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Tunnelling the English Channel
Tunneling the English Channel (French: Le Tunnel sous la Manche ou le Cauchemar anglo-français) is a 1907 silent film by pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès. The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunneling_the_Channel
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That Fatal Sneeze
That Fatal Sneeze is 1907 British silent comedy film, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon and starring Thurston Harris and Gertie Potter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Fatal_Sneeze
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El Satario
El Satario, also known as El Sartorio, is the name of one of the earliest surviving pornographic films. It was supposedly produced in Argentina in 1907, and includes possibly the first use of extreme close-ups of genitalia. Others date it to 1930s Cuba.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sartorio
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Salaviinanpolttajat
Salaviinanpolttajat (The Moonshiners) is a Finnish film made in 1907. While only 20 minutes in length, it is generally considered the first fictional film made in the country and as such, the starting point of Finnish cinema industry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaviinanpolttajat
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Løvejagten
Løvejagten (Danish for "the lion hunt", English title: The Lion Hunt) was a controversial 1907 silent film by Danish producer Ole Olsen and director Viggo Larsen. The short ten-minute movie caused an enormous public protest in Denmark because it depicted the actual shooting of two captive lions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_Hunt
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L'Enfant prodigue (film)
L'Enfant prodigue (French pronunciation: , French for "The Prodigal Son") was the first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, running 90 minutes. Directed by Michel Carré, from his own three-act stage pantomime, The Prodigal Son. The film was basically an unmodified filmed record of his play. Filmed at the Gaumont Film Company studios in May 1907.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Enfant_prodigue_(film)
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First Prize for the Cello
First Prize for the Cello is a French silent comedy directed by an anonymous director and released in 1907.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Prize_for_the_Cello
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Le Cochon Danseur
Le Cochon Danseur ("The Dancing Pig") is a silent, 4 minute long, black-and-white burlesque film released in 1907 by French company Pathé, apparently based on a Vaudeville act. In the film, a giant anthropomorphic pig, dressed in human fancy clothes, dances with a girl, who later embarrasses him by tearing his clothes off. The two start to dance together, then walk into the curtains behind them. A disturbing scene is then shown where you see the pig moving his tongue and eyes around and then baring his teeth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cochon_Danseur
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A Curious Dream
A Curious Dream is a 1907 short drama film based on Mark Twain's short story "The Curious Dream". Twain himself provided the following testimonial: "Gentlemen: I authorize the Vitagraph Company of America to make a moving picture from my 'Curious Dream.' I have their picture of John Barter, examining his gravestone, and find it frightfully and deliciously humorous".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Curious_Dream
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Ben Hur (1907 film)
Ben Hur is a 15-minute-long 1907 silent film, the first film version of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, one of the best-selling books at that time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hur_(1907_film)
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Under the Seas
Under the Seas (French: Deux Cents Milles sous les mers ou le Cauchemar du pêcheur) is a silent film made in 1907 by the French director Georges Méliès. The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20,000_Lieues_Sous_les_Mers_(film)
