Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster How Monsieur Takes His Bath
How Monsieur Takes His Bath
1mn - Comedy
A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes. There is no credited director for this film. Modern attributions go to either Alice Guy or Ferdinand Zecca…
poster Confidence
Confidence
12mn - Drama
Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her old colleagues finds her and tries to blackmail her. When the blackmail plot is exposed, Nellie's husband …
poster The Race for the Sausage
The Race for the Sausage
4mn - Comedy
Chaos erupts when a dog steals a string of sausages from a butcher shop.
poster Ocean Studies
Ocean Studies
2mn - Documentary
Alice Guy films the sea.
poster Dranem Performs "Five O'Clock Tea"
Dranem Performs "Five O'Clock Tea"
2mn - Music, Documentary
Dranem performs "Five O'Clock Tea" for Alice Guy.
poster Polin Performs "The Anatomy of a Draftee"
Polin Performs "The Anatomy of a Draftee"
2mn - Music, Documentary
Polin performs a song.
poster L'Assommoir
L'Assommoir
36mn - Drama
Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is about the free fall of a group of working-class French f…
poster The Magician's Alms
The Magician's Alms
3mn - Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.
poster The Landlady
The Landlady
1mn - Comedy
A landlady is taunted by neighborhood kids.
poster The Fairy of the Surf
The Fairy of the Surf
7mn - Romance, Fantasy
Three men go out on the ocean in a row boat. There, they see dancing fairies. Then manage to catch one and take her aboard the boat--taking her back to the castle with them. Then, one of the men asks the …
poster The Hierarchies of Love
The Hierarchies of Love
2mn - Comedy, Romance
A pretty maid is out walking and encounters a series of military men, starting with a private, who lose her to higher ranks.
poster The Malagueña and the Bullfighter
The Malagueña and the Bullfighter
2mn - Documentary
A bullfighter dances with a woman.
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…