Events The 3,300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City. May 8 - Paramount Pictures is formed. Top Grossing Films of the Year The Squaw Man Tillie's Punctured Romance Movies Released Movies released in 1914 include: Der Golem, starring Paul Wegener; written and directed by Henrik Galeen and Paul Wegener 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. Births January 4 - Jane Wyman, actress January 5 - George Reeves, actor (+ 1959) January 6 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian (+ 1991) January 14 - Harold Russell, actor (+ 2002) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - film director Deaths