List of American films of 1914
A list of American films released in 1914.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
Across the Pacific | Edwin Carewe | Dorothy Dalton, Samuel E. Hines | Adventure | World Film |
The Amateur Detective | Carroll Fleming | Carey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde, Muriel Ostriche | Comedy | |
An American Citizen | J. Searle Dawley | John Barrymore, Alexander Gaden | Comedy | Paramount |
The Archeologist | Henry Otto | Charlotte Burton, Edward Coxen, George Field, Winifred Greenwood, John Steppling | Drama | |
Aristocracy | Thomas N. Heffron | Tyrone Power Sr., Edna Mayo | Drama | Paramount |
At the Potter's Wheel | Lorimer Johnston | Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Caroline Frances Cooke, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich | Drama | |
The Avenging Conscience | D. W. Griffith | Henry B. Walthall, Blanche Sweet | Drama, Horror | |
Back to the Farm | Oliver Hardy | Herbert Tracey, Royal Byron, Eloise Willard, Mabel Paige, Oliver Hardy | Comedy | |
The Baggage Smasher | Fatty Arbuckle | Comedy | ||
The Bargain | Reginald Barker | William S. Hart, J. Barney Sherry, Clara Williams | Western | Added to the National Film Registry in 2010 |
Barnyard Flirtations | Fatty Arbuckle | Fatty Arbuckle | Comedy | |
A Bath House Beauty | Fatty Arbuckle | Fatty Arbuckle | Comedy | |
The Battle of the Sexes | D. W. Griffith | Donald Crisp, Lillian Gish | Drama | |
The Beggar Child | William Desmond Taylor | Charlotte Burton, Edward Coxen, George Field, Winifred Greenwood, John Steppling | ||
Between Showers | Henry Lehrman | Charlie Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin | Filmed at Keystone Studios | |
Billy's Rival | William Desmond Taylor | William Garwood, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich. Harry von Meter | ||
A Blowout at Santa Banana | Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson | Comedy | ||
The Body in the Trunk | John O'Brien | William Garwood, George Larkin | ||
The Boer War | George Melford | Jane Wolfe, Marin Sais | War drama | Kalem |
Break, Break, Break | Harry A. Pollard | B. Reeves Eason, William Garwood, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich, Harry von Meter | Drama | |
Brewster's Millions | Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Edward Abeles, Sydney Deane, Joseph Singleton | Comedy | Paramount |
Brute Force | D. W. Griffith | Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, William J. Butler, Wilfred Lucas | Drama | |
Business Versus Love | Tom Ricketts | Edward Coxen, Winifred Greenwood, Harry von Meter, Jack Richardson | ||
A Busy Day | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Phyllis Allen | Comedy | With a cameo by Mack Sennett |
The Butterfly | Tom Ricketts | Charlotte Burton, George Field, Edward Coxen, Edith Borella, Jean Durrell, Ida Lewis, John Steppling | ||
Calamity Anne's Love Affair | Tom Ricketts | Charlotte Burton, Louise Lester, George Field, Edith Borella, B. Reeves Eason | Western | The final film in the Calamity Anne series |
The Call of the North | Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Robert Edeson, Theodore Roberts | Adventure | |
The Call of the Traumerei | Jacques Jaccard and Lorimer Johnston | Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Caroline Frances Cooke, Jack Richardson | ||
Called Back | Otis Turner | Herbert Rawlinson, Ann Little, Allan Forrest | Drama | Universal |
The Cameo of the Yellowstone | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Harry De Vere, Louise Lester | Western | |
Captain Alvarez | Rollin S. Sturgeon | Edith Storey, William Desmond Taylor, George Holt | Historical Drama | A Vitagraph 5-reel film |
Caught in a Cabaret | Mabel Normand | Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Edgar Kennedy | Comedy | |
Caught in the Rain | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Alice Davenport | Comedy | The first of many films that Charlie Chaplin both directed and starred in |
The Certainty of Man | Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Chick Morrison | Drama | ||
Chicken Chaser | Roscoe Arbuckle | Fatty Arbuckle, Gordon Griffith | Comedy | |
Cinderella | James Kirkwood | Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, Isobel Vernon | Fantasy Drama | |
The Cocoon and the Butterfly | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Louise Lester | Drama | |
The Combination of the Safe | Francis J. Grandon | Earle Foxe | Crime drama | |
The Coming of the Padres | Lorimer Johnston | Sydney Ayres, Perry Banks, Louise Lester | ||
Cruel, Cruel Love | George Nichols, Mack Sennett | Charlie Chaplin, Edgar Kennedy, Minta Durfee | Comedy | |
Damaged Goods | Tom Ricketts, Richard Bennett | Richard Bennett, Adrienne Morrison, Maude Milton | ||
David Gray's Estate | Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Chick Morrison | |||
Destinies Fulfilled | Lorimer Johnston | Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Jacques Jaccard, Violet Knights | Comedy | |
Does It End Right? | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Charlotte Burton, Louise Lester, Vivian Rich | ||
Dough and Dynamite | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Fritz Schade | Comedy | |
The Envoy Extraordinary | Lorimer Johnston | Jack Nelson, Caroline Frances Cooke | Drama | |
The Escape | D. W. Griffith | Donald Crisp, Blanche Sweet, Mae Marsh | Drama | |
The Exploits of Elaine | Louis J. Gasnier, George B. Seitz, Leopold Wharton | Pearl White, Sheldon Lewis | Drama serial | |
The Face on the Bar Room Floor | Charles Chaplin | Charles Chaplin, Cecile Arnold, Fritz Schade | Comedy | |
The Fatal Mallet | Mack Sennett | Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett | Comedy | |
Fate's Decree | William Garwood, Richard Henry Cummings, Billie West | |||
Fatty's Magic Pants | Roscoe Arbuckle | Fatty Arbuckle, Charly Chase | Comedy | |
Feast and Famine | Sydney Ayres | B. Reeves Eason, William Garwood, Harry von Meter | ||
A Film Johnnie | George Nichols | Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Mabel Normand | ||
The Final Impulse | Tom Ricketts | Charlotte Burton, Perry Banks, William Bertram, Edward Coxen | ||
The Floor Above | James Kirkwood Sr. | Earle Foxe, Henry Walthall, Dorothy Gish | Mystery drama | |
A Florida Enchantment | Sidney Drew | Sidney Drew, Edith Storey | ||
In the Footprints of Mozart | William Desmond Taylor | Charlotte Burton, William Bertram, Edith Borella | ||
The Forbidden Room | Allan Dwan | Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush | Drama | |
Gentlemen of Nerve | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Chester Conklin | Comedy | |
Gertie the Dinosaur | Winsor McCay | Winsor McCay, George McManus | Cartoon | Groundbreaking animated short |
Getting Acquainted | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Phyllis Allen | Comedy | |
The Ghost Breaker | Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | H. B. Warner, Rita Stanwood, Theodore Roberts | Drama | |
The Girl in the Shack | Edward Morrissey | Earle Foxe, Spottiswoode Aitken, Mae Marsh | ||
A Good Little Devil | Edwin S. Porter, J. Searle Dawley | Mary Pickford, Ernest Truex, David Belasco | Drama | Pickford's first feature, survives only in an abridged version. |
The Green-Eyed Devil | James Kirkwood | Spottiswoode Aitken, Earle Foxe, William Garwood | ||
A Happy Coersion | Perry Banks, William Bertram, Jacques Jaccard | |||
The Hazards of Helen | Helen Holmes | Adventure serial | A serial of 119 12 minute episodes | |
Her Friend the Bandit | Charles Chaplin | Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Charles Murray | Comedy | |
Her Younger Sister | Frank Cooley | Charlotte Burton, Fred Gamble | Comedy | |
His Faith in Humanity | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Louise Lester | ||
His Father's Rifle | Edward LeSaint | Earle Foxe, Bertram Grassby | Drama | |
His Favourite Pastime | George Nichols | Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Viola Barry | Comedy | |
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz | J. Farrell MacDonald | Violet MacMillan, Pierre Couderc | Fantasy | Loosely based on The Wizard of Oz and written and produced by L. Frank Baum |
His Musical Career | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charley Chase | Comedy | |
His New Profession | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Charley Chase, Fatty Arbuckle | Comedy | |
His Prehistoric Past | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Fritz Schade | Comedy | Chaplin's last film with Keystone Studios |
His Trysting Place | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand | Comedy | |
Home, Sweet Home | D. W. Griffith | Earle Foxe, Henry B. Walthall, Dorothy Gish | Biographical drama | |
The Hopes of Blind Alley | Allan Dwan | Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush | Drama | |
The Hunchback | Christy Cabanne | F. A. Turner, William Garwood, Lillian Gish | Drama | |
Imar the Servitor | William Garwood | Drama | ||
In Tune | Henry Otto | Charlotte Burton, Edward Coxen, George Field, Winifred Greenwood | ||
In the Candlelight | Tom Ricketts | William Garwood, Charlotte Burton | ||
In the Land of the Head Hunters | Edward S. Curtis | Documentary drama | ||
In the Open | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Louise Lester | ||
Jail Birds | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Charlotte Burton | ||
Judith of Bethulia | D. W. Griffith | Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall | Biblical drama | |
The Jungle | Augustus E. Thomas, George Irving, John H. Pratt | George Nash, Gail Kane, Julia Hurley | Drama | |
Kid Auto Races at Venice | Henry Lehrman | Charlie Chaplin | Comedy | The first appearance of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character |
The Kiss | Ulysses Davis | Ella Margaret Gibson, George Holt, William Desmond Taylor | Drama | |
The Knockout | Charles Avery | Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy | Comedy | |
Laughing Gas | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Fritz Schade | Comedy | |
The Life of General Villa | Christy Cabanne, Raoul Walsh | Pancho Villa, Irene Hunt, Raoul Walsh | Drama | Lost film |
Little Lord Fauntleroy | F. Martin Thornton | H. Agar Lyons, Fred Eustace, Edward Viner | Drama | |
A Little Madonna | Ulysses Davis | William Desmond Taylor, Patricia Palmer | Drama | |
The Livid Flame | Francis J. Grandon | Earle Foxe, Lafe McKee | Drama | |
The Lost Sermon | William Garwood, Harry De Vere, Harry von Meter | |||
Love and Bullets | Fatty Arbuckle | Fatty Arbuckle, Phyllis Allen, Charley Chase | Comedy | |
The Lover's Gift | Earle Foxe, Mary Alden, Francelia Billington | |||
Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery | Francis Ford | Grace Cunard, Francis Ford, Harry Schumm, John Ford | Action serial | Universal's first serial |
The Lure of the Sawdust | Tom Ricketts | Charlotte Burton, George Field, Edward Coxen | Drama | |
Mabel at the Wheel | Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett | Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand | Comedy | |
Mabel's Blunder | Mabel Normand | Mabel Normand, Charly Chase, Al St. John | Comedy | |
Mabel's Busy Day | Mabel Normand | Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand | Comedy | |
Mabel's Married Life | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand | Comedy | |
Mabel's Strange Predicament | Henry Lehrman | Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand | Comedy | |
The Magic Cloak of Oz | J. Farrell MacDonald | Juanita Hansen, Violet MacMillan, Mildred Harris | Fantasy drama | Written and produced by L. Frank Baum |
Making a Living | Henry Lehrman | Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Kirtley, Alice Davenport | Comedy | The first film featuring Charlie Chaplin |
The Man from Home | Cecil B. DeMille | Charles Richman, Theodore Roberts, Fred Montague | Drama | |
A Man's Way | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Charlotte Burton, Louise Lester | ||
The Masquerader | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle | Comedy | |
The Master Key | Robert Z. Leonard | Robert Z. Leonard, Ella Hall | Serial | |
The Master Mind | Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Edmund Breese, Fred Montague, Jane Darwell | Crime drama | |
Mein Lieber Katrina | Charlotte Burton, George Field, Ida Lewis | Comedy | ||
Michael Strogoff | Lloyd B. Carleton | Jacob P. Adler, Daniel Makarenko, Eleanor Barry | Drama | Feature adaptation of Jules Verne novel |
Mein Lieber Katrina Catches a Convict | Tom Ricketts | Charlotte Burton, Harry De Vere, Perry Banks | Comedy | |
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Harold Entwistle | Beatriz Michelena, House Peters | Comedy drama | World Film |
The Mystery of the Hindu Image | Raoul Walsh | Raoul Walsh, Dark Cloud, Eagle Eye | Drama | Raoul's Walsh's earliest surviving directorial effort |
Nature's Touch | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Jack Richardson, Louise Lester | ||
The Navy Aviator | Sydney Ayres, | Sydney Ayres, Caroline Cooke, Jack Richardson | ||
Neptune's Daughter | Herbert Brenon | Annette Kellerman, William E. Shay, William Welsh | Fantasy | |
The New Janitor | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Jess Dandy, John T. Dillon | Comedy | |
Old Enough to Be Her Grandpa | Tom Ricketts | Charlotte Burton, William Garwood | Comedy | |
The Only Son | Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Jim Blackwell, Jane Darwell | ||
The Patchwork Girl of Oz | J. Farrell MacDonald | Violet MacMillan, Pierre Couderc | Fantasy drama | Written and produced by L. Frank Baum |
The Perils of Pauline | Louis J. Gasnier | Pearl White | Adventure serial | |
The Power of Light | Lorimer Johnston | Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Jacques Jaccard | Drama | |
The Property Man | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Alice Davenport | Comedy | |
Recreation | Charles Chaplin | Charles Chaplin | Comedy | |
Redbird Wins | Sydney Ayres | Perry Banks, William Garwood | ||
The Redemption of a Pal | Henry Otto | Edith Borella, Charlotte Burton, George Field | Drama | |
Richelieu | Allan Dwan | Murdock MacQuarrie, William C. Dowlan | Biopic | |
The Rose Bush of Memories | Earle Foxe, Mary Alden, Francelia Billington | |||
Rose of the Rancho | Cecil B. DeMille | Bessie Barriscale, Jane Darwell, Jeanie MacPherson | Western | |
Rosemary, That's for Remembrance | Francis J. Grandon | Earle Foxe, Adda Gleason | Drama | |
The Rounders | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Phyllis Allen | Comedy | |
Salomy Jane | William Nigh | Beatriz Michelena, House Peters | Western | |
Samson | J. Farrell MacDonald | J. Warren Kerrigan, George Periolat, Lule Warrenton | Drama | |
Shotgun Jones | Colin Campbell | Wheeler Oakman | Western | |
Should a Woman Divorce? | Edwin McKim | Lea Leland, Leonid Samoloff | Drama | |
Sir Galahad of Twilight | Sydney Ayres | Perry Banks, B. Reeves Eason, William Garwood | Drama | |
The Sleeping Sentinel | Historical drama | |||
A Slice of Life | Tom Ricketts | Charlotte Burton, Perry Banks | ||
The Son of Thomas Gray | William Desmond Taylor | Virginia Fordyce, Sydney Ayres, Jacques Jaccard | ||
The Song of the Sea Shell | William Desmond Taylor | Edith Borella, Charlotte Burton, George Field | Drama | |
A Soul Astray | William Desmond Taylor | Charlotte Burton, William Bertram, Edith Borella | ||
The Sower Reaps | Tom Ricketts | William Garwood, Harry von Meter, Vivian Rich | Drama | |
Sparrow of the Circus | B. Reeves Eason, Jack Richardson | |||
The Spoilers | Colin Campbell | William Farnum, Kathlyn Williams, Tom Santschi | Drama | |
The Squaw Man | Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Dustin Farnum | Western | DeMille's directorial debut |
The Star Boarder | George Nichols | Charlie Chaplin, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Alice Davenport, Gordon Griffith | Comedy | |
A Story of Little Italy | William Desmond Taylor | Sydney Ayres, Jacques Jaccard, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich, Harry von Meter | ||
The Story of the Olive | Sydney Ayres | Sydney Ayres, Perry Banks, Edith Borella, Caroline Cooke, Harry von Meter | ||
The Strength o' Ten | Tom Ricketts | William Garwood, Harry von Meter | Drama | |
A Study in Scarlet | Francis Ford | Francis Ford, Grace Cunard, John Ford | Francis playing Sherlock Holmes and John as Dr. Watson | |
Sweet and Low | William Desmond Taylor | William Garwood, Harry von Meter | Drama | |
Such a Little Queen | Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford | Mary Pickford, Harold Lockwood | Comedy | |
The Taming of Sunnybrook Nell | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Louise Lester, B. Reeves Eason | ||
Tango Tangles | Mack Sennett | Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Ford Sterling | Comedy | |
The Telltale Knife | Tom Mix | Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson | Western | |
The Ten of Spades | William Garwood | William Garwood, Victory Bateman, William Lowery, Muriel Ostriche | ||
Tess of the Storm Country | Edwin S. Porter | Mary Pickford | Drama | |
Their Worldly Goods | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Edith Borella, Charlotte Burton | ||
This Is th' Life | Henry Otto | Charlotte Burton, George Field, Edward Coxen, Edith Borella, John Steppling | ||
Those Love Pangs | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Cecile Arnold | Comedy | |
A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch | Belle Bennett, William Garwood, William Lowery | Western | ||
Tillie's Punctured Romance | Mack Sennett | Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Keystone Kops | Comedy | |
To Be Called For | Francis J. Grandon | Adda Gleason, Lafe McKee, Earle Foxe | Comedy | |
The Town of Nazareth | Charlotte Burton, William Bertram, Albert Cavens, Edward Coxen | |||
True Western Hearts | William Desmond Taylor | Sydney Ayres, Helen Armstrong, Jacques Jaccard | Western | |
A Turn of the Cards | William Garwood | William Garwood, Howard Davies, William Lowery | Drama | |
Twenty Minutes of Love | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy | Comedy | Chaplin's directorial debut |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | William Robert Daly | Sam Lucas, Teresa Michelena, Roy Applegate | Drama | World Film. First feature film adaptation of Stowe's novel. |
The Unlawful Trade | Allan Dwan | Pauline Bush, William Lloyd | Drama | |
The Unmasking | Sydney Ayres | William Garwood, Harry De Vere, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich | ||
Unto the Weak | Allan Dwan | Charlotte Burton, William Bertram | Drama | |
The Virginian | Cecil B. DeMille | Dustin Farnum | Western | Based on the novel by Owen Wister |
What's His Name | Cecil B. DeMille | Max Figman, Lolita Robertson | Comedy | |
When a Woman Waits | Henry Otto | Charlotte Burton, Bessie Banks | Drama | |
When Rome Ruled | George Fitzmaurice | Nell Craig, Clifford Bruce, Riley Hatch | Historical | Pathe Exchange |
The Widow's Investment | Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Chick Morrison | Drama | ||
Wildflower | Allan Dwan | Marguerite Clark, Harold Lockwood | Romance | |
The Wishing Ring | Maurice Tourneur | Vivian Martin, Alec B. Francis, Chester Barnett | Comedy | |
The Wrath of the Gods | Reginald Barker | Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Frank Borzage | Drama | |
The Wrong Birds | William Desmond Taylor | Edith Borella, Charlotte Burton, George Field, Edward Coxen | Drama |