Meast besjoen Jier 1908

An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart...

Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a...

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

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

The first successful motion picture in natural color, filmed with Kinemacolor. It is an 8 minute short film directed by George Albert Smith of...

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel...

A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies...

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

Georges Melies' film has a new guy showing up in a store on his first day and he obviously just doesn't fit in as he makes one mistake after another.

Magic tricks in a medieval setting.

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

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...

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

A good shepherdess is persecuted by an evil, tantrum-throwing princess. A good fairy decides to intervene, and dishes out quite a bit of retribution.

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just...

Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The...

Renée Carl stars in this lively slapstick silent short as a beautiful lady who causes distractions and accidents among the male population as...

A man in civil clothes, and three men in army uniforms are inspecting seven women to be recruited.

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

Adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas