1907 Movies

The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

Devilish looking man dances with a dress in his arms. The dress stands up by itself and a woman magician appears in it. She conjures six women and the...

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

A short film about a dirigible.

Early slapstick short from Louis Feuillade involving runaways, except that, instead of it being a runaway horse (see Griffith's THE CURTAIN POLE for a...

The devil hijacks a train trip in France. Made by magician turned filmmaker Walter Booth, who established the Charles Urban Trading Company to make fi...

This short film consists of a crazy old colonel being asked to entertain party guests about his exploits of daring. However, being a totally insane ol...

Dramatization of the real-life shooting of Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw.

A four-year-old saves the day.

The Bogie Man's cave is one of the many triumphs of set design for Georges Méliès. More unusual for the pioneering French director is the grisly turn...

The interior of a trolley car. A menagerie of passengers notices a foul odour, and pinpoint the source of the stench at a cheese saleswoman. The genda...

Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a tr...

An impecunious chap is unable to pay his rent, whereupon he is ejected, but all his furniture is retained and he is allowed to remove only his rolling...

A nicely-dressed man is riding on a bicycle. When he parks it a hobo quickly steals it, but he is clearly new at riding. He cannot manage to steer in...

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

Many demonstrations of the art of Jiu Jitsu are given, and as evidence that this is not a passing fad intended only for the amusement of the public th...

A generous boy tries to help a girl who does not believe in Santa Claus because of her family's poverty.

The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room, culminat...

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...