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poster The Little Girl and Her Cat

The Little Girl and Her Cat

1mn - Documentary

A little girl sits at a table, holding a container of what appears to be some sort of food. Suddenly there's a flash of movement: a tortoiseshell cat, with long hair and a very furry tail, has leapt onto …

poster The Miser's Heart

The Miser's Heart

Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a little girl who lives in his building.

poster Mata Hari: The Naked Spy

Mata Hari: The Naked Spy

78mn - Documentary

A century after her execution as a German spy, newly discovered documents challenge everything we thought we knew about Mata Hari, revealing the complex truth behind the legendary exotic dancer. Through i…

Carmen

Hot-blooded gypsy Carmen attempts to seduce Don Jose, a lawman sent to thwart a gang of illegal smugglers in Spain. Carmen's plan backfires when Don Jose's passion for the gypsy girl escalates into a jeal…

poster The Penwiper

The Penwiper

4mn - Animation

Mud animation by pioneer San Francisco Chinese American animator Joseph Sunn. From the "Ralph Wolfe's Mud Stuff" series.

poster Mabel's New Hero

Mabel's New Hero

Fatty rescues Mabel twice: first, from the unwelcome attentions of a masher, then from a runaway observation balloon.

poster The Vain Parlor Maid

The Vain Parlor Maid

A housemaid is cleaning a studio. When she sees a sculpture of a nude woman in life-size, lying on a couch, she starts to compare this idealized body with her own. She takes off her clothes one by one, th…

poster Song of the Scarlet Flower

Song of the Scarlet Flower

100mn - Drama, Romance

The son of a wealthy farmer loves a simple maid, for which he's booted out of the house by his father.

poster Nero and Agrippina

Nero and Agrippina

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

poster The Gay Shoe Clerk

The Gay Shoe Clerk

1mn - Comedy, Romance

A woman being fitted for shoes exposes her ankle to the shoe clerk, who is intrigued. He kisses her, but her chaperone hits him with her umbrella.

poster The Water Nymph

The Water Nymph

Mabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father.

Camille

72mn - Drama, Romance

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acq…

poster The Fairy of Spring

The Fairy of Spring

It is winter and a couple invites an old woman to eat. The old woman then becomes a fairy and makes the spring appears.

poster Mud and Sand

Mud and Sand

40mn - Comedy, Adventure

Rhubarb Vaselino lives in a small village, when he and his friend, Sapo, enter a bullfighting contest, Sapo dies, but Rhubarb kills three bulls and becomes a local hero earning money. Two years later, he …

poster The Smiling Madame Beudet

The Smiling Madame Beudet

An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.

poster A Life for a Life

A Life for a Life

Wealthy Mrs. Khromova has a natural daughter, Musya, and an adopted daughter, Nata. The merchant Zhurov is in love with Nata, and hopes to marry her, but she is non-committal.

poster The Marvellous Wreath

The Marvellous Wreath

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

poster The Dumb Girl of Portici

The Dumb Girl of Portici

115mn - Drama, History

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.

poster Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

As Poe's lover is slowly dying, he struggles to make money to care for her.

poster Carga de rurales

Carga de rurales

1mn - Documentary

A clip by Gabriel Veyre showing horses galloping at a Mexican festival.

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