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poster Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil
Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil
(2.7/5)
5mn -
The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then picks up as the painter goes haywire and sends the assi…
poster A Spiritualist Photographer
A Spiritualist Photographer
(2.8/5)
2mn - Fantasy
A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.
poster His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria
His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria
88mn - Western
Brothers Pot and Ray pull off a daring bank robbery, but when their new partner Steve double-crosses them and Ray is murdered for the gold, Pot finds himself caught in a deadly game of betrayal and reveng…
poster The Crystal Ball
The Crystal Ball
(3.3/5)
81mn - Comedy
A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.
poster Long Distance Wireless Photography
Long Distance Wireless Photography
6mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a demonstration: he starts machines whirring, and projects …
poster Pinkus's Shoe Palace
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
(2.8/5)
45mn - Comedy
Sally Pinkus is an German-Jewish boy who takes a job as a shoe store clerk after being expelled from school for goofing around. Soon fired for trying to court the owner's daughter, Pinkus lands another jo…
poster Kiri-Kis
Kiri-Kis
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.
poster The Palace of the Arabian Nights
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
(3.1/5)
21mn - Adventure, Fantasy
A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs of ancient Araby. Guided by the mysterious Khalafar, th…
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 Picking Peaches
Picking Peaches
22mn - Comedy, Animation
A series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his customers. Both his wife and the woman's husband catch them when…
poster A Touch of Murder
A Touch of Murder
(2.7/5)
81mn -
A salvage worker with the psychic ability to see past events associated with items he touches sets the background story for this anthology. These items create a bridge between three seemingly unconnected …
poster Hadj Cheriff
Hadj Cheriff
1mn -
Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife in his hand at the opening of the act. He then hurls the…
poster The Drawing Lesson
The Drawing Lesson
2mn -
In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after his scholars.…
poster Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1mn - Fantasy
A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.
poster Polaris
Polaris
89mn - Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
In the frozen wasteland of 2144, a fierce young warrior named Sumi, raised by a polar bear as her mother, must navigate a deadly post-apocalyptic world when brutal marauders capture and separate them. Arm…
poster Big Business
Big Business
25mn - Comedy
In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Moha…
poster The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
(3.2/5)
9mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an …
poster The Pillar of Fire
The Pillar of Fire
1mn - Fantasy
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an an…
poster Love Lessons
Love Lessons
(3.0/5)
97mn - Drama, Short
An older couple are about to retire, when they find out that they're about to be parents all over again.
poster Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
(3.8/5)
22mn - Drama, Comedy, Animation
Olive Oyl's screenplay for an Aladdin movie comes to life and Popeye battles for control of a genie in this, the last of the three Popeye color films.
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