Film year 1907
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Events
- In March Jules Greenbaum and his brother Max found the company Vitascope-Theater-Betriebs-GmbH
- From July of that year, the leading film company Pathé Frères is introducing the distribution of its film copies instead of the usual sales.
- November 28 : In Haverville , Massachusetts , the scrap metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens the first cinema in his chain, which in 1917 resulted in the film production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
- December 7th : The first adaptation of the novel of the same name by Lew Wallace is premiered with Ben Hur . The director Sidney Olcott is later successfully sued by the writer for copyright infringement. This changes the legal basis for filming literary originals. As a result, filmmakers also have to acquire the rights to the material they are filming.
- George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson found the film production company Essanay in Chicago , where Allan Dwan , Francis X. Bushman , Gloria Swanson , Ben Turpin and Wallace Beery began their careers.
Austria
- November: The Association of Austrian Cinema Owners is founded in Vienna .
- The film magazine Kinematographische Rundschau appears for the first time in Vienna.
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 3: Ray Milland , British actor († 1986)
- January 4th: Marte Harell , Austrian actress († 1996)
- January 10: Werner Fuetterer , German actor († 1991)
- January 10: Peggy Shannon , American actress († 1941)
- January 16: Alexander Knox , Canadian actor († 1995)
- January 23: Dan Duryea , American actor († 1968)
- January 27: Joyce Compton , American actress († 1997)
February
- February 11: Käthe Gold , Austrian actress († 1997)
- February 18: Oscar Brodney , American screenwriter († 2008)
- February 22: Sheldon Leonard , American actor († 1997)
- February 22: Robert Young , American actor († 1998)
- February 26: Rolf Badenhausen , German dramaturge († 1987)
March
- March 11th: Jessie Matthews , British actress († 1981)
- March 13: Frank Wilcox , American actor († 1974)
- March 15: Zarah Leander , Swedish actress († 1981)
- March 18: Lucile Browne , American actress († 1976)
- March 22nd: Roger Blin , French actor († 1984)
- March 26: Leigh Harline , American composer († 1969)
April to June
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April
- April 11: Paul Douglas , American actor († 1959)
- April 18: Miklós Rózsa , Hungarian composer († 1995)
- April 29th: Fred Zinnemann , Austrian director († 1997)
May
- May 12: Katharine Hepburn , American actress († 2003)
- May 22: Laurence Olivier , English actor († 1989)
- May 24: Willis Bouchey , American actor († 1977)
- May 26: John Wayne , American actor († 1979)
June
- June 4: Rosalind Russell , American actress († 1976)
- June 7th: TEB Clarke , English screenwriter († 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
- July 14: Annabella , French actress († 1996)
- July 16: Barbara Stanwyck , American actress († 1990)
- July 19: Heinz Oskar Wuttig , German screenwriter († 1984)
August
- August 16: Mae Clarke , American actress († 1992)
- August 18: Ilse Kubaschewski , German film distributor and producer († 2001)
- August 19: Humphrey Jennings , British documentary filmmaker († 1950)
- August 20: Alan Reed , American actor († 1977)
September
- September 1: Miriam Seegar , American actress († 2011)
- September 5: Wolfgang Wehrum , German film 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 30th: Rudolf Jugert , German director († 1979)
October to December
October
- October 9: Jacques Tati , French director († 1982)
- October 17: John Marley , American actor († 1984)
- October 19: Hermann Wenninger , German director († 1986)
- October 20: Arlene Francis , American actress († 2001)
- October 23: Annemarie 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 1: Wu Yonggang , Chinese director († 1982)
- November 3: Raymond Bussières , French actor († 1982)
- November 7th: Norman Krasna , American screenwriter, producer and director († 1984)
- November 10: Wanda Jakubowska , Polish director († 1998)
- November 16: Burgess Meredith , American actor († 1997)
- November 20: Henri-Georges Clouzot , French director († 1977)
- November 30th: Fritz Eckhardt , Austrian actor († 1995)
December
- December 10: Sidney Fox , American actress († 1942)
- December 12th: Herbert Coleman , American producer and director († 2001)
- December 12: Ilse Fürstenberg , German actress († 1976)
- December 12: Rose Renée Roth , Austrian actress († 1990)
- December 14: Guy Middleton , British actor († 1973)
- December 15: Gordon Douglas , American director († 1993)
- December 16: Barbara Kent , Canadian actress († 2011)
- December 17th: Géza von Radványi , Hungarian director († 1986)
- December 20: Baby Gray , German actress (†?)
- December 20: Leny Marenbach , German actress († 1984)
- December 22nd: Peggy Ashcroft , British actress († 1991)
deceased
- May 30th: Ottomar Anschütz , film technology pioneer (* 1846)
See also
Web links
Commons : Film Year 1907 - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ^ Kinematographische Rundschau , November 15, 1907, according to: Markus Nepf: The first film pioneers in Austria. The development work by Anton Kolm, Louise Veltée / Kolm / Fleck and Jakob Fleck up to the beginning of the First World War. In: Francesco Bono, Paolo Caneppele, Günter Krenn (eds.): Electric shadows. Contributions to Austrian silent film history. Filmarchiv Austria, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-901932-02-X , pp. 11–36, here p. 14.