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poster Interrupted Bathers
Interrupted Bathers
1mn - Crime, Comedy
Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another young lady in bathing attire reclines on the bank. The latter suddenly discovers two hoboes coming toward the bathers…
poster The Cavalier's Dream
The Cavalier's Dream
1mn - Horror, Fantasy
He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast. Mephistopheles appears; then the old witch, who suddenly changes to …
poster The Waif and the Wizard
The Waif and the Wizard
2mn - Drama, Fantasy
The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's another early example of a two-shot film along the lines …
poster Hypocrites
Hypocrites
(3.3/5)
54mn - Drama
The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.
poster The Living Playing Cards
The Living Playing Cards
3mn - Fantasy
poster The Water Nymph
The Water Nymph
8mn - Comedy
Mabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father.
poster Whimsical Illusions
Whimsical Illusions
5mn - Comedy, Fantasy
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…
poster Flower Fairy
Flower Fairy
1mn - Fantasy
A little flower film by Gaston Velle.
poster Within Our Gates
Within Our Gates
79mn - Drama, Romance
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
poster An Artist's Dream
An Artist's Dream
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from the frames and walk forward, admiring their costumes. Mep…
poster Chrysanthemums
Chrysanthemums
(3.7/5)
30mn - Drama
A tragic story of a ballerina.
poster Pierrot the Prodigal
Pierrot the Prodigal
(2.7/5)
65mn - Drama
A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierrot and Leda Gys as Louisette. The young and naive Pier…
poster Alice Gets in Dutch
Alice Gets in Dutch
10mn - Animation
Alice misbehaves in school and is forced to sit in the corner. She falls asleep and dreams, but schoolwork intrudes even into her dreams. Alice dreams of dancing dogs and donkeys until her fun is interrup…
poster The Funeral of Tomijiro Kobayashi
The Funeral of Tomijiro Kobayashi
8mn - Documentary
poster Rembrandt
Rembrandt
(3.5/5)
85mn - Drama
At the height of his fame as Amsterdam's most celebrated painter, Rembrandt van Rijn's world crumbles when his beloved wife Saskia dies unexpectedly, triggering a dramatic shift in his art toward darker, …
poster As Curas do Professor Mozart
As Curas do Professor Mozart
24mn - Documentary
poster Die Serpentintänzerin
Die Serpentintänzerin
1mn - Documentary
A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings.
poster Never Weaken
Never Weaken
29mn - Comedy
Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend injuries that the doctor "cures", thereby building a repu…
poster Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
45mn - Drama, Romance
Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to b…
poster Only in the Way
Only in the Way
12mn - Drama
A crippled little girl lives at home with her parents and her grandmother. She loves her grandmother deeply, but her parents can't get along with the old woman, and the girl is torn between both sides.
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