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Notable 1907 films

• {en} Ben Hur (USA 1907 Olcott) <YouTube> -- First film adaptation of Wallace's novel.

• {fr} [The] Eclipse; or, The Courtship of the Sun and Moon / L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune (FRA 1907 Melies) <YouTube> -- As the clock strikes twelve, a weary astronomer attempts to answer the impertinent enquiries of his young students by scrutinising an impending lunar eclipse, as an effeminate and delicate moon caresses the mighty sun's hungry cosmic rays.

• {fr} [The] Golden Beetle / Le Scarabée d'or (FRA 1907 Zecca) <YouTube> -- A sorcerer tosses an iridescent little beetle into a flaming ceremonial cauldron, and much to his amazement, a six-winged fairy in the body of a beautiful young woman emerges. Is his sorcery potent enough to tame her?

• [The] Lady with the Camellias / Kameliadamen (Denmark 1907 Larsen) <YouTube> -- Marguerite, a beautiful woman of affairs, falls for the young and promising Armand, but sacrifices her love for him for the sake of his future and reputation.

• {en} Tom Sawyer (USA 1907 Kalem) <lost> -- First film adaptation of Twain's novel.

• {fr} 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas / Deux Cents Mille Lieues sous les mers; ou, Le Cauchemar du pêcheur (FRA 1907 Melies) <YouTube> -- Undersea adventures in a submarine by a dreaming fisherman who encounters mystical underwater creatures at odds with him. A parody on Jules Verne's novel.

Critical Reception

History of Cinema, Best Films

-- L'enfant prodigue (Carre) -- The Haunted Hotel (Blackton) -- Madame a des envies (Guy-Blache) -- That Fatal Sneeze (Fitzhamon) -- La Glu (Guy-Blache) -- College Chums (Porter) -- Deux Cents Milles sous les mers (Melies) -- Le Pied de mouton (Capellani)

Letterboxd, Best Films (3)

-- #1. The Pumpkin Race -- #2. <The Bewitched House [La maison ensorcelee] (Chomon) (see 1906)> -- #3. A Four-year-Old Heroine

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #300+. The Eclipse -- The Golden Beetle

External links

• 1907 in film -- Wikipedia