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Mazepa

Mazepa

1914 • 16 min • Russia
Short film based on a poem by Julius Slovacki.
The Little Widow

The Little Widow

1914 • 16 min
An early short film in which the young widow is protected by the employer of her recently deceased husband.
The Hop Smugglers

The Hop Smugglers

1914 • 10 min
Short, silent movie about a female journalist who does a sensational article for the newspaper investigation opium smuggling.
The Center of the Web

The Center of the Web

1914 • 27 min • United States of America
The police set out to take down a gang of counterfeiters, using every tool they have including police dogs.
Shotgun Jones

Shotgun Jones

1914 • 20 min • United States of America
Thomas Lattier is a well-to-do westerner in the cattle business. One fine day he sells a herd of cattle, receiving for it cash payment in bills of large denomination. He proceeds to town alone to deposit it in his bank. Two bad men, Bretall and Hayes, have learned of the deal and trail him with a view to securing the money.
Yarn a-Tangle

Yarn a-Tangle

1914 • 20 min • United States of America
They loved each other when they were young. They were about to elope when Frank met with an accident which caused the loss of his memory. She pined for a while and then married. He forgot about her. Years later, Margaret lost her husband and Frank lost his wife. Business brought the two of them together and they married.
Max and the Jealous Husband

Max and the Jealous Husband

1914 • 11 min
A Max Linder comedy short.
Recreation

Recreation

1914 • 6 min • United States of America
Charlie begins to woo a woman on a bench, only to have her seaman boyfriend object. After a brick fight between the two men that eventually involves two police officers, all five people end up in the local pond to cool off.
The Typhoon

The Typhoon

1914 • 50 min • United States of America
Tokoramo, a Japanese diplomat on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with Helene, a chorus girl, who subsequently rejects her American fiancé, Richard Bernisky. When the Japanese discover the affair, they try to force Tokoramo to end it, but Helene refuses to stop visiting him. One night, during one of her visits, Bernisky comes to Tokoramo's apartment and, while Helene hides, rebukes her to her lover. After Bernisky leaves, Tokoramo orders Helene out, but when he realizes his love for her, he calls her back. Suddenly, she rejects and insults him to the point that he strangles her. Tokoramo wants to confess his crime, but he must complete his work, and so his countrymen sacrifice a boy, Hironari, who pleads guilty to the murder and eventually is guillotined. In the end, Tokoramo also dies and his colleagues burn his valuable papers in order to protect Japan. -From the TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.
Her Friend the Bandit

Her Friend the Bandit

1914 • 16 min
A comedy made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, both of whom co-directed the movie. This is Chaplin's only lost film as no copy is known to exist.
Kärlek starkare än hat eller Skogsdotterns hemlighet

Kärlek starkare än hat eller Skogsdotterns hemlighet

1914 • 30 min
A beautiful woman is torn between her loyalty to her unscrupulous brother and feelings for her lover.
A Dog's Love

A Dog's Love

1914 • 12 min • United States of America
A lonely little girl is befriended by Shep, a neighbor's collie. The girl meets an untimely death, leaving Shep behind.
Le Friquet

Le Friquet

1914 • 21 min
Tells the tragic story of a young trapeze artist (Polaire) abandoned and found by a clown when she was a baby.
The Magic Glass

The Magic Glass

1914 • 13 min • United Kingdom
A boy uses a professor's liquid to make objects transparent.
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1914 • 59 min • United Kingdom
A charming, tender-hearted American boy who adores his mother and promised his dying father that he would always take care of her, turns out to be the long-lost heir to a British fortune and is sent to live with the cold, unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
The Red Club

The Red Club

1914 • 40 min • Denmark
A mysterious film! That was the succinct description in the original programme for ‘The Red Club’ in 1914. One day Baroness Sonja discovers that her boyfriend Prince Stanislaus is engaged to someone else. Red with rage, Sonja vows to seek revenge and joins the Red Club, a mysterious resistance movement for anyone, wanting to have the unpopular prince thrown out. However, Stanislaus’ adjutant Boris gets wind of it and goes after Sonja. Soon his pursuit turns into a real sensational clash with explosions, gunfights, and action. (Stumfilm.dk)
Sweedie's Clean-Up

Sweedie's Clean-Up

1914 • 10 min • United States of America
Sweedie's father is the owner of a grocery store, and Sweedie takes care of the trade while father plays checkers all day. She is in love with a member of the police department, and at every possible opportunity slips out and holds hands with him.
The Quack

The Quack

1914 • 20 min • United States of America
James MacDonald, familiarly known as "Slim Jim," who prefers to make a livelihood by stealth rather than by honest endeavor, leaves his wife and young son one evening, and with the assistance of a "pal" succeeds in fleecing a stranger at "Three Card Monte" for a considerable sum.
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

1914 • 60 min • United States of America
Giles Bateson gets expelled from college for misconduct. His angry father, the Earl, sends him a message: "Never let me see you again until you have earned a half crown and proven yourself worthy of confidence."
Hello, Mabel

Hello, Mabel

1914 • 18 min • United States of America
Hello, Mabel (also known as On a Busy Wire) is a 1914 American short silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett.
Curing a Husband

Curing a Husband

1914 • 9 min • United States of America
His greatest fault was drink.
Across the Border

Across the Border

1914 • 30 min • United States of America
Curley Smith, a lieutenant of the Texas Rangers, gets chased by a band of smugglers after getting caught spying on them and becomes injured. Anita, the daughter of the chief smuggler tends to him and the two of them fall in love. Dean, a member of the renegade, becomes jealous of their romance, and will do whatever he can to get rid of Curley - fair or foul.
Twixt Love and Fire

Twixt Love and Fire

1914 • 10 min • United States of America
Twixt Love and Fire is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Peggy Pearce.
Countess Sweedie

Countess Sweedie

1914 • 10 min • United States of America
Countess Von Swatt goes on a slumming party and loses one of her calling cards in the "hash house" where Sweedie works. Sweedie finds the card. Next day an invitation to a ball to be given by Mr. Wealth is delivered by Sweedie by mistake.