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22 films in this collection
Collection no. #97511 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young woman marries the wealthy Blue Beard despite the mysterious disappearance of his earlier wives. Before leaving the castle, he gives her a set…
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. #11084 minFerdinand Zecca
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A burglary ends in murder, and the killer's conspicuous spending helps bring him to justice. Awaiting execution, he sees his former life unfold on…
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. #12454 minJames Williamson
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A house fire brings the local brigade to rescue the people trapped inside. The emergency becomes a compact staged account of an organized response to…
Collection no. #12482 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A knight's meeting with his beloved is interrupted by a witch and supernatural attackers. After one carries the woman away, a fairy provides a sword…
Collection no. #12781 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A Pierrot figure turns his own body into a magic act, with limbs that detach and continue to move independently. Music-hall acrobat André Deed…
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. #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. #13832 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician transforms a skeleton into a woman, then reverses the illusion as his surroundings begin to move. Levitating furniture and multiplying…
Collection no. #14193 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A tired traveller tries to get undressed and go to bed. Clothes and objects refuse to behave normally, turning the simplest part of his evening into…
Collection no. #14231 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A mother tries an inventor's machine promising a year's growth in a single hour. The accelerated treatment produces a startling result that turns a…
Collection no. #14681 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An elderly dealer's curiosity shop becomes a place of disturbing apparitions. Objects and figures no longer behave as expected, leaving the…
Collection no. #14842 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An artist draws a woman whose image begins coming to life in separate parts. The act of creation moves beyond a flat drawing and confronts the…
Collection no. #14911 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A boy asks a magician to help his sick sister. The performer takes his abilities beyond the stage, bringing a moment of extraordinary assistance into…
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. #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. #16391 minNo spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two women perform a boxing exhibition before a painted outdoor backdrop. The camera records their sparring as a compact display of speed, movement…