Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster Mazeppa
Mazeppa
(2.8/5)
15mn - Drama, History
Mazepa, the Ukrainian governor is in love with his goddaughter Maria. He quickly wins her heart. But her old father treats the wooer harshly… Maria runs away. The furious father won’t submit. This intrigu…
poster Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka"
Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka"
2mn - Music, Documentary
Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording …
poster The Statue
The Statue
5mn - Comedy
A living statue causes trouble for unsuspecting bystanders.
poster Let Me Dream Again
Let Me Dream Again
1mn - Romance, Comedy
Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into a clear image of the man waking up to his nagging wife.
poster The Dirigible 'Homeland'
The Dirigible 'Homeland'
1mn - Documentary
A short film about a dirigible.
poster The Fur Hat
The Fur Hat
6mn - Comedy
A grenadier had come to see his lover, a servant in the homes of wealthy bourgeois people. Hearing a noise, he is afraid of the masters and allows himself to be locked in a cupboard so as not to be seen. …
poster The Game-Keeper's Son
The Game-Keeper's Son
5mn - Drama
The kids of a game-keeper get into a chase with rifles.
poster The Cleaning Man
The Cleaning Man
4mn - Comedy
An extremely clumsy man tries to clean a woman's house with disastrous results.
poster The Rolling Bed
The Rolling Bed
4mn - Comedy
An impecunious chap is unable to pay his rent, whereupon he is ejected, but all his furniture is retained and he is allowed to remove only his rolling bed. Pulling this a few blocks, he is exhausted and l…
poster The Parish Priest's Christmas
The Parish Priest's Christmas
6mn -
The parish priest looks to create a Nativity scene for his church, but his congregation is too poor to afford the statuary dealer's price for a statue of baby Jesus. The miracle, then, is that the faithfu…
poster Tango
Tango
2mn - Documentary
A woman performs the tango.
poster Pierrette's Escapades
Pierrette's Escapades
2mn - Romance
"Les Fredaines de Pierrette" is the collective name of four short films of 20 meters each ("Arrivée de Pierrette et de Pierrot", "Arrivée d'Arlequin", "Suite de la danse", and "Départ d'Arlequin et de Pie…
poster The Skipping Cheese
The Skipping Cheese
5mn - Crime, Comedy
The interior of a trolley car. A menagerie of passengers notices a foul odour, and pinpoint the source of the stench at a cheese saleswoman. The gendarmerie removes her from the trolley and drags her to t…
poster The Bricklayers
The Bricklayers
2mn - Comedy
Starring 'Les Omers' as a bunch of bricklayers causing trouble for the local cops.
poster Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs"
Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs"
2mn - Music, Documentary
Felix Mayol performs Théodore Botrel's 'Lilas-blanc'.
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…
poster How It Feels to Be Run Over
How It Feels to Be Run Over
1mn - Horror
As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an automobile comes up the road, straight towards the camera. As it…
poster Dance of the Sylphs
Dance of the Sylphs
1mn - Documentary
This is a short, simple ballet performance. Colors are used here, but the print is quite badly damaged.
poster For Mother's Birthday
For Mother's Birthday
3mn - Drama
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…