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Overview of the events of 1974 in film
Overview of the events of 1974 in film
The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ]
The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1974
Rank
Title
Distributor(s)
Domestic rentals
1
The Towering Inferno
20th Century Fox / Warner Bros.
$50,000,000[1]
2
Blazing Saddles
Warner Bros.
$45,200,000[1]
3
Young Frankenstein
20th Century Fox
$38,800,000[1]
4
Earthquake
Universal
$36,300,000[1]
5
The Trial of Billy Jack
Warner Bros.
$31,100,000[2]
6
The Godfather Part II
Paramount
$30,700,000[1]
7
Airport 1975
Universal Pictures
$25,800,000[1]
8
The Longest Yard
Paramount
$23,000,000[1]
9
Death Wish
$22,000,000[3]
10
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
Sunn Classic
$21,895,000[4]
February 7 – Blazing Saddles is released in the United States.
May 28 - Joseph E. Levine , the founder of Embassy Pictures , resigns as president.
June 20 – Chinatown , directed by Roman Polanski and featured Jack Nicholson , Faye Dunaway , and John Huston , is released to worldwide critical acclaim.
November 1 – Technicolor ceases its legendary dye-transfer printing process.
November 8 – Frank Yablans announces his resignation as president of Paramount Pictures with effect from January 5, 1975 following Barry Diller earlier becoming chairman and chief executive office.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with big fanfare, including That's Entertainment! , a retrospective documentary celebrating its prestigious musicals (e.g. The Wizard of Oz , Singin' in the Rain , Meet Me in St. Louis , Gigi , An American in Paris , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ).
October–December – Three "disaster films " are released in three consecutive months: Airport 1975 , Earthquake , and The Towering Inferno respectively. All were box office successes.
Kevin Costner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. , although the film was not released until 1986.
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Conversation , directed by Francis Ford Coppola , United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz , directed by Ted Kotcheff , Canada
1974 films [ edit ]
By country/region [ edit ]
By genre/medium [ edit ]
January 1 – Jennifer Podemski , Canadian actress
January 5 – Daisy Bates , English actress
January 10
January 14 - Kevin Durand , Canadian actor
January 16 - Johnny Trí Nguyễn , Vietnamese–American actor
January 18 - Maulik Pancholy , American actor
January 19 - Natassia Malthe , Norwegian actress and model
January 21 - Vincent Laresca , American actor
January 24 – Ed Helms , American actor and comedian
January 28 - Ty Olsson , Canadian actor
January 30
February 4 – Urmila Matondkar , Indian actress
February 8
February 9
February 10
February 11 - Isaiah Mustafa , American actor
February 12 - Lisa Brenner , American actress
February 15
Miranda July (née Grossinger), American filmmaker, performance artist and fiction writer
Gina Lynn , American former pornographic actress
February 16 – Mahershala Ali , American actor and rapper
February 17
February 18 – Nadine Labaki , Lebanese actress, director and activist
February 25 – Divya Bharti , Indian actress (d. 1993)
March 5
March 7
March 8
March 15 - Renoly Santiago , Puerto Rican actor, singer and writer
March 21 - Rhys Darby , New Zealand actor, comedian and voice actor
March 23 - Randall Park , American actor, comedian and writer
March 24 – Alyson Hannigan , American actress
March 25 - Laz Alonso , American actor
March 31
April 2 - Harold Hunter , American professional skateboarder and actor (d. 2006)
April 10 - Omar Metwally , American actor
April 11 - David Banner , American rapper and actor
April 12 - Marley Shelton , American actress
April 15
April 18 - Edgar Wright , English filmmaker
April 21
April 24 – Jennifer Paz , Filipino actress
April 26 – Ivana Miličević , American actress
April 28 – Penélope Cruz , Spanish actress
May 2 - Matt Berry , English actor, voice actor, comedian, writer and musician
May 3 - Joseph Kosinski , American filmmaker
May 7 – Breckin Meyer , American actor, voice actor, writer and producer
May 10 - Craig Hall , New Zealand actor
May 11 – Benoît Magimel , French actor
May 14 - Carla Jimenez , American actress
May 15 – Russell Hornsby , American actor
May 21 – Fairuza Balk , American actress
May 22 – Sean Gunn , American actor
May 23 - Jewel , American singer-songwriter and actress
May 24 - Dash Mihok , American actor and director
May 25 - Maria Fernanda Cândido , Brazilian actress and television presenter
June 2 - Leah Cairns , Canadian actress
June 6 - Danny Strong , American actor, writer, director and producer
June 11 - Lenny Jacobson , American actor
June 12
Jared Bush , American screenwriter, producer and director
Jason Mewes , American actor, comedian, film producer and podcaster
June 13 - Brande Roderick , American model and actress
June 14 - Phillip Rhys, English actor and filmmaker
June 16 - Joseph May , British-born Canadian-American actor
June 20 – Lenin M. Sivam , Sri Lankan-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
June 23 – Joel Edgerton , Australian actor
June 25
June 28 - Kirsty Mitchell , Scottish actress
July 1 - Jonathan Roumie , American actor
July 4 - Mick Wingert , American voice actor
July 8 – Tami Erin , American actress
July 16 - Robinne Lee , American actress
July 20 - Simon Rex , American actor, rapper and comedian
July 22
July 29 - Josh Radnor , American actor and filmmaker
July 30 – Hilary Swank , American actress
July 31
August 2 - Angie Cepeda , Colombian actress
August 5 – Kajol , Indian actress
August 7 – Michael Shannon , American actor
August 8 - Enzo Cilenti , English actor
August 10 - Craig Kirkwood , American former actor
August 11 - Chris Messina , American actor, director, writer and producer
August 14 - Tomer Sisley , Israeli-French actor and comedian
August 15 – Natasha Henstridge , Canadian actress and model
August 20
August 23 – Ray Park , Scottish actor and stuntman
August 31 - Marc Webb , American music video director and filmmaker
September 1 - Burn Gorman , English actor and musician
September 4 - Nona Gaye , American singer and retired actress
September 5 - Romina Yan , Argentine actress, screenwriter and singer (d. 2010)
September 6
September 7 - Noah Huntley , English actor
September 10 – Ryan Phillippe , American actor
September 11 - Ben Best , American actor, writer, musician and producer (d. 2021)
September 18 - Xzibit , American rapper, actor and broadcaster
September 19
September 30 - Ashley Hamilton , American actor, comedian and singer-songwriter
October 1 - Sherri Saum , American actress
October 2 - Michelle Krusiec , American actress, writer and producer
October 6
October 7 - Numan Acar , Turkish-German actor and producer
October 17
October 20 – Brian Limond , Scottish comedian, actor and writer
October 28
October 31
November 2 - Nelly , American actor, rapper and singer
November 4 – Matthew Rhys , Welsh actor
November 7 - Carl Steven , American child actor (d. 2011)
November 10 – Simone Singh , Indian actress
November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio , American actor
November 14 - David Moscow , American actor and producer
November 16 – Chloë Sevigny , American actress
November 17 – Leslie Bibb , American actress and model
November 21 – Tiit Sukk , Estonian actor
November 24 - Stephen Merchant , English comedian, actor, writer, director and presenter
November 25 - Kenneth Mitchell , Canadian actor (d. 2024)
November 26 - Omar Chaparro , Mexican actor, comedian, television host and singer
December 1 – Érica Rivas , Argentinian actress
December 11 - Lisa Ortiz , American voice actress and voice director
December 15 - P. J. Byrne , American actor
December 17
December 24 - Thure Lindhardt , Danish actor
December 25 - Andrew McNee , Canadian actor
December 27 - Masi Oka , Japanese actor, producer and digital effects artist
December 29 - Mekhi Phifer , American actor
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January
2
Tex Ritter
68
US
Actor, Singer
3
Gino Cervi
72
Italy
Actor
14
Paul Whitsun-Jones
50
UK
Actor
31
Samuel Goldwyn
94
Poland
Producer, Studio Executive
31
Roger Pryor
72
US
Actor
February
7
Arline Judge
61
US
Actress
11
Anna Q. Nilsson
85
Sweden
Actress
23
Florence Rice
67
US
Actress
23
Harry Ruby
79
US
Screenwriter, Composer
27
Orry-Kelly
66
Australia
Costume Designer
28
Carole Lesley
38
UK
Actress
March
3
Barbara Ruick
43
US
Actress, Singer
5
Billy De Wolfe
67
US
Actor
7
Alberto Rabagliati
67
Italy
Actor, Singer
8
Martha Wentworth
84
US
Actress, Voice Actress
13
Howard St. John
68
US
Actor
19
Edward Platt
58
US
Actor
28
Dorothy Fields
68
US
Songwriter
28
Françoise Rosay
82
France
Actress
29
Seton I. Miller
71
US
Screenwriter
April
2
Douglass Dumbrille
84
Canada
Actor
10
Patricia Collinge
81
Ireland
Actress
13
Stanley Smith
71
US
Actor
18
Betty Compson
77
US
Actress
20
Peter Lee Lawrence
30
Germany
Actor
24
Bud Abbott
78
US
Actor
30
Agnes Moorehead
73
US
Actress
May
18
Mary Maguire
55
Australia
Actress
24
Duke Ellington
75
US
Composer
25
Donald Crisp
91
UK
Actor
June
6
Blanche Yurka
86
US
Actress
10
Lewis R. Foster
75
US
Director, Screenwriter
17
Pamela Britton
51
US
Actress
28
Frank Sutton
50
US
Actor
July
13
Joe Flynn
48
US
Actor
13
Marthe Vinot
79
France
Actress
27
Julián de Meriche
65
Mexico
Actor
28
Truman Bradley
69
US
Actor, Narrator
August
13
Ilona Massey
64
Hungary
Actress
16
Maxwell Reed
55
Ireland
Actor
September
6
Olga Baclanova
78
Russia
Actress
6
Otto Kruger
89
US
Actor
14
Barbara Jo Allen
68
US
Actress
14
Warren Hull
71
US
Actor
18
Edna Best
74
UK
Actress
21
Jacqueline Susann
56
US
Author, Actress
21
Walter Brennan
80
US
Actor
22
Stephanie Bidmead
45
UK
Actress
27
James R. Webb
64
US
Screenwriter
October
13
Ed Sullivan
73
US
Actor
November
7
Rodolfo Acosta
54
Mexico
Actor
13
Vittorio De Sica
73
Italy
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
14
Johnny Mack Brown
70
US
Actor
17
Clive Brook
87
UK
Actor
25
Rosemary Lane
61
US
Actress, Singer
December
4
Lee Kinsolving
36
US
Actor
5
Pietro Germi
60
Italy
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
10
Paul Richards
50
US
Actor
11
Reed Hadley
63
US
Actor
15
Anatole Litvak
72
Ukraine
Director, Producer
21
Richard Long
47
US
Actor
26
Jack Benny
80
US
Actor
Film debuts [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]