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poster The Star Boarder

The Star Boarder

A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.

poster Nero, or The Fall of Rome

Nero, or The Fall of Rome

14mn - History, Drama

Roman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces oppositi…

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 Where Is My Treasure?

Where Is My Treasure?

Because Ernst feels oppressed by his wife and her mother, he fakes his suicide and hires in his own household disguised as a servant.

poster Come fu che l'ingordigia rovinò il Natale a Cretinetti

Come fu che l'ingordigia rovinò il Natale a Cretinetti

Spoiled little Cretinetti almost destroys Christmas....

poster Cupid's Rival

Cupid's Rival

A bumbling janitor in a fleabag hotel drives the residents crazy, and a poor artist believes that his girlfriend is having an affair with a wealthy artist living across the hall, and takes unorthodox meas…

poster Départ en voiture

Départ en voiture

1mn - Documentary

Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.

poster The Pillar of Fire

The Pillar of Fire

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 Max and His Mother-in-Law

Max and His Mother-in-Law

Max and his young bride attempt to enjoy an Alpine honeymoon, despite the presence of her mother.

poster Dragon

Dragon

Princess Vanir must traverse the haunted Forest of Sidhe to save her kingdom from an invading army of dark elves. Accompanied by warriors Cador and Artemir, she confronts not only the elven forces but als…

poster King of Dollars

King of Dollars

A magician shows tricks with money.

poster The Miser

The Miser

This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser keep all of his money to himself and refuses to help peo…

poster Addition and Subtraction

Addition and Subtraction

A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

poster Glass Half

Glass Half

Two amateur art critics meet in a gallery and argue passionately about the pieces they see, until finally they find a piece on which they can agree...

poster The Kiss

The Kiss

"Nothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is not one of that kind, but one of those old fashioned "ho…

poster Shoes

Shoes

A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.

poster Quo Vadis?

Quo Vadis?

137mn - Drama, History

"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel-- …

poster Whimsical Illusions

Whimsical Illusions

5mn - Comedy, Fantasy

In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…

poster Italienischer Bauerntanz

Italienischer Bauerntanz

1mn - Documentary

Two children, Ploetz and Larella, perform an Italian peasant dance.

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