Decades
177 films in this collection
Collection no. #12812 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A music master turns telegraph wires into a giant musical staff. Copies of his own head become the notes, allowing a band to perform a tune in a…
Collection no. #12822 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
The supposed power of spirit photography becomes a magic performance in this Méliès short. Photographic apparitions are presented as opportunities…
Collection no. #12831 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Three diners cannot get through a meal without their furniture and food rebelling. Moving chairs, an expanding tureen and a dancing apparition turn…
Collection no. #12844 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two children fall asleep, and Christmas unfolds through a procession of toys, dancing figures, snowy rooftops and celebrations. The imagined…
Collection no. #128912 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Prince Dimitri abandons Katusha after seducing her, then encounters her years later when she is facing punishment in court. Recognizing his part in…
Collection no. #12985 minSegundo de Chomón
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Three travellers take shelter in a woodland house where ordinary objects refuse to behave. Vanishing furniture, moving food and a violently unstable…
Collection no. #13007 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Poe tries to sell a newly written poem so that he can buy food and medicine for his gravely ill wife. Rejections and a brief success delay his return…
Collection no. #130211 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A king builds a private chamber for himself and his lover, then discovers that she uses it to meet a court musician. His response turns a room…
Collection no. #13153 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Refused a gift, a witch places a spell on the village well. An everyday meeting place becomes the source of magical disturbances, testing the people…
Collection no. #13162 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A thief attempts to steal bags of money from Satan's chest, only to discover that the treasure and its container have lives of their own.…
Collection no. #132015 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A doctor is called to treat a poor woman's child while his own daughter is seriously ill. Messages from home grow more urgent, forcing him to choose…
Collection no. #13232 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An alchemist falls asleep beside his apparatus and encounters a succession of disturbing transformations. A serpent, a mocking figure and monstrous…
Collection no. #13241 minJames Williamson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man steals meat from a butcher and flees, setting a pursuit in motion. The chase carries the action beyond a single view as the theft brings swift…
Collection no. #132514 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A Native American graduate returns from an eastern boarding school and declares his love for an officer's daughter. Her family's rejection drives him…
Collection no. #13261 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A flute-playing man attracts a giant caterpillar and watches it emerge from a cocoon as a butterfly woman. His attempt to possess the figure brings…
Collection no. #13272 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A sleeping ruler is disturbed by a butterfly and drawn into a world of shifting scenery. Moving furniture, threatening creatures and dancing figures…
Collection no. #13292 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An accused woman and her executioner become the central figures of a supernatural spectacle set during the Inquisition. The historical setting…
Collection no. #135611 minPercy Stow
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Exiled with his daughter, Prospero uses magic to control life on an island and summon the people who wronged him. A shipwreck brings Ferdinand into…