28 February 1907 Drama, Crime 10 mins
A man and his wife have a nice little racket of coining false money. While they go out to spend it, their daughter comes across a poor old woman and her daughter, without any money to buy a meat pie. She runs home and gets them one of the counterfeits...but the pie seller knows bad money.
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France 28 February 1907
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1907:
29 May 1907
No prints of the film have been preserved so the film can be considered a lost film. The original screenplay has also been lost.
02 January 1907
In the first scene, a gentleman invites a lady to a ball, in the second they are dancing after the ball in a restaurant - slightly drunk - with the resulting consequences for the restaurant.
23 January 1907
A battle between two forces takes place. There's no information on this 4-minute film aside from the fact that it was available from Charles Urban's Urban Trading Company, one of the most vigorous of British film production and distribution companies in the era.
01 February 1907
Dock workers offloading bags of sugar in Hawaii
17 December 1907
The Tommy Burns vs James 'Gunner' Moir boxing match.
23 May 1907
A middle-aged woman in rural dress and a young woman in a smarter dress are picking up herbs in a forest.
26 September 1907
When a little girl goes missing in the woods, her parents are at a loss as to what to do. To their great relief, a boy with a sixth sense shows the way to the girl using his psychic abilities.
23 May 1907
The artist studio is decorated with a rug, a chaise lounge, a small table, a plinth, a couple of copies of classic sculptures, a vase with flowers, a few prints on the walls, and on the wood paneled lower half of the wall, an 8-pointed star [Saturn-Film's logo].
09 September 1907
The first military revue of King Frederik VIII is captured on film.
23 February 1907
A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.
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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