1907 in film

none 1907 film music radio The year 1907 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events January 19 – Variety publishes its first film review. The Kalem Company founded in New York City by Frank J. Marion, Samuel Long, and George Kleine. May 7 – Seattle film maker William Harbeck sets up a camera at the front of a B.C. Electric streetcar and films the downtown streets of Vancouver, British Columbia. Pieces of the film, the earliest surviving footage of the city,http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/archives_harbeck_film.htm Vancouver History Archives: Harbeck film 2008-04-06 2020-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024554/http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/archives_harbeck_film.htm dead have disappeared, only about 7 minutes remain.Request by Vancouver Public Library for further information May 29 – Salaviinanpolttajat, also known as The Moonshiners, the first fictional film made in Finland, is released. June 20 – L'Enfant prodigue, the first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, opens in Paris. Peerless Film Manufacturing Company was founded in Chicago by George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson. On August 10, the studio name was changed to Essanay Studios ("S and A"). Grossman James R. James R. Grossman The Encyclopedia of Chicago University of Chicago Press 2004 293–294 0-226-31015-9 November 28 - In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theatre (in a few years he had the largest theatre chain in New England and in 1917 he founded his own production company, which eventually became part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). December 7 – First Ben-Hur film, directed by Sidney Olcott and produced by the Kalem Company, released. Carl Laemmle, later of Universal, experiments with combining audio from phonographs with film. Laemmle's experiments lead to the German development of "Syncroscope." Syncroscope had several successful demonstrations, but was eventually abandoned. Notable films B Ben Hur, directed by Sidney Olcott, based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace – (US) The Bewildering Cabinet (Le Placard infernal) (lost), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) C The Clock-Maker's Secret (Le Secret de l'horloger), directed by Gaston Velle – (France) Le Cochon Danseur (The Dancing Pig), directed by Millard Mercury – (France) A Curious Dream, directed by J. Stuart Blackton – (US) D The Doll's Revenge, directed by Cecil Hepworth – (UK) E The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon (L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) L'Enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Son), directed by Michel Carré, starring Georges Wague – (France) F First Prize for the Cello (Premier Prix de violoncelle) – (France) G The Golden Beetle (Le Scarabée d'or), directed by Segundo de Chomón – (France) Good Glue Sticks (La Colle universelle), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) H The Haunted Hotel, directed by J. Stuart Blackton – (US) I In the Bogie Man's Cave (La Cuisine de l'ogre), directed by Georges MélièsKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 24. – (France) L Laughing Gas, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US) Løvejagten (The Lion Hunt), directed by Viggo Larsen – (Denmark) M La Marseillaise, directed by Georges Mendel – (France) P The Policemen's Little Run (La Course des sergents de ville), directed by Ferdinand Zecca – (France) R The Race for the Sausage (Course à la saucisse), directed by Alice Guy – (France) The Red Spectre (Le spectre rouge), directed by Segundo de Chomón and Ferdinand Zecca – (France) Robert Macaire and Bertrand (Robert Macaire et Bertrand, les rois de cambrioleurs), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) S Salaviinanpolttajat (The Moonshiners) (lost), directed by Louis Sparre and Teuvo Puro – (Finland) Satan s'amuse (Satan at Play), directed by Segundo de Chomón – (France) T That Fatal Sneeze, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon – (UK) Tunneling the English Channel (Le Tunnel sous la Manche ou le Cauchemar franco-anglais), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) U Under the Seas (Deux Cents Milles sous les mers ou le Cauchemar du pêcheur) (incomplete), directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne – (France) V Vancouver, directed by William Harbeck – (Canada) W When the Devil Drives, directed by Walter R. Booth – (UK) Births Month Date Name Country Profession Died January 3 Ray Milland UK Actor, Director 1986 6 Helen Kleeb US Actress 2003 16 Alexander Knox Canada Actor 1995 20 Paula Wessely Austria Actress, Producer 2000 22 Mary Dresselhuys Netherlands Actress 2004 February 12 Joseph Kearns US Actor 1962 15 Cesar Romero US Actor 1994 22 Sheldon Leonard US Actor, Director, Producer, Writer 1997 22 Robert Young US Actor 1998 March 4 Edgar Barrier US Actor 1964 19 Kent Smith US Actor 1985 27 Mary Treen US Actress 1989 31 Eddie Quillan US Actor, Singer 1990 April 11 Paul Douglas US Actor 1959 19 Lina Basquette US Actress 1994 29 Fred Zinnemann Austria Director 1997 May 12 Katharine Hepburn US Actress 2003 22 Laurence Olivier UK Actor, Director 1989 26 John Wayne US Actor 1979 June 4 Rosalind Russell US Actress, Comedienne, Screenwriter, Singer 1976 16 Jack Albertson US Actor, Comedian, Dancer, Singer 1981 27 John McIntire US Actor 1991 29 Joan Davis US Actress 1961 July 14 Annabella France Actress 1996 14 Olive Borden US Actress 1947 15 Craig Reynolds US Actor 1949 15 Mona Rico Mexico Actress 1994 16 Barbara Stanwyck US Actress, Model, Dancer 1990 19 Isabel Jewell US Actress 1972 22 Phillips Holmes US Actor 1942 27 Ross Alexander US Actor 1937 August 3 Adrienne Ames US Actress 1947 3 Irene Tedrow US Actress 1995 12 Joe Besser US Actor, Comedian, Musician 1988 31 Argentina Brunetti Argentina Actress 2005 September 4 Reggie Nalder Austria Actor 1991 10 Tala Birell Romania Actress 1958 15 Fay Wray Canada Actress 2004 18 Leon Askin Austria Actor 2005 29 Gene Autry US Singer, Songwriter, Actor 1998 October 17 John Marley US Actor 1986 November 10 Salme Reek Estonia Actress 1996 16 Burgess Meredith US Actor, Filmmaker 1997 18 Gustav Nezval Czechoslovakia Actor 1998 December 16 Barbara Kent Canada Actress 2011 22 Peggy Ashcroft UK Actress 1991 25 Mike Mazurki Austria-Hungary Actor, Wrestler 1990 25 Cab Calloway US Actor 1994 Deaths August 30 – Richard Mansfield, stage actor who influenced many later film actors (born 1857) Debuts Linda Arvidson – Mr. Gay and Mrs. (short) Robert Harron – Dr. Skinium (short) William S. Hart – Ben Hur (short) Florence Turner – How to Cure a Cold (short) External links PLoHEmNPV3oBi0OzQ7ilnYZVsdPHdJopUC 1907 in film List of 1907 films at IMDb List of 1907 deaths at IMDb List of 1907 births at IMDb References Category:Film by year