Paper dolls

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poster Scarecrow Pump
Scarecrow Pump
1mn - Comedy
A pump stands outside a farmhouse, just inside a picket fence. A boy comes out of the house and dresses up the pump handle and its post as a scarecrow, so that he can play a practical joke on a drunken ac…
poster The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess
The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess
(2.7/5)
14mn - Fantasy
A good shepherdess is persecuted by an evil, tantrum-throwing princess. A good fairy decides to intervene, and dishes out quite a bit of retribution.
poster The Bewitched Trunk
The Bewitched Trunk
3mn - Fantasy
A medieval magician performs a magic show involving a long ornate trunk in which he makes his assistants appear, disappear, and transform into other people.
poster KoKo Lamps Aladdin
KoKo Lamps Aladdin
6mn - Animation
Ko-Ko the Clown enters a storybook and uses Aladdin's magic lamp to make his wishes come true.
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 Merry Skeleton
The Merry Skeleton
(3.2/5)
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.
poster Onesime, Clockmaker
Onesime, Clockmaker
(3.2/5)
8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.
poster The Magic Sword
The Magic Sword
3mn - Fantasy, Romance
On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome. The Knight commands her to leave, and when he is about …
poster Mary and Gretel
Mary and Gretel
(2.9/5)
7mn - Animation, Family, Fantasy
Alice in Wonderland meets the Garden of Eden in this surreal fable of a drunk rabbit, bowling dwarfs, and the two bewildered girls of the title.
poster Swords and Hearts
Swords and Hearts
17mn - Romance, Drama, War
A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.
poster The Little House in Kolomna
The Little House in Kolomna
(3.1/5)
31mn - Comedy
Based on the story by Pushkin. Pretty young Parasha is living with her widowed mother. Parasha diligently takes care of many household tasks, but she also enjoys flirting with the guards's officers who pa…
poster The Vanishing Lady
The Vanishing Lady
(3.2/5)
1mn - Mystery
Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.
poster Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
(3.6/5)
77mn - Comedy, Music
In the whimsical land of Toyland, bumbling toymakers Stannie and Ollie must outwit the villainous Barnaby to save Little Bo Peep from a forced marriage and protect Mother Peep's home from foreclosure. Whe…
poster Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
10mn - Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges …
poster The Brahmin and the Butterfly
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.
poster The Prince of Magicians
The Prince of Magicians
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.
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 A Pair of Tights
A Pair of Tights
(3.8/5)
20mn - Comedy
Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilators, cops and a brat make it nearly impossible to get …
poster The Four Troublesome Heads
The Four Troublesome Heads
(3.8/5)
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposi…
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…
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