Films and TV Shows from the 1900s

poster Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
4mn -
Two men in a cave perform magic.
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 …
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 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 Comical Conjuring
Comical Conjuring
2mn - Comedy
In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant, believing that he would be comfortable in an armchair, s…
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 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 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 Colonel's Account
The Colonel's Account
2mn - Action, Comedy
This short film consists of a crazy old colonel being asked to entertain party guests about his exploits of daring. However, being a totally insane old coot, he runs amok acting out his war-time heroics--…
poster The Sculptor's Nightmare
The Sculptor's Nightmare
(2.7/5)
9mn - Comedy, Animation
At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. In…
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…