While the 1914 season introduction promised the omnipresence of “The Great War,” World War I, if still at least mentioned in every episode, didn’t dominate the conversations. Even still, its representation of sudden disruption, evolution, and modernity is still thematically connected to the aesthetic and industrial developments in film of the year.

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Mentioned media:

• Cabiria (1914) - Giovanni Pastrone
• Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914) - Mack Sennett
• Fantômas (1914) - Louis Feuillade
• Daisy Doodad’s Dial (1914) - Florence Turner
• Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) - Winsor McCay
• Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) - Henry Lehrman
• Caught in the Rain (1914) - Charlie Chaplin
• Making a Living (1914) - Henry Lehrman
• The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) - J. Farrell MacDonald