1990)
- March 3 –Charlotte Henry,actress (died1980)
- March 27 –Richard Denning,actor (died1998)
- April 2 –Alec Guinness,actor (died2000)[73]
- April 4 –Richard Coogan,actor (died2014)
- April 14 –John Hubbard,actor (died1988)
- April 16 –John Hodiak,actor (died1955)
- May 5 –Tyrone Power,actor (died1958)[74]
- May 19 –Beverly Roberts,actress, singer (died2009)
- May 24 –Lilli Palmer,actress (died 1986)[75]
- May 31 –Hannes Schiel,Austrian actor (died2017)
- June 7 –Khwaja Ahmad Abbas,director (died1987)
- June 18 –E. G. Marshall,actor (died1998)
- June 21 –Wensley Pithey,character actor (died1993)
- July 2 -Ethelreda Leopold,American actress (died1998)
- July 20 -Masa Niemi,Finnish comic actor (died1960)
- July 23 -Julie Mitchum,actress (died2003)
- July 29 –Irwin Corey,comedian (died2017)
- July 31 –Louis de Funès,actor (died1983)
- August 2 –Beatrice Straight,actress (died2001)[76]
- August 5 –Parley Baer,actor (died2002)
- August 14 –Andrea Leeds,actress (died1984)
- August 31 –Richard Basehart,actor (died1984)
- September 10 –Robert Wise,director (died2005)
- September 12 –Desmond Llewelyn,actor (died1999)
- September 20 –Kenneth MoreEnglish actor (died1982)
- September 27 –Sophie Sooäär,Estonian actress and singer (d.1996)
- October 1 –Maciej Maciejewski,Polish screen and stage actor (died2018)
- October 9 -Edward Andrews,American actor (died1985)
- October 26 –Jackie Coogan,actor (died 1984)[77]
- October 28 -Dody Goodman,American character actress (died2008)
- October 30 –Anna Wing,actress (died2013)
- November 6 -Jonathan Harris,(died2002)
- November 8 –Norman Lloyd,actor (died2021)
- November 9
- Alan Caillou,English actor and screenwriter (died 2006)
- Hedy Lamarr,actress (died 2000)
- November 10 –William Henry,actor (died1982)
- November 13
- Amelia Bence,actress (died 2016)
- Henri Langlois,film preservationist (died 1977)
- Alberto Lattuada,director (died 2005)
- November 23
- Roger Avon,Britishfilm and television actor (died 1998)
- Ellen Drew,American actress (died2003)
- December 10 –Dorothy Lamour,actress (died1996)
- December 13 –Larry Parks,actor (died1975)
- December 26 –Richard Widmark,actor (died2008)
- December 28 –Lee Bowman,actor (died1979)
Deaths[edit]
- January 9 – Gladys Rankin, American actress asMrs. Sidney Drew;writer as George Cameron
- January 11 – William A. Russell, 35, American actor
- March 25 –Frédéric Mistral,83, French writer,Mirèio
- June 19 –Brandon Thomas,65, British writer,Charley's Aunt
- July 1
- Grace McHugh, American actress died while filming the movieAcross 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 ofThanhouser 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[edit]
- Mary Alden–The Battle of the Sexes
- Mary Anderson–My Official Wife
- Theda Bara–The Stain
- Ethel Barrymore–The Nightingale
- John Barrymore–An American Citizen
- Lionel Barrymore–Judith of Bethulia
- Milton Berle–The Perils of Pauline
- Charlie Chaplin–Tillie's Punctured Romance
- Edythe Chapman–Richelieu
- Marguerite Clark–Wildflower
- Walter Connolly–The Marked Woman
- Donald Crisp–The Battle of the Sexes
- Dorothy Dalton–Pierre of the Plains
- Harry Davenport–Damon and Pythias
- Cecil B. DeMille(director) –The Squaw Man
- William Elmer–The Squaw Man
- Dustin Farnum–Soldiers of Fortune
- William Farnum–The Spoilers
- Lillian Gish–Judith of Bethulia
- Alan Hale Sr.–Jane Eyre
- Creighton Hale–The Million Dollar Mystery
- Juanita Hansen–The Patchwork Girl of Oz
- William S. Hart–The Bargain
- Raymond Hatton–The Squaw Man
- Sessue Hayakawa–The Wrath of the Gods
- Jack Holt–Salomy Jane
- Emil Jannings–Im Schützengraben
- Eulalie Jensen–St. Elmo
- Winifred Kingston–Soldiers of Fortune
- Dick La Reno–John Barleycorn
- George Majeroni–The Sign of the Cross
- Vivian Martin–The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
- Jack McDonald–The Spoilers
- Adolphe Menjou–The Man Behind the Door
- Tom Mix–In the Days of the Thundering Herd
- Musidora–Severo Torelli
- Pola Negri–Slave of Sin
- Wheeler Oakman–The Spoilers
- Tyrone Power, Sr.–Aristocracy
- Grete Reinwald–Ein Sommernachtstraum in unserer Zeit
- Cleo Ridgely–The Spoilers
- Charlie Ruggles–The Patchwork Girl of Oz
- Monroe Salisbury–The Squaw Man
- Milton Sills–The Pit
- Russell Simpson–The Virginian
- Slim Summerville–Tillie's Punctured Romance
- Ethel Grey Terry–The Sign of the Cross
- Rudolph Valentino–My Official Wife
- May Wallace–The Million Dollar Mystery
- H. B. Warner–The Lost Paradise
- Charles Wellesley–My Official Wife
References[edit]
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