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poster The Magician

The Magician

1mn - Fantasy, Drama

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but instead …

poster The Seven Ages

The Seven Ages

A couple who have known each other all of their lives are shown together at different stages of life. First, as children, they play together affectionately. Soon afterwards, they are at school together, a…

poster The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of the…

poster Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Two men in a cave perform magic.

poster Their Purple Moment

Their Purple Moment

The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner …

poster It's a Greek Life

It's a Greek Life

7mn - Animation

Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a …

poster Hurdy Gurdy

Hurdy Gurdy

A heat wave sends the residents of a New York City tenement to their fire escapes for whatever breeze is stirring. The tenants are a cross section of melting-pot culture: Irish, Jewish, German, and Itali…

poster French Cops Learning English

French Cops Learning English

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

poster The Charmer

The Charmer

A magician charms a caterpillar and turns it into a butterfly woman.

poster The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

Giles Bateson gets expelled from college for misconduct. His angry father, the Earl, sends him a message: "Never let me see you again until you have earned a half crown and proven yourself worthy of confi…

poster Cinderella

Cinderella

15mn - Romance, Fantasy

Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham.

poster A Little Princess

A Little Princess

Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, spiteful woman who makes life miserable for Sara.

poster Cinderella or The Glass Slipper

Cinderella or The Glass Slipper

24mn - Drama, Fantasy

Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance of a narrative; additionally, the use of dissolves as transitions in i…

poster Take Care of My Little Girl

Take Care of My Little Girl

A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.

poster The Virgin of Stamboul

The Virgin of Stamboul

Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Throwing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl. However, a brave American who l…

poster Music, Forward!

Music, Forward!

3mn - Fantasy, Comedy

“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their instruments. The directress stands them in a row, and taking the h…

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.

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