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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 A Switchback Railway
A Switchback Railway
1mn - Documentary
The Switchback Railway was the forerunner of the roller coaster. Passengers sit in a small car which trundles up a swooping railway track then performs a 180 degree turn at its summit before swooping back…
poster Fate's Turning
Fate's Turning
17mn -
A young girl working as a waitress at a resort for the wealthy is swept off her feet by a rich young gentleman who's there for the summer. However, his impending nuptials with another woman complicate the…
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 Ups an' Downs Derby
Ups an' Downs Derby
(2.8/5)
6mn - Animation
aid to be the fastest horse around, Lightning the horse is a sure bet for the Ups and Downs steeplechase. The jockey is all set to go for the big race, but Lightning decides to take a nap instead. The joc…
poster The One-Man Band
The One-Man Band
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal p…
poster Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
3mn - Comedy
A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from …
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 Vows of Deception
Vows of Deception
(2.9/5)
94mn - Short, Drama, Thriller
When a prominent lawyer is found murdered, his wife is promptly arrested and charged with the crime. She swiftly accuses her stepson, with whom she claims to be having an affair. This sheds enough reaso…
poster The Switchtower
The Switchtower
13mn - Drama
"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent his play hours around the switch-tower. Thus at the crucial moment he was able to save his father's honor …
poster Daddy's Double
Daddy's Double
16mn - Comedy, Romance
This deft comedy about a foiled elopement and assumed identity shows the importance of a carefully worked out scenario for narrative flow.
poster Twisted Minds
Twisted Minds
81mn - Drama, Horror
Local banker Bruno Adani's life is turned upside down when his stepbrother, Greg Tillney's darkened past catches up with him.
poster Through the Breakers
Through the Breakers
17mn - Drama
A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of his ways and stays home with her, demanding his wife do…
poster The Double Incarnation of William Sheep
The Double Incarnation of William Sheep
(2.8/5)
15mn - Drama, Horror, Fantasy
A young gambler plays a game of chess against his creditor in order to clear his debts. Whilst playing he falls into a dream where he encounters a mysterious man who has the power to take his identity. Th…
poster The Mystic Swing
The Mystic Swing
1mn - Fantasy
The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady disappear from the swing, to the surprise of the professor…
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 The Imperceptible Transmutations
The Imperceptible Transmutations
2mn -
This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.
poster The Surrender of Tournavos
The Surrender of Tournavos
(2.7/5)
1mn - Action, War, Drama
Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the enemy is about to overrun this position.
poster Betrayed by a Handprint
Betrayed by a Handprint
8mn - Crime
Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number …
poster Back Stage
Back Stage
20mn - Family, Comedy
The gang operates a donkey-propelled tour bus. Later, a cut-rate vaudeville producer hires them to help out with his show, which they wreck.
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