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1907 in film

See also: 1906 in film, other events of 1907, 1908 in film, list of 'years in film'.

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.
First Ben-Hur film, directed by Sidney Olcott

January 3 - Ray Milland, actor († 1986)
January 19 - Lilian Harvey[?], actress († 1968)
January 20 - Barbara Stanwyck, actress († 1990)
January 20 - Paula Wessley[?], actress († 2000)
May 12 - Katharine Hepburn, actress
May 22 - Laurence Olivier, actor († 1989)
May 26 - John Wayne, actor († 1979)
September 15 - Fay Wray, actress

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