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poster Cleopatra's Tomb
Cleopatra's Tomb
(3/5)
2mn - Horror
A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.
poster The Funeral of Tomijiro Kobayashi
The Funeral of Tomijiro Kobayashi
8mn - Documentary
poster The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
The Indian Tomb, Part I: The Mission of the Yoghi
(3.4/5)
127mn - Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her alive, so he sends the Yogi Ramigani to England to look fo…
poster Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché
Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.
poster The Oracle of Delphi
The Oracle of Delphi
2mn - Crime, Fantasy
A box of valued jewels is placed inside the tomb of Delphi. A thief breaks into the tomb and steals it, but soon the ghost of Delphi appears and puts a curse on him.
poster Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies
Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies
1mn - Documentary
This shows the heart of one of the tremendous drifts in the east end of Galveston. Hundreds of dead bodies are concealed in these immense masses, and at the time the picture was taken the odor given out c…
poster Tit-for-Tat
Tit-for-Tat
(3.1/5)
5mn - Fantasy
An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.
poster Rentrée à l'étable
Rentrée à l'étable
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.
poster The Martyred Presidents
The Martyred Presidents
1mn - Documentary, History
This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly afterwards, the face of Abraham Lincoln and then of tw…
poster Writing Backwards
Writing Backwards
(2.9/5)
1mn -
Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
poster The Disappearance of Onésime
The Disappearance of Onésime
9mn - Comedy
When Onésime gets declared dead by drowning, the supposed-widow consults a private detective specialized in missing persons.
poster Post No Bills
Post No Bills
1mn - Documentary, Comedy
A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is prohibited.
poster Demolition of a Wall
Demolition of a Wall
1mn - Documentary
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wa…
poster The Marvellous Wreath
The Marvellous Wreath
3mn - Fantasy
A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.
poster Attelage d'un camion
Attelage d'un camion
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart.
poster Modern Sculptors
Modern Sculptors
5mn - Animation, Fantasy
The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take life, and one can follow a snake-like line branding on…
poster Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel
Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel
1mn - Documentary
Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.
poster The Mysterious Box
The Mysterious Box
2mn - Fantasy
As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these chairs the operator places a sheet of glass on which h…
poster Mark's Secret to Eternal Life
Mark's Secret to Eternal Life
(2.6/5)
76mn - Drama, Sci-Fi
An 18-year-old awakens in a parallel world where nobody recognizes him, and must absorb the life force of the dead to prevent everyone he loves from dying horrific deaths.
poster Le Retour d'Ulysse
Le Retour d'Ulysse
(2.9/5)
11mn - History, Adventure
When Troy has fallen and Ulysses sets sail for home, his ships are driven to different lands, where his adventures are numerous, keeping him away from his native land for ten years. As time rolls on witho…
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