Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster Elastic Transformation
Elastic Transformation
1mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.
poster Trapeze Disrobing Act
Trapeze Disrobing Act
2mn - Comedy
The stage of a vaudeville theatre. A lady in evening costume is performing on a trapeze. Two Rubes are seated in a box. The lady begins to disrobe, and here the fun commences. As she removes her garments …
poster An Improvised Fireworks Display
An Improvised Fireworks Display
3mn - Comedy
On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.
poster The Black Viper
The Black Viper
10mn - Drama, Crime
A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl and her rescuer again as they're going for a walk. This t…
poster The Cook in Trouble
The Cook in Trouble
4mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.
poster The Cook's Revenge
The Cook's Revenge
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.
poster The Devil
The Devil
10mn - Comedy
Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
poster Misfortune Never Comes Alone
Misfortune Never Comes Alone
3mn - Comedy
The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical
poster A Miracle Under the Inquisition
A Miracle Under the Inquisition
2mn - Fantasy, Drama
An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.
poster Tit for Tat
Tit for Tat
1mn - Comedy
Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and blows smoke at his old head. The head gets payback by …
poster A Mix-Up in the Gallery
A Mix-Up in the Gallery
3mn - Comedy
A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.
poster A Calamitous Elopement
A Calamitous Elopement
12mn - Comedy
A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman's home, when her father discovers them and angrily chases the young man out of the house. They thus decide to elope, and they make plans…
poster A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
14mn - Family, Fantasy, Drama
A generous boy tries to help a girl who does not believe in Santa Claus because of her family's poverty.
poster A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
11mn - Fantasy, Comedy
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.
poster Her First Adventure
Her First Adventure
6mn - Drama
A father arrives home, greets his wife and daughter, and then goes inside with his wife. Though they are only inside for a brief time, their daughter wanders off, attracted by the music from a pair of gyp…
poster Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim
6mn - Drama
Gertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack marries Gertrude. He finds himself once again very jealous of the late Lucky Jim.
poster Nero, or The Fall of Rome
Nero, or The Fall of Rome
14mn - History, Drama
Roman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces oppositi…
poster Nursing a Viper
Nursing a Viper
10mn - Drama
During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat bursts into the couple's home. They save his life by disguis…
poster Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
5mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this, and imprisons them in a cigar box. He removes a flower from the box, which contains a fairy smoking a cigarette. …
poster Resurrection
Resurrection
15mn - Drama
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to cri…