Genres
592 films in this collection
Collection no. #14951 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A caricature of Theodore Roosevelt stages a hunting triumph with a photographer and press agent close behind. The supposed display of rugged…
Collection no. #15004 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two intruders hide inside a wealthy man's house and move from a closet to the bathroom. Discovering them in his covered bathtub, the owner begins a…
Collection no. #15011 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician places his own head in a glass box and gives his body a replacement. Amused by tormenting the trapped head, he fails to anticipate what…
Collection no. #15218 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A woman's first batch of biscuits makes her husband ill, but she leaves more at his office. Visiting actors and other unsuspecting people try them…
Collection no. #152812 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A gang of children stages a train robbery on a miniature railway. Their bandit poses conceal an appetite for dolls and candy, while pursuing police…
Collection no. #15433 minNo spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young painter tips paint over a policeman and runs. The pursuit moves through real outdoor locations, turning a practical mishap into a prolonged…
Collection no. #15507 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A séance promises supernatural contact until the medium's methods are exposed. The apparent marvels give way to the human arrangements that produced…
Collection no. #15521 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man flirts with a woman on a train and expects darkness in a tunnel to favour him. The passengers change places, and daylight exposes a kiss that…
Collection no. #155810 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A woman seeking a quiet seaside holiday attracts an unwanted crowd of admirers. Her maid devises an unflattering disguise to drive them away,…
Collection no. #155913 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An American traveller seeks rest abroad and finds a succession of exhausting mishaps. Seasickness, falls, unwelcome adventures and an energetic…
Collection no. #15950 minArthur Marvin
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Sherlock Holmes confronts a burglar who keeps vanishing before he can be caught. Even the stolen bag slips beyond the detective's control. Reasoned…
Collection no. #16070 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A doctor's captive monkey escapes and disrupts both floors of the house. Even its detached tail joins the mayhem, leaving the doctor and housekeeper…
Collection no. #16100 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician produces women from a row of chairs, combines them into one figure and changes that figure again. His arithmetic operates on bodies,…
Collection no. #16110 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Broken plates send a cook into hiding, but a cupboard door separates his head from his body. The lively head refuses to disappear, and the kitchen…
Collection no. #16150 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man divides into two versions of himself, one enormous and the other tiny. The mismatched doubles interact before moving apart, transforming a…
Collection no. #16367 minD. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Mr. Jones splits his trousers at a formal ball and retreats while his wife repairs them. An effort to avoid discovery sends him through a window,…
Collection no. #16375 minNo spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A tour group's footman drinks from the luggage he is carrying and falls into a classical fantasy. Ancient figures, dancers and fiery visions appear…
Collection no. #16621 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Women enter a saloon and attack its bottles and fittings, provoking a struggle with the bartender. A policeman intervenes in the staged confrontation.