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The year 1914 in film involved some significant events.

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EVENTS

The 3,300-seat '' Strand Theater '' opens in New York City .

February 2 - Charlie Chaplin 's first film, '' Making A Living '' is released.

May 8 - Paramount Pictures is formed.

Filteo Alberini introduces a new 70 mm format, Panoramico , with the film '' Il Sacco Di Roma ''

TOP GROSSING FILMS

'' The Squaw Man ''

'' Tillie's Punctured Romance ''

FILMS RELEASED IN 1914

'' A Little Madonna ''

'' Assunta Spina ''

'' The Avenging Conscience ''

'' The Aztec Treasure ''

'' A Bathing Beauty ''

'' Cabiria ''

'' Child Of The Big City ''

'' The Exploits Of Elaine ''

'' Gertie The Dinosaur '', animated

'' The Hazards Of Helen '', ( Serial ) starring Helen Holmes

'' The Magic Cloak Of Oz '', starring Mildred Harris

'' His Majesty, The Scarecrow Of Oz '', starring Mildred Harris

'' In The Land Of The War Canoes ''

'' Judith Of Bethulia ''

'' Kid Auto Races At Venice ''

'' Mabel At The Wheel ''

'' Mabel's Strange Predicament ''

'' Making A Living ''

'' My Official Wife '', starring Clara Kimball Young

'' O Mimi San '', starring Sessue Hayakawa , Tsuru Aoki and Mildred Harris

'' The Patchwork Girl Of Oz '', starring Mildred Harris

'' The Perils Of Pauline '', ( Serial ) starring Pearl White

'' Il Sacco Di Roma ''

'' The Squaw Man '', starring Dustin Farnum

'' A Study In Scarlet '' directed by George Pearson

'' Tillie's Punctured Romance '', directed by Mack Sennett and starring Marie Dressler , Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin

'' The Wishing Ring ''

'' The Wrath Of Gods '', starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki and Frank Borzage

SHORT FILM SERIES

'' Broncho Billy Anderson '' ( 1910 - 1916 )

'' Harold Lloyd '' ( 1913 - 1921 )

'' Charlie Chaplin '' ( 1914 - 1923 )

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 )

January 30 - John Ireland , actor (d. 1992 )

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 (d. 2005 )

September 12 - Desmond Llewelyn , actor (d. 1999 )

October 26 - Jackie Coogan , actor (d. 1984 )

October 30 - Ruth Hussey , actress (d. 2005 )

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

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