Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster A Funny Shave
A Funny Shave
(2.9/5)
2mn - Comedy
A man is trying to shave, but grotesque faces keep appearing in his mirror.
poster Addition and Subtraction
Addition and Subtraction
(2.9/5)
1mn - Comedy
A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.
poster The Gordon Sisters Boxing
The Gordon Sisters Boxing
2mn - Documentary
The champion lady boxers of the world. Shows two female pugilists who are really clever. They engage in a hot one-round sparring bout. A park, with marble entrance and walk, and beautiful trees and shrubb…
poster The Golden Louis
The Golden Louis
(2.9/5)
6mn - Drama
An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a 'sure thing' borrows the coin and wins a fortune, but he can't find her again to repay her.
poster Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
(2.7/5)
2mn - Comedy
Country rube thinks what he sees on the movie screen is real. He jumps out of his seat to try to stop a kissing scene.
poster The Violin Maker of Cremona
The Violin Maker of Cremona
12mn - Drama
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his supe…
poster A Strange Meeting
A Strange Meeting
12mn - Drama, Crime
Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds.
poster Balked at the Altar
Balked at the Altar
12mn - Comedy
A woman who is filled with romantic ideas is making no secret of her eagerness to find a husband. Her father decides to help her by pressuring and threatening an eligible bachelor, who reluctantly allows …
poster The Mysterious Retort
The Mysterious Retort
(2.9/5)
3mn - Fantasy, Horror
A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.
poster An Awful Moment
An Awful Moment
12mn - Drama
After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the…
poster Another Job for the Undertaker
Another Job for the Undertaker
1mn - Fantasy, Comedy
Shows a bedroom in a hotel. On the wall of the room is a conspicuous sign "Don't blow out the gas." A hayseed enters the room, accompanied by a bellboy. The boy deposits the Rube's bag and umbrella, turns…
poster A Moonlight Serenade
A Moonlight Serenade
3mn - Fantasy, Romance, Comedy
Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and offers him something better.
poster Stop Thief!
Stop Thief!
2mn - Crime, Comedy
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a lar…
poster Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
2mn - Comedy
A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage props blow up and turn into other objects or people, and…
poster What's Your Hurry?
What's Your Hurry?
4mn - Comedy
Papa is proud of his new birthday present, a shotgun. Mary's boyfriend arrives for a visit and she is anxious to introduce him to Papa. When Harry sees Papa walk in with a shotgun he misunderstands and de…
poster The Little Train Robbery
The Little Train Robbery
10mn - Action, Crime
In this parody of 1903's "Great Train Robbery", also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by police officers.
poster Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
4mn - Drama, History
This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.
poster An Extraordinary Dislocation
An Extraordinary Dislocation
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.
poster Father Gets in the Game
Father Gets in the Game
10mn - Comedy
D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home beautiful women so he gets a makeover and heads out on the prowl.
poster Faust in the Underworld
Faust in the Underworld
7mn - Fantasy
The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with sim…