Be the making of

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poster The Making of an American
The Making of an American
14mn -
Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans.
poster An American in the Making
An American in the Making
15mn -
An Immigrant has come to the United States and is sponsored by a relative. He takes him to find employment and show him how the American work is protected by showing different types of safety equipment.
poster The Blacksmiths
The Blacksmiths
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water,…
poster Artistic Creation
Artistic Creation
1mn - Comedy
An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real woman. He then continuous drawing the lady, one body pa…
poster Modern Sculptors
Modern Sculptors
5mn - Animation, Fantasy
The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take life, and one can follow a snake-like line branding on…
poster Blacksmithing Scene
Blacksmithing Scene
(3.1/5)
1mn - Drama
Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.
poster The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood
The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood
59mn - Documentary
Historian A.N. Wilson embarks on a deeply personal journey to explore the extraordinary life of Josiah Wedgwood, the self-made 18th-century potter who revolutionized not just ceramics but entire industrie…
poster Horse Shoeing
Horse Shoeing
1mn - Documentary, Drama
One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the other heating iron at the forge. One would be seen to driv…
poster Fun in a Bakery Shop
Fun in a Bakery Shop
2mn - Comedy
A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into various faces and shapes. There is some experimental us…
poster The Watchmaker's Apprentice
The Watchmaker's Apprentice
(3.7/5)
67mn - Documentary
The extraordinary story of Dr. George Daniels, who rose from Dickensian poverty to become the world's greatest modern watchmaker, and Roger W. Smith's obsessive seven-year quest to master the ancient craf…
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 Violin Maker of Cremona
The Violin Maker of Cremona
12mn - Drama
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his supe…
poster How to Make Movies
How to Make Movies
(3.1/5)
16mn - Documentary, Comedy
This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in his compilation 'The Chaplin Revue' in 1959.
poster Wonderful Mirrors
Wonderful Mirrors
7mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes to life and comes out of the frame and imitates his eve…
poster The Untamable Whiskers
The Untamable Whiskers
3mn - Fantasy, Comedy
The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side of the picture, he draws on it a sketch of a novelist.…
poster The Black Diamond
The Black Diamond
(2.8/5)
50mn -
On instructions of the French company Pathé Frères, Alfred Machin develops a film industry in the Netherlands and Belgium from 1912 to the advent of World War One. He directs several quality films includi…
poster The Artist's Dilemma
The Artist's Dilemma
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy
The scene opens in an artist's studio, the artist asleep in his chair. A large old fashioned clock opens and a young lady comes out and awaking the artist, requests him to paint her picture. While the art…
poster Ateliers de La Ciotat
Ateliers de La Ciotat
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.
poster A Self-Made Mongrel
A Self-Made Mongrel
(3/5)
7mn - Animation
A wealthy eccentric owns a talking mongrel dog, and the dog, deciding to upgrade his pedigree, decides he is a born watch-dog. The owner puts on a mask with the intention of breaking into his own house an…
poster The Martyr Maker
The Martyr Maker
90mn - Thriller
Zahid, an American-born Muslim torn between his heritage and modern life, embarks on a dangerous spiritual journey that leads him down a dark path of religious extremism. As he explores different aspects …
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