Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster The Big Swallow
The Big Swallow
1mn - Comedy
A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
poster The Black Hand
The Black Hand
11mn - Drama, Crime
Two gang members send a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding money if he did not want his shop to be destroyed and his daughter Maria kidnapped. When he is unable to meet their request, they take Ma…
poster The Gibson Goddess
The Gibson Goddess
10mn - Comedy
A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the stockings have been stuffed with cotton to make her limb…
poster The Mountaineer's Honor
The Mountaineer's Honor
17mn - Drama
A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down and kills him. In retaliation, the sheriff captures the brother and prepares to lynch him. Mother intervenes a…
poster Through the Breakers
Through the Breakers
17mn - Drama
A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of his ways and stays home with her, demanding his wife do…
poster Two Memories
Two Memories
6mn - Drama
Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl and spends her time at parties with her friends. Henry h…
poster What Drink Did
What Drink Did
12mn - Drama
A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two friends take a little while to convince him to go for …
poster Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
9mn - Adventure
An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.
poster The Ex-Convict
The Ex-Convict
(2.9/5)
9mn - Drama
A recently-released convict attempts to do right but struggles to support his wife and ailing daughter.
poster European Rest Cure
European Rest Cure
(2.7/5)
13mn - Comedy
An over-the-hill American tourist has a terrible time on his European "rest cure" vacation.
poster The '?' Motorist
The '?' Motorist
3mn - Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
poster The Golden Beetle
The Golden Beetle
3mn - Fantasy
A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.
poster Attack on a China Mission
Attack on a China Mission
1mn - Action, Drama, History
The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and paddles. He's ove…
poster The Coachwomen
The Coachwomen
10mn - Comedy
When the coachman comes home drunk, his wife beat him up and she takes the passenger car creating chaos in the city.
poster The Maids' Strike
The Maids' Strike
7mn - Comedy
An army of kitchen maids go on strike and take down all the men who come in their path.
poster The Policemen's Little Run
The Policemen's Little Run
6mn - Crime, Comedy
A policeman spots a dog stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and gives chase. Soon several more policemen have joined the pursuit. But the chase does not turn out as the policemen expect.
poster Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
(2.8/5)
1mn - Adventure, Fantasy
Using a blue tint to set the scene under the sea, this is a short, surprisingly violent film where two divers fight to the death with axes over some treasure beneath the waves.
poster Fire!
Fire!
5mn - Action, Drama
Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down the street to a house fire. Inside a man sleeps, he awa…
poster A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding
A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding
13mn - Drama, History
A dramatization of a wedding in 16th-century Russia, between members of two prominent boyar families (based on paintings by Konstantin Makovskii): Three matchmakers first visit the family of the prospecti…
poster The Merry Frolics of Satan
The Merry Frolics of Satan
17mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he takes one of them down to Hell and roasts him on a spit.