Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

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 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 Midwife to the Upper Class
Midwife to the Upper Class
4mn - Fantasy
A wonderful midwife helps a rich couple pick out a baby from her cabbage patch.
poster Saharet Performs the Bolero
Saharet Performs the Bolero
2mn - Documentary
Saharet performs the bolero for Alice Guy.
poster An Obstacle Course
An Obstacle Course
5mn - Comedy
A bunch of people run an obstacle course all around town.
poster A Very Fine Lady
A Very Fine Lady
4mn - Comedy
Renée Carl stars in this lively slapstick silent short as a beautiful lady who causes distractions and accidents among the male population as she walks though the streets of Paris.
poster A Story Well Spun
A Story Well Spun
3mn - Comedy
A runaway barrel wreaks havoc all over the city.
poster Four-Year-Old Heroine
Four-Year-Old Heroine
7mn - Comedy
A little girl runs away from the maid in charge of her care and, during her escapade, she will arrest two thugs, prevent a blind man from drowning, and save some drunks from being run over by a train. Acc…
poster Troubles of a Grass Widower
Troubles of a Grass Widower
10mn - Comedy
A housewife tires of her husband's annoying behavior and returns to her mother. At first, the husband is quite pleased to have the house all to himself. But he quickly discovers that even the most basic d…
poster Watermelon Contest
Watermelon Contest
2mn - Comedy
Four men each hold a large slice of watermelon, and have a race to see who can finish eating first. All four move quickly, but one man seems to be pulling ahead of the others. Soon the contestants begin t…
poster The Age of the Heart
The Age of the Heart
4mn - Drama
An old general is married to a young woman. She meets a young man and makes plans for a rendezvous. The general receives an anonymous letter about his wife which causes him to find the couple and seek ven…
poster The Wrestler's Wife
The Wrestler's Wife
5mn - Drama
A story of a desperate wife who worries about her husband, a career wrestler.
poster The Law of Forgiveness
The Law of Forgiveness
8mn - Drama
poster Le Chemineau
Le Chemineau
6mn - Drama
An adaptation of an episode in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, where Jean Valjean is welcomed into the Bishop of Digne's home, and steals his silverware.
poster Lightning Sketches
Lightning Sketches
2mn - Comedy, Animation
An illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word.
poster Deadly Idyll
Deadly Idyll
5mn - Drama
Young lovers separate, she to a career on the stage and he to remain in the small village in which they grew up. Years pass and he is hired to be a porter for a theater company and finds her, a far differ…
poster The Broken Locket
The Broken Locket
13mn - Drama
George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one being drink. One might have concluded he was lost, but there was the chance which the hand of Providence …