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