Humorous Phases of Funny Faces(1906)
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the established theme: the “Rarebit Fiend” gorges himself on rarebit and thus suffers spectacular hallucinatory dreams.
Melies the magician does tricks.
A magical glowing white motorcar dismembers policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space and can transform into a horse and carriage. This was a British effort to top Méliès at his Sci-Fi/fantasy/comedy trick films.
It's a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?
A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.
Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he takes one of them down to Hell and roasts him on a spit.
A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.
The kids of a game-keeper get into a chase with rifles.
Two gang members send a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding money if he did not want his shop to be destroyed and his daughter Maria kidnapped. When he is unable to meet their request, they take Maria away. The Black Hand is the earliest surviving gangster film.
Die Geschichte der Kelly-Bande ist ein australischer Western aus dem Jahr 1906, der von der Figur des legendären australischen Gesetzlosen Ned Kelly handelt. Er gilt mit seiner ursprünglichen Spielzeit von ca. 70 Minuten als der weltweit erste Langfilm. Heute existieren nur noch Fragmente des Films.
A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.
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Film showing the results of an earthquake in San Francisco on 18th April 1906 which caused great destruction.
A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and saves the beautiful princess.
A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.
A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.
Self-styled pier entertainer 'Professor' Reddish was a specialist in the "flying the foam" stunt, which involved mounting a bicycle and riding it down a steep ramp and then off the end of Brighton's West Pier into the sea. (BFI)
The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marriage to a princess. But his rival, an evil magician, steals the lamp for himself. Aladdin must regain the lamp or lose everything.
The stations of Christ's life are segmented into a series of performative tableaux.
It's common knowledge that Scotsmen are macho enough to pull off wearing a skirt - perhaps it's all that caber-tossing. This disarmingly simple film concentrates on the tartan cloths of various clans rather than the men who wore them, and is an early filmic reminder of their huge importance to both Scottish national identity and the thriving tourist industry north of the border. The film's unique selling point was that pioneering filmmaker G. A. Smith showed off the vibrant designs in Kinemacolor, among the earliest colour film processes that didn't involve meticulous hand-painting. And no dangly bits in sight.
Jack is taken on a sea-snail to the lair of a fairy, who magically turns him into a prince. He thoroughly enjoys the dancing and fawning of the court. Then he wakes up, and it turns out that he's an ordinary chimney sweep.
A Trip Down Market Street is a 13-minute actuality film recorded by placing a movie camera on the front of a cable car as it travels down San Francisco’s Market Street. A virtual time capsule from over 100 years ago, the film shows many details of daily life in a major American city, including the transportation, fashions and architecture of the era. The film begins at 8th Street and continues eastward to the cable car turntable, at The Embarcadero, in front of the San Francisco Ferry Building. It was produced by the four Miles brothers: Harry, Herbert, Earle and Joe. Harry J. Miles cranked the Bell & Howell camera during the filming.
A man is trying to shave, but grotesque faces keep appearing in his mirror.
Men expose a fake medium's tricks and take revenge.
1906 film by Edwin S. Porter, based on a popular song of the same title.
Captain Clearfield, a wealthy landlord, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack. Clearfield then tries to get his way by intimidating Kathleen and her father, but again help arrives in time. Clearfield and his accomplice then come up with their most violent plan yet.
A pregnant woman steals things from others on account of her cravings.
A train traveling through the Rockies is held up and boarded by two thugs. They rob the wealthy occupants at gunpoint and then make their getaway by handcar. From there, they hijack a horsecart on a road running parallel to the tracks. Will justice prevail in the end?