Genres
592 films in this collection
Collection no. #7861 minJ. Stuart Blackton
1 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
An artist sketches a man's face and adds objects that suddenly seem available outside the paper. Drawing, performance and camera tricks allow him to…
Collection no. #12731 minGeorge Albert Smith
1 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: zxx.
Two children care for an ailing kitten in a brief domestic scene. The camera moves closer to the animal, turning a small gesture of care into the…
Collection no. #66712 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A group of astronomers builds a capsule and fires it toward the Moon from an enormous cannon. Their expedition enters a world of theatrical stars,…
Collection no. #8181 minÉmile Cohl
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A drawn figure enters a world where objects refuse to keep their shape. A bottle, a flower and other forms become the raw material for…
Collection no. #8681 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A demon feeds victims into a blazing cauldron in a chamber arranged for supernatural spectacle. The figures rise again as ghostly forms and turn into…
Collection no. #10022 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An experimenter places a living copy of his own head on a laboratory table and inflates it with a pair of bellows. The demonstration works until his…
Collection no. #10491 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A performer steps onto an empty stage and multiplies himself into an entire band. Each copy occupies a chair and plays an instrument while another…
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. #10844 minMillard Mercury
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An elaborately dressed, human-sized pig tries to court a young woman and receives a humiliating rebuff. Their confrontation turns into a dance,…
Collection no. #11069 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An astronomy professor takes his students to observe an eclipse, only to discover a sky governed by desire rather than sober science. The Sun and…
Collection no. #113317 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Petruchio pursues the combative Katherina despite her determined resistance. After carrying her away from the wedding, he turns meals, clothing and…
Collection no. #11701 minJames Williamson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An irritated man objects to being photographed and advances toward the camera. His expanding mouth appears to swallow both the apparatus and its…
Collection no. #11822 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An audience struggles to watch a film as extravagant hats block the screen. Complaints and attempts to improve the view turn the auditorium into its…
Collection no. #12199 minSegundo de Chomón
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two guests arrive at a hotel where machinery makes luggage, brushes and other objects attend to their needs. Automated service initially seems…
Collection no. #12335 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
The cakewalk moves into an infernal setting populated by dancing devils. Bodies, entrances and stage effects make the fashionable routine part of a…
Collection no. #12343 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A mischievous imp occupies a hotel room before a respectable guest arrives. Furniture changes position, appears and disappears, making the room…
Collection no. #12557 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A new tenant enters an empty room with a small bag and produces furniture, decorations and an entire household from it. When the bill arrives, the…
Collection no. #12652 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Georges Méliès appears as a ballet master in a short fantasy that brings dance and cinematic illusion together. Stage performer Zizi Papillon joins…