Genres
123 films in this collection
Collection no. #75313 minEdwin S. Porter
13 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Bandits seize a railway office, stop a train and rob the passengers before escaping with their loot. A rescued telegraph operator raises the alarm,…
Collection no. #89512 minD. W. Griffith
12 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A family outing by the river becomes a search when a rejected peddler abducts the young daughter. Hidden inside a barrel, the child is carried away…
Collection no. #76620 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A society of enthusiastic explorers approves an engineer's plan to travel beyond ordinary geographical limits. Their collection of vehicles carries…
Collection no. #95511 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Shipwrecked far from home, Robinson Crusoe gathers supplies and builds a life on an island. His rescue of a captive brings a companion, Friday, into…
Collection no. #101816 minArturo Ambrosio
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
In Pompeii, the priest Arbaces uses deception and poison to separate Glaucus from the woman he loves. The blind Nydia becomes caught in the scheme,…
Collection no. #105610 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A car maker promises to take the visiting Belgian king from Paris to Monte Carlo in only two hours. The journey tears through towns and mountains,…
Collection no. #110110 minSidney Olcott
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Judah Ben-Hur's conflict with Roman power is presented through a succession of brief tableaux, from imprisonment to the challenge against Messala.…
Collection no. #12069 minFerdinand Zecca
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Ali Baba overhears the words that open a thieves' treasure cave and takes home part of the hoard. His brother's attempt to repeat the discovery…
Collection no. #124714 minVincent Lorant-Heilbronn
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A series of tableaux follows Columbus from danger at sea to an American landing and a triumphant return to Spain. Courtly favor gives way to disgrace…
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. #139611 minCharles Kent
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Young lovers flee into a wood where fairies interfere with human affections. A magical herb directs desire toward the wrong people, while a troupe…
Collection no. #14247 minJ. Searle Dawley
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An eagle carries a baby from outside a woodland home to its nest on a cliff. The child's father descends on a rope to attempt a rescue while the bird…
Collection no. #14885 minWilly Mullens
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A visitor removes his trousers to keep them dry at the beach and attracts a policeman's attention. His attempt to escape in disguise draws an…
Collection no. #159117 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Prince Bel-Azor's fairy-tale adventure unfolds among enchanted palaces, fantastic creatures and underwater wonders. Georges Méliès creates a world of…