Fantasmagorie

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with all its wild transformations, sees our protagonist materialize …

The Taming of the Shrew

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

An Awful Moment

After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the judge to his home …

Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei

Pompeii 79AD, mere days before the Vesuvian eruption. Glaucus and Jone are in love with each other. Arbaces, the Egyptian High Priest, is determined to conquer Jone. Glaucus purchases Nydia, the blind and long-suffering slave. Nydia falls in love with …

The Red Man and the Child

A silent short about a Sioux Indian by D.W. Griffith.

Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)

Two feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children.

The Adventures of Dollie

On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing.

The Thieving Hand

A one-armed street peddler notices that a well-to-do man has dropped his ring. He returns it to him. The wealthy man is very grateful and, to show his appreciation, takes the peddler to a 'Limb Store', where he buys him …

Don Juan

The Bandit’s Waterloo (The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora)

A gang of lawless freebooters who terrorized the country and made travel in the mountains a hazardous pastime hold up a stylish landau in which are seated an old gentleman, a duenna, and a pretty young Senora. The inevitable happens; …

Parada po povod Hurietot

Early Balkan footage.

A Visit to the Seaside

The first successful motion picture in natural color, filmed with Kinemacolor. It is an 8 minute short film directed by George Albert Smith of Brighton, showing people doing everyday activities. It is ranked of high historical importance. Kinemacolor later influenced …

Her First Adventure

A father arrives home, greets his wife and daughter, and then goes inside with his wife. Though they are only inside for a brief time, their daughter wanders off, attracted by the music from a pair of gypsies performing in …

The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled

As a newsboy is playing a game on the sidewalk with a friend, two men come near to them, and then stand in a position where they cannot be seen from the sidewalk. When an attractive woman walks past them, …

L'Homme aux gants blancs

M. Rasta, a high society con man, is accused of a crime he didn't commit.

El fusilamiento de Dorrego

Directed by Mario Gallo.

Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers

Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together they read a letter from Lanciotto, asking for the hand of Francesca. Both are overjoyed at the union of the two great houses in marriage, and the daughter …

Le petit soldat qui devient Dieu

A stop-motion film from Émile Cohl with tin soldiers, children's drawings and cannibals.

L'assassinat du duc de Guise

The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.

El hotel eléctrico

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

No Good for Anything

A bungling bumpkin fails at a number of jobs in this slapstick comedy - before he finds his true calling.

Le baiser de Judas

Judas betrays Jesus Christ.

The Gentleman Burglar

The Proposal: The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love. They admire the grandeur and beauty of nature. He proposes and she accepts. She does not suspect his occupation. Turning Over a New Leaf: The thieves' den. The gang drinking …

Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)

King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.

The Ingrate

A hunter lost in the Northern woods is rescued by a trapper and his wife. He makes advances to the wife, is rejected, and tries to kill the trapper.

The Greaser's Gauntlet

Jose, a handsome young Mexican, leaves his home in the Sierra Madre Mountains to seek his fortune in the States. On leaving, his dear old mother bestows upon him her blessing, presenting him with a pair of gauntlets, upon the …

The Celebration with Slogans in Greek

Early Balkan footage.

La civilisation à travers les âges

An episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.

Mr. Jones at the Ball

Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his long-suffering wife. In this film, Jones rips his suit pants and chaos ensues.