1907 in film

Years in film:	1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Years in television:	1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years:	1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910

Events

January 19 - Variety publishes its first film review.
June 20 - L'Enfant prodigue, the first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, opens in Paris.
November 28 - In Haverville, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater (in a few years he had the largest theater chain in New England and in 1917 he founded his own production company, which eventually became part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).
Carl Laemmle of Paramount experiments with combining audio from phonographs with film. Laemmle's experiements lead to the German development of "Syncroscope." "Syncroscope" had several successful demonstrations, but was eventually abandoned.
The Kalem Company founded in New York City by Frank J. Marion, Samuel Long, and George Kleine. They would make the first Ben Hur film, directed by Sidney Olcott.