1907 E7 - Old Styles Reign Supreme

Some already old-school genres, from the chase film to the vaudeville recreation to the traveling actuality, made a good showing in the most selected films for this 1907 season. But the unique array of picks, among the most diverse list of films for the show so far, paints a better picture of how the cinematic medium was unfolding in new directions as much as it was holding on to established formulas.

Films mentioned:

• The Policemen’s Little Run (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca
• The Irresistible Piano (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
• The Haunted Hotel (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
• The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
• Vancouver (1907) - William Harbeck
• The Red Spectre (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907) - Georges Méliès
• The Eclipse: A Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907) - Georges Méliès
• Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - James Whale
• A Trip through British North Borneo (1907) - H.M. Lomas
• The Haunted House (1908) - Segundo de Chomón