Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster The Life Cycle of a Song
The Life Cycle of a Song
4mn - Comedy
A vaudeville song catches on and becomes so popular that everybody knows it. At first, those who hear it can't help but sing and dance to it. People have their limits, however, and reception to the tune b…
poster Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers
11mn - Drama, Crime
A new skyscraper is being built in New York City, and numerous workmen are busy at hazardous jobs high above the ground. When one of the workers, Dago Pete, deliberately starts a fight, he is immediately …
poster Trois sous de poireaux
Trois sous de poireaux
6mn - Comedy
A drunk man is going to buy more drink at his wife's expense, which he takes advantage of to get more drunk.
poster The Fantastic Plunger
The Fantastic Plunger
2mn - Comedy
A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Ferdinand Zecca's own remake of the same name (Plongeur fantastique, 1905).
poster A Horrible Nightmare
A Horrible Nightmare
1mn - Drama
An opium smoker intoxicated by this poison, falls asleep and dreams that he is in prison.
poster The Man with White Gloves
The Man with White Gloves
17mn - Crime
M. Rasta, a high society con man, is accused of a crime he didn't commit.
poster A Trip to Jupiter
A Trip to Jupiter
8mn - Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The King and his official astronomer are alone in the study viewing the heavenly bodies through the monstrous telescope. They go out on the balcony and the gay old ruler is much absorbed in the phenomenon…
poster East Side Urchins Bathing in a Fountain
East Side Urchins Bathing in a Fountain
1mn - Documentary
Shows a number of boys bathing in a fountain on the East Side. While they are at the height of their amusement, which consists of splashing the bystanders and swimming around, a policeman suddenly appears.
poster Metamorphosis of a Butterfly
Metamorphosis of a Butterfly
(3/5)
1mn - Fantasy
The stages that a caterpillar goes through, from larvae to chrysalis, to become a butterfly.
poster Hooligan Assists the Magician
Hooligan Assists the Magician
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy
This is a new adventure in which our friend, Mr. Hooligan, appears in an entirely new capacity. On a stage a professor of magic is performing some wonderful experiments, and when he requests some assistan…
poster Diving Lucy
Diving Lucy
(2.8/5)
2mn - Comedy
The biggest English comedy hit of the year. The scene is laid on an English estate at the edge of a pond. A couple of laborers discover, protruding from the water a pair of female legs. They hasten to the…
poster In a Difficult Position
In a Difficult Position
4mn - Comedy
Max, a young man about town, splits his trousers while getting ready to go out one night. After applying some rather risky repairs without taking the trousers off, he gingerly heads off to a dinner party.…
poster His Duty
His Duty
7mn - Drama
It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, personalized with his initals in the lining. Jack then goes to work and Bob goes out also. Late…
poster The Haunted Hotel
The Haunted Hotel
7mn - Comedy, Animation, Horror
A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.
poster The Messenger Boy's Mistake
The Messenger Boy's Mistake
2mn - Comedy
"Cholly" wishes to call on his best girl and sends her a large bouquet. To find out if the girl really loves him, he sends a note with the messenger boy requesting her to "wear this" if she does. The boy …
poster The Death of the Duke of Enghien in 1804
The Death of the Duke of Enghien in 1804
15mn - Drama, History
Directed by Albert Capellani.
poster A Little Jules Verne
A Little Jules Verne
8mn - Fantasy, Adventure
A boy is put to bed by his mother, but when she leaves the room, he pulls out a book. Dropping off to sleep, he begins to dream. The wall behind him transforms into a screen, with a portrait of Jules Vern…
poster The Tramp and the Mattress Makers
The Tramp and the Mattress Makers
(2.7/5)
4mn - Comedy
A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.
poster The Prophetess of Thebes
The Prophetess of Thebes
2mn - Fantasy
Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly refuses to forecast the coming events of his sovereign,…
poster The Bewitched Trunk
The Bewitched Trunk
(2.6/5)
3mn - Fantasy
A medieval magician performs a magic show involving a long ornate trunk in which he makes his assistants appear, disappear, and transform into other people.