1907 in film
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- 2.1 January to March
- 2.2 from April to June
- 2.3 July to September
- 2.4 October to December
Events
- In March founds Jules Greenbaum and his brother Max, the company Vita Scope theater -GmbH
- The leading film company Pathé Frères leads from July of the year the distribution of their film copies instead of the usual sales.
- November 28: In Haverville in the U.S. state of Massachusetts scrap metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater chain, from which 1917 film production company Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer shows.
- December 7: With Ben Hur, the first adaptation of the eponymous novel by Lew Wallace will be premiered. The director Sidney Olcott is successfully sued later by the author for copyright infringement. Thus, the legal basis for the film adaptation of literary models changes. As a result, filmmakers must also acquire the rights to the material they filmed.
- George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson found in Chicago, the film production company Essanay, at the start, among others, Allan Dwan, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson, Ben Turpin and Wallace Beery their careers.
Austria
- November: In Vienna, the Association of Austrian cinema owner is established.
- The film magazine Cinematograph Rundschau appears for the first time in Vienna.
Birthdays
January to March
January
February
March
April-June
April
May
June
- June 04: Rosalind Russell, American actress († 1976)
- June 07: TEB Clarke, English writer († 1989)
- June 14: Paul Klinger, German actor († 1971)
- JUNE 16: Jack Albertson, American actor and dancer († 1981)
- JUNE 27: John McIntire, American actor († 1991)
July to September
July
August
September
- September 01: Miriam Seegar, American actress († 2011)
- September 05: Wolfgang Wehrum, German editor and director († 1971)
- September 15: Fay Wray, American actress († 2004)
- SEPTEMBER 18: Leon Askin, Austrian actor († 2005)
- SEPTEMBER 27: Bernard Miles, British actor († 1991)
- September 29: Gene Autry, American actor († 1998)
- September 30: Rudolf Jugert, German director († 1979)
October to December
October
- 09 October: Jacques Tati, French film director († 1982)
- October 17: John Marley, American actor († 1984)
- October 20: Arlene Francis, American actress († 2001)
- October 23: Anne Marie Schradiek, German actress († 1993)
- October 29: Edwige Feuillère, French actress († 1998)
- October 29: Douglass Montgomery, American actor († 1966)
- October 29: Peter Preses, Austrian actor and screenwriter († 1961)
November
- November 01: Wu Yonggang, Chinese director († 1982)
- November 03: Raymond Bussières, French actor († 1982)
- 07 November: Norman Krasna, American screenwriter, producer and director († 1984)
- NOVEMBER 10: Wanda Jakubovska, Polish director († 1998)
- November 16: Burgess Meredith, American actor († 1997)
- NOVEMBER 20: Henri -Georges Clouzot, French film director († 1977)
- November 30: Fritz Eckhardt, Austrian actor († 1995)
December
Deceased
- May 30: Ottomar Anschütz, Moving pioneer