Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster Midwife to the Upper Class
Midwife to the Upper Class
4mn - Fantasy
A wonderful midwife helps a rich couple pick out a baby from her cabbage patch.
poster Saharet Performs the Bolero
Saharet Performs the Bolero
2mn - Documentary
Saharet performs the bolero for Alice Guy.
poster An Obstacle Course
An Obstacle Course
5mn - Comedy
A bunch of people run an obstacle course all around town.
poster A Very Fine Lady
A Very Fine Lady
4mn - Comedy
Renée Carl stars in this lively slapstick silent short as a beautiful lady who causes distractions and accidents among the male population as she walks though the streets of Paris.
poster A Sticky Woman
A Sticky Woman
3mn - Comedy
A lady uses her maid to lick her stamps, when an overtly excited man notices the maid, forcibly kisses her, and they wind up stuck to each other.
poster A Story Well Spun
A Story Well Spun
3mn - Comedy
A runaway barrel wreaks havoc all over the city.
poster Four-Year-Old Heroine
Four-Year-Old Heroine
7mn - Comedy
A little girl runs away from the maid in charge of her care and, during her escapade, she will arrest two thugs, prevent a blind man from drowning, and save some drunks from being run over by a train. Acc…
poster Troubles of a Grass Widower
Troubles of a Grass Widower
10mn - Comedy
A housewife tires of her husband's annoying behavior and returns to her mother. At first, the husband is quite pleased to have the house all to himself. But he quickly discovers that even the most basic d…
poster The Age of the Heart
The Age of the Heart
4mn - Drama
An old general is married to a young woman. She meets a young man and makes plans for a rendezvous. The general receives an anonymous letter about his wife which causes him to find the couple and seek ven…
poster The Wrestler's Wife
The Wrestler's Wife
5mn - Drama
A story of a desperate wife who worries about her husband, a career wrestler.
poster The Law of Forgiveness
The Law of Forgiveness
8mn - Drama
poster Le Chemineau
Le Chemineau
6mn - Drama
An adaptation of an episode in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, where Jean Valjean is welcomed into the Bishop of Digne's home, and steals his silverware.
poster Lightning Sketches
Lightning Sketches
2mn - Comedy, Animation
An illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word.
poster Deadly Idyll
Deadly Idyll
5mn - Drama
Young lovers separate, she to a career on the stage and he to remain in the small village in which they grew up. Years pass and he is hired to be a porter for a theater company and finds her, a far differ…
poster The Broken Locket
The Broken Locket
13mn - Drama
George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one being drink. One might have concluded he was lost, but there was the chance which the hand of Providence …
poster The White Caps
The White Caps
12mn - Drama
Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and then proceeds to abuse his wife both verbally and physi…
poster Down in the Coal Mines
Down in the Coal Mines
13mn - Drama
A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.
poster The Runaway Horse
The Runaway Horse
7mn - Action, Comedy
A laundry man parks his horse-drawn cart to make a delivery. While he is inside, his horse sees a bag of oats and starts to eat them. By the time the man comes back outside, the horse has eaten a whole ba…
poster Dreams of Toyland
Dreams of Toyland
7mn - Drama, Animation, Fantasy
A young boy’s toys come to life through animation.
poster The Judgment of Paris
The Judgment of Paris
1mn - Fantasy
Three goddesses, Venus, Juno and Minerva each of whom claims to be the most beautiful, call a shepherd "Paris" and ask him to decide the question and to give an apple which he holds in his hand on the one…