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poster Dickson Greeting
Dickson Greeting
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to …
poster Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1mn - Music
William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.
poster Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
(2.8/5)
12mn - Comedy, Drama
Fulta Fisher runs a boarding house catering to seamen passing through the port. A girl known as Anne of Austria has had many lovers amongst the sailors, but presently she's known to be the "property" of S…
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 Dixiana
Dixiana
(2.6/5)
100mn - Comedy, Music, Drama
A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man's stepmother objects to the wedding, the couple break apart and go their separate ways for…
poster Miss Lulu Bett
Miss Lulu Bett
(3.4/5)
71mn - Comedy, Drama
Lois Wilson (as Lulu) is the spinsterish member of the Deacon family: "The family beast of burden, whose timid soul has failed to break the bonds of family servitude." Her brother-in-law is patriarchal Th…
poster Sin Takes a Holiday
Sin Takes a Holiday
(3.1/5)
81mn - Romance, Comedy
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from ugly duckling to uninhibited swan and even contem…
poster The Adventures of Dollie
The Adventures of Dollie
12mn - Drama, Thriller
On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing.
poster The Innocence of Ruth
The Innocence of Ruth
(3.1/5)
59mn - Drama
The young Ruth Travers, left an orphan after the death of her father financially ruined by Mortimer Reynolds, is welcomed at home by Jimmy Carter, a young millionaire who becomes her guardian. Ruth's wins…
poster The Gibson Goddess
The Gibson Goddess
10mn - Comedy
A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the stockings have been stuffed with cotton to make her limb…
poster A Hand Shake
A Hand Shake
1mn -
William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.
poster Take Care of My Little Girl
Take Care of My Little Girl
(3.3/5)
93mn - Drama
A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.
poster The Little Girl and Her Cat
The Little Girl and Her Cat
1mn - Documentary
A little girl sits at a table, holding a container of what appears to be some sort of food. Suddenly there's a flash of movement: a tortoiseshell cat, with long hair and a very furry tail, has leapt onto …
poster Her First Biscuits
Her First Biscuits
6mn - Comedy
A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the rest to his office. But one bite of these biscuits makes you violently ill, and soon all his visitors (he r…
poster Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
10mn - Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Made by the Edison Manufacturing Company and directed by Edwin S. Porter, the film starred Gladys Hulette as Alice. Being a silent film, naturally all of Lewis Carroll's nonsensical prose could not be use…
poster A Little Princess
A Little Princess
(3.1/5)
62mn - Drama
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 Stella Maris
Stella Maris
(3.5/5)
84mn - Drama
Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her from the harsh realities of the world, so that she has no idea of the cruel things that some people do. Unity…
poster Dallas Doll
Dallas Doll
(2.6/5)
104mn - Comedy
Dallas, an American golf tutor, arrives in a quiet Sydney suburb to teach at the local school and sets about causing chaos with the family she stays with.
poster Keeping Up with the Joneses: Women's Styles
Keeping Up with the Joneses: Women's Styles
3mn - Comedy, Animation
A domestic comedy about the McGinis family--husband Aloysius, wife Clarice, daughter Julie, and housemaid Belladonna. Pa is appalled at the latest fashionable dresses worn by the women in his household.
poster An Over-Incubated Baby
An Over-Incubated Baby
1mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator. A mother who is anxious for the growth of her child enters, places her baby in care of …
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