13 November 1907 Western 10 mins
A very young girl goes to deliver lunch to the cowboys who have stayed behind on the plains. She climbs into a wagon. Along the way, the wagon is spotted by a man on horseback. The girl arrives and kisses her father, to whom she gives the lunch. Eventually, the child is kidnapped, and a ransom of 25,000 pounds is demanded. A ten-year-old boy offers to go and try to save the girl.
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France 07 November 2025
United States 25 January 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1907:
01 August 1907
Lost silent film, known to be the very first film adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's tragedy of the same name, dealing with the last years of the Tsar's reign and the pretender Grigory (the false Dmitriy).
01 April 1907
A short comical ghost story from the era of affordable nickelodeon movie theaters.
01 June 1907
This subject illustrates the pathetic attachment that exists between a dog and his blind master.
17 December 1907
The Tommy Burns vs James 'Gunner' Moir boxing match.
04 July 1907
The fight is a short one, with the defeated boxer knocked out in the first round after going down for the third time.
16 November 1907
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 admire her greatly and endeavor to make her acquaintance.
06 April 1907
Daniel Boone is captured by Indians when he tries to rescue his abducted daughter.
17 February 1907
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 to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads played by dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet.
17 March 1907
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 fellow officers.
01 February 1907
Dock workers offloading bags of sugar in Hawaii
07 September 1907
A professor sprays people with 'galvanic fluid', and unleashes pent-up energy. Displays an early use of over-cranking and under-cranking.
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