Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster His First Job
His First Job
5mn - Comedy
Georges Melies' film has a new guy showing up in a store on his first day and he obviously just doesn't fit in as he makes one mistake after another.
poster Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
(3/5)
14mn - Fantasy
Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The Royal Edict; The Princess is Sixteen Years Old; Searching…
poster The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
1mn - Thriller, Comedy
A dissipated man sits at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A revolver is on the opposite side of the table. He pours a glass of whiskey and, with a despairing look, starts to drin…
poster The Emperor of Russia's Arrival in Elsinore
The Emperor of Russia's Arrival in Elsinore
1mn - Documentary
Nikolai II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar, son of Alexander III and Dagmar. He had been in Denmark on vacation with his parents several times. The royal houses usually met in September to celebrate Qu…
poster The Heroes of the Siege of Saragossa
The Heroes of the Siege of Saragossa
4mn - Drama, History, War
A short drama featuring three fictitious scenes of the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814).
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 Irresistible Piano
The Irresistible Piano
4mn - Comedy
A piano entices anyone who comes near.
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 Punch and Judy
Punch and Judy
1mn - Comedy
A group of people watches a guignol (the French version of a Punch and Judy show). Outtake from a longer, now lost, film.
poster A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
11mn - Fantasy, Comedy
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy.
poster The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
16mn - Comedy
George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a reception given in his honor by L…
poster The Christmas Angel
The Christmas Angel
10mn - Drama
A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father sends daughter out to beg. Rejected by other beggars, t…
poster Jack the Chimney Sweep
Jack the Chimney Sweep
10mn -
Jack is taken on a sea-snail to the lair of a fairy, who magically turns him into a prince. He thoroughly enjoys the dancing and fawning of the court. Then he wakes up, and it turns out that he's an ordin…
poster Extraordinary Illusions
Extraordinary Illusions
2mn - Comedy
Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.
poster Betrayed by a Handprint
Betrayed by a Handprint
8mn - Crime
Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number …