1907 Movies

In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstab...

Behind-the-scenes footage showing Alice Guy directing an early sound film.

The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

Captivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous...

The story tells of a matador, the leading figure in the Spanish bull ring, whose lady love proves fickle.

A young female boarding house tenant becomes an unwanted object of male attention.

Actuality film from 1907, documenting the public celebrations in Stockholm for King Oscar II and Queen Sofia’s 50th wedding anniversary. The footage c...

Lost scripted film about the Stockholm Fire Department

A small dog thwarts burglars in this British short film.

A mix of spectacle, animation and dance, the film reveals an early delight in the potential for creative fun with film form. Its director, Walter R. B...

The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine...

The opening shows a colored nursemaid in the park with baby carriage, and seated on a bench receives the attention of several smart colored men who ad...

Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his unsuspecting...

A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

French film produced and distributed by Gaumont (catalogue number 1590) originally named "La Terroriste" (as registered in the BnF (Bibliothèque natio...

William Shakespeare, struggling to write the assassination scene for his play Julius Caesar, settles into an armchair and begins to daydream the scene...

The story of two sisters and a tragic love affair.

A little girl runs away from the maid in charge of her care and, during her escapade, she will arrest two thugs, prevent a blind man from drowning, an...

A vaudeville song catches on and becomes so popular that everybody knows it. At first, those who hear it can't help but sing and dance to it. People h...