1914 in film

Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Yearsinfilm The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.<ref name="SQUAW">Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 1-13, Template:ISBN</ref>

Events

February 2 – Charlie Chaplin's first film, Making a Living, is released.
February 7 – Release of Charlie Chaplin's second film, the Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice, in which his character of The Tramp is introduced to audiences (although first filmed in Mabel's Strange Predicament, released two days later).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 8 – Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur greatly advances filmed animation movement techniques.
February 10 – Release of the film Hearts Adrift; the name of Mary Pickford, the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees.
February – Lewis J. Selznick and Arthur Spiegel organize the World Film Corporation,<ref name="NYT Profit Sharing">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="NYT Obit">Template:Cite news</ref> a distributor of independently produced films<ref name="Katz">Template:Cite book</ref> located in Fort Lee, New Jersey,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 8 – D. W. Griffith's first feature film, Judith of Bethulia, is released. It is his last production for the Biograph Company.
March 20 – Tess of the Storm Country makes Mary Pickford an icon in the US and a celebrity around the world.
March 31 – The serial The Perils of Pauline is an early example of the damsel in distress in film.
April 12 – The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City.
April 18 – Cabiria, directed by Giovanni Pastrone, is released in Italy, the first epic film,<ref>According to Martin Scorsese. Template:Cite web</ref> featuring the first extensive use of a moving camera dolly in a feature film, and introducing the long-running character Maciste.
May 8 – Paramount Pictures is formed as a film distributor by William Wadsworth Hodkinson.
June 13 – 1914 Lubin vault fire: a major fire destroys the main nitrate film vault of the Lubin Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia (U.S.).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
September – The Neptune Film Company opens the Neptune Studios (the first "dark stage" in England) at Borehamwood, north of London.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
November 14 – The Kalem Company of California releases the first in the adventure film series The Hazards of Helen, initially starring actress/stuntwoman Helen Holmes, releasing a new episode every Saturday until February 1917.
November 19 – William Fox's Box Office Attractions Company releases its first production, Life's Shop Window.
December 3 – William S. Hart appears 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 contains Marie Dressler and Charlie Chaplin's feature film debuts.
December – Chaplin joins Essanay Studios for $1,250 per week.
Filoteo Alberini introduces a new 70 mm format, Panoramico, with the film Il sacco di Roma.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top eight 1914 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1914
Rank	Title	Studio	Gross
1	The Spoilers	General	$1,000,000<ref name="quig">Template:Cite web</ref>
2	Dough and Dynamite	Paramount	$130,000<ref name="birchard">Template:Cite book</ref>
3	The Virginian		$111,518<ref name="birchard"/>
4	Rose of the Rancho		$87,028<ref name="birchard"/>
5	The Man from Home		$62,091<ref name="birchard"/>
6	What's His Name		$61,560<ref name="birchard"/>
7	The Call of the North		$52,284<ref name="birchard"/>
8	The Ghost Breaker		$50,136<ref name="birchard"/>

Selected films with 1914 release dates

January – The House of Bondage, a lost<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1914 silent film drama directed by Pierce Kingsley and starring Lottie Pickford.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 3 – Engelein, German silent comedy film written and directed by Urban 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)<ref name="auto11">Template:Cite web</ref>
January 14 – Captive Souls (Template:Langx), a Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz
January 22 – Absinthe, American silent drama film starring King Baggot and Leah Baird and directed by Herbert Brenon
February 2 – Making a Living, the first film starring Charlie Chaplin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
February 5 – O Mimi San, starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki and Mildred Harris
February 7 – Kid Auto Races at Venice, starring Charlie Chaplin
February 8 – Gertie the Dinosaur, an animated film that incorporated many cinematic innovations
February 9 – Mabel's Strange Predicament, starring Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin
February 12 – The Squaw Man, directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille, starring Dustin Farnum
March 1 – How Moscha Came Back, silent film comedy short directed by Phillips Smalley
March 8 – Judith of Bethulia, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet
March 24 – The Avenging Conscience, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall; loosely based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 60. Template:ISBN.</ref>
March 31 – The Perils of Pauline, (serial), starring Pearl White
April 6 – The Old Curiosity Shop directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Alma Taylor
April 15 – Brewster's Millions
April 18 – Cabiria, directed by Giovanni Pastrone
April 18 – Mabel at the Wheel, starring Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, and Charlie Chaplin
April 23 – A Little Madonna
May ? – Fantomas Part Five: Le Faux Magistrat<ref name="auto11"/>
May 11 – The Master Mind
May – Mr. Barnes of New York
June 8 – The Wrath of Gods, starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki and Frank Borzage
June 12 – Der Hund von Baskerville aka The Hound of the Baskervilles (Germany/ Vitascope), directed by Rudolf Meinert, written by Richard Oswald, starring Alwin Neuß and Hanni Weiss; originally released in two parts, later edited down into a feature version.<ref name="auto1">Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 65. Template:ISBN.</ref>
June 15 – The Only Son
June 22 – The Million Dollar Mystery, (serial), starring Florence La Badie
July 13 – My Official Wife, starring Clara Kimball Young
July 13 – The Man on the Box
July 17 – The Stain, starring Theda Bara
July 22 – By the Sun's Rays
August 10 – The Call of the North, starring Robert Edeson<ref>Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 19-21, Template:ISBN</ref>
September 7 – The Virginian, starring Dustin Farnum<ref>Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 14-18, Template:ISBN</ref>
September 22 – Ireland a Nation
September 23 – The Aztec Treasure
September 28 – The Patchwork Girl of Oz
September 28 – The Magic Cloak of Oz, starring Mildred Harris
October 14 – His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz, starring Mildred Harris
October 14 – Mabel's Blunder
October 22 – What's His Name, starring Max Figman<ref>Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 23-26, Template:ISBN</ref>
November 2 – Salomy Jane
November 7 – The Hazards of Helen (serial), starring Helen Holmes
November 7 – His Musical Career, starring Charlie Chaplin
November 9 – The Man from Home
November 9 – The Wishing Ring
November 13 – Demolition of the Monument at San Stefano, directed by Fuat Uzkınay, considered to be the first Turkish movie – (Ottoman Empire)
November 15 – Rose of the Rancho, starring Bessie Barriscale<ref>Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 30-33, Template:ISBN</ref>
November 19 – Life's Shop Window, first film produced by William Fox's Box Office Attractions Company, the forerunner to Fox Film
December 7 – The Ghost Breaker (Paramount) directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel, starring H. B. Warner and Rita Stanwood; remade in 1922 and again in 1940.<ref name="auto13">Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 63. Template:ISBN.</ref>
December 7 – His Prehistoric Past, written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin
December 7 – In the Land of the Head Hunters
December 14 – The Last Egyptian, produced and written by L. Frank Baum, directed by Joseph Farrell MacDonald (who also starred), also starring Howard Davies and Jefferson Osborne.<ref name="auto16">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 134. Template:ISBN.</ref>
December 21 – Tillie's Punctured Romance, directed by Mack Sennett, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin. First comedy feature film.
December 28 – A Study in Scarlet, directed by George Pearson; based on the Arthur Conan Doyle story<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Template:ISBN.</ref>
December 28 – Cinderella, starring Mary Pickford
December 28 – The Exploits of Elaine, (serial), directed by Louis Gasnier and George B. Seitz, starring Pearl White and Sheldon Lewis<ref name="auto13"/>

Notable films released in 1914

United States unless stated

A

Absinthe (incomplete), directed by Herbert Brenon, starring King Baggot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Avenging Conscience, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall, based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 60. Template:ISBN.</ref>

B

Brewster's Millions (lost), directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille, based on the 1902 novel by George Barr McCutcheon
By the Sun's Rays, directed by Charles Giblyn, starring Lon Chaney<ref>Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 21. Template:ISBN.</ref>

C

Cabiria, directed by Giovanni Pastrone – (Italy)
The Call of the North, directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille<ref>Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 19-21, Template:ISBN</ref>
A Christmas Carol, directed by Harold M. Shaw, based on the 1843 novel by Charles Dickens<ref name="auto2">Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 62. Template:ISBN.</ref> – (GB)
Cinderella, directed by James Kirkwood Sr., starring Mary Pickford, based on the classic fairy tale

D

A Deal with the Devil (Den Mystiske Fremmede), directed by Holger-Madsen, based on 18th-century play Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<ref name="auto9">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 128. Template:ISBN.</ref> – (Denmark)
Demolition of the Monument at San Stefano (Ayastefanos'taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı), directed by Fuat Uzkınay – (Ottoman Empire)
Discord and Harmony (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto4">Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 13. Template:ISBN.</ref>

E

The Embezzler (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref>Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 14. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The End of the Feud (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto25">Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 16. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The Exploits of Elaine, film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier and George B. Seitz, starring Pearl White<ref name="auto13"/>

F

Fantômas (parts 4 & 5), film serial directed by Louis Feuillade, based on the true crime novels by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain – (France)<ref name="auto11">Template:Cite web</ref>
The Forbidden Room (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto13"/><ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 130. Template:ISBN.</ref>

G

Gertie the Dinosaur, animated film directed by Winsor McCay
The Ghost Breaker (lost), directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel, starring H. B. Warner<ref name="auto13">Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 63. Template:ISBN.</ref>

H

The Hazards of Helen, film serial directed by J. P. McGowan and J. Gunnis Davis, starring Helen Holmes
Her Bounty (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto8">Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 23. Template:ISBN.</ref>
Her Escape (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney<ref>Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 31. Template:ISBN.</ref>
Her Life's Story (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto12">Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 28. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The Higher Law (lost), directed by Charles Giblyn, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto26">Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 25. Template:ISBN.</ref>
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz, directed by J. Farrell MacDonald, based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
His Musical Career, a Charlie Chaplin film
His Prehistoric Past, a Charlie Chaplin film
The Honor of the Mounted (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto">Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 12. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The Hopes of Blind Alley (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney
Der Hund von Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles), directed by Rudolf Meinert, based on the 1902 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle<ref name="auto1">Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 65. Template:ISBN.</ref> – (Germany)
The House of Bondage (lost),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> directed by Pierce Kingsley, starring Lottie Pickford.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
How Moscha Came Back, directed by Phillips Smalley

L

The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref>Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 15. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The Last Egyptian (incomplete), directed by J. Farrell MacDonald, based on the 1908 novel by L. Frank Baum<ref name="auto16">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 134. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The Lie (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref>Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 11. Template:ISBN.</ref>
Life's Shop Window (lost), directed by J. Gordon Edwards, first film produced by William Fox
Lights and Shadows (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney.<ref name="auto5">Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 29. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The Lion, the Lamb, the Man (incomplete), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto5"/>
Little Angel (Engelein), directed by Urban Gad, starring Asta Nielsen – (Germany)

M

Mabel at the Wheel, directed by Mack Sennett, starring Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin
Mabel's Blunder, directed by and starring Mabel Normand
Mabel's Strange Predicament, directed by and starring Mabel Normand, with Charlie Chaplin
The Magic Cloak of Oz, directed by J. Farrell MacDonald, starring Mildred Harris
Making a Living, directed by Henry Lehrman, the first film starring Charlie Chaplin<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Man from Home, directed by Cecil B. DeMille
The Man with Wax Faces (Figures de cire), directed by Maurice Tourneur<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Page 57. Template:ISBN.</ref> – (France)
The Menace to Carlotta (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto4"/>
The Million Dollar Mystery (lost), film serial directed by Howell Hansel, starring Florence La Badie
My Official Wife (incomplete), directed by James Young, starring Clara Kimball Young

O

The Old Cobbler (lost), directed by Murdock MacQuarrie, starring Lon Chaney<ref>Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 18. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The Old Curiosity Shop, directed by Thomas Bentley, based on the 1841 novel by Charles Dickens – (GB)
The Oubliette, directed by Charles Giblyn, starring Lon Chaney<ref>Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 22. Template:ISBN.</ref>

P

The Patchwork Girl of Oz, directed by J. Farrell MacDonald
The Perils of Pauline, film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier, starring Pearl White

R

Remember Mary Magdalen (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto"/>
Richelieu (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto26"/>
Rose of the Rancho, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Bessie Barriscale<ref>Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 30-33, Template:ISBN</ref>

S

Salomy Jane, directed by William Nigh and Lucius J. Henderson, starring Beatriz Michelena
A Small Town Girl (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto12"/>
The Squaw Man, directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille, starring Dustin Farnum
The Stain, directed by Frank Powell, starring Theda Bara
A Study in Scarlet (lost), directed by George Pearson, based on the 1887 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle<ref>Kinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. Template:ISBN.</ref> – (GB)

T

Tillie's Punctured Romance, directed by Mack Sennett, starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek, directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref name="auto25"/>
Trilby, directed by Harold M. Shaw, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree, based on the 1884 novel by George du Maurier – (GB)

U

The Unlawful Trade (lost), directed by Allan Dwan, starring Lon Chaney<ref>Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 17. Template:ISBN.</ref>

V

The Virginian, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Dustin Farnum, based on the 1902 novel by Owen Wister<ref>Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 14-18, Template:ISBN</ref>
Virtue Is Its Own Reward (lost), directed by Joseph De Grasse, starring Lon Chaney<ref>Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 27. Template:ISBN.</ref>

W

What's His Name, directed by Cecil B. DeMille<ref>Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, p. 23-26, Template:ISBN</ref>
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England, directed by Maurice Tourneur
The Wrath of the Gods, directed by Reginald Barker, starring Sessue Hayakawa and Frank Borzage

Short film series

Broncho Billy Anderson (1910–1916)
Harold Lloyd (1913–1921)
Charlie Chaplin (1914–1923)

Births

January 5 – George Reeves, actor (died 1959)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 6 – Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian (died 1991)
January 13 – Osa Massen, Danish actress (died 2006)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 14 – Harold Russell, actor (died 2002)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 15 – Dimples Cooper, Filipina actress (died 1960)
January 30 – John Ireland, actor (died 1992)
January 31 – Carey Loftin, American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor (died 1997)
February 3 – Mary Carlisle, actress (died 2018)
February 6 – Thurl Ravenscroft, actor, singer (died 2005)
February 15 – Kevin McCarthy, actor (died 2010)
February 17 – Arthur Kennedy, actor (died 1990)
February 18 – Mahmoud Zulfikar, director (died 1970)
February 21 – Zachary Scott, actor (died 1965)
February 26 – Robert Alda, actor (died 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 2 – Martin Ritt, director (died 1990)
March 3 – Charlotte Henry, actress (died 1980)
March 27 – Richard Denning, actor (died 1998)
April 2 – Alec Guinness, actor (died 2000)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 4 – Richard Coogan, actor (died 2014)
April 14 – John Hubbard, actor (died 1988)
April 16 – John Hodiak, actor (died 1955)
May 5 – Tyrone Power, actor (died 1958)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 19 – Beverly Roberts, actress, singer (died 2009)
May 24 – Lilli Palmer, actress (died 1986)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 31 – Hannes Schiel, Austrian actor (died 2017)
June 7 – Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, director (died 1987)
June 18 – E. G. Marshall, actor (died 1998)
June 21 – Wensley Pithey, character actor (died 1993)
July 2 – Ethelreda Leopold, American actress (died 1998)
July 20 – Masa Niemi, Finnish comic actor (died 1960)
July 23 – Julie Mitchum, actress (died 2003)
July 29 – Irwin Corey, comedian (died 2017)
July 31 – Louis de Funès, actor (died 1983)
August 2 – Beatrice Straight, actress (died 2001)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
August 5 – Parley Baer, actor (died 2002)
August 13 – Norman Spencer, film producer (died 2024)
August 14 – Andrea Leeds, actress (died 1984)
August 31 – Richard Basehart, actor (died 1984)
September 10 – Robert Wise, director (died 2005)
September 12 – Desmond Llewelyn, actor (died 1999)
September 20 – Kenneth More English actor (died 1982)
September 27 – Sophie Sooäär, Estonian actress and singer (d. 1996)
October 1 – Maciej Maciejewski, Polish screen and stage actor (died 2018)
October 9 – Edward Andrews, American actor (died 1985)
October 26 – Jackie Coogan, actor (died 1984)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 28 - Dody Goodman, American character actress (died 2008)
October 30 – Anna Wing, actress (died 2013)
November 6 - Jonathan Harris, (died 2002)
November 8 – Norman Lloyd, actor (died 2021)
November 9
- Alan Caillou, English actor and screenwriter (died 2006)
- Hedy Lamarr, actress (died 2000)
November 10 – William Henry, actor (died 1982)
November 13
- Amelia Bence, actress (died 2016)
- Henri Langlois, film preservationist (died 1977)
- Alberto Lattuada, director (died 2005)
November 23
- Roger Avon, British film and television actor (died 1998)
- Ellen Drew, American actress (died 2003)
December 10 – Dorothy Lamour, actress (died 1996)
December 13 – Larry Parks, actor (died 1975)
December 26 – Richard Widmark, actor (died 2008)
December 28 – Lee Bowman, actor (died 1979)

Deaths

January 9 – Gladys Rankin, American actress as Mrs. 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 movie Across 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 of Thanhouser 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

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References

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External links

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