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1890s Drama Movies

Public list by WPS with 6 movies or TV shows/series

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Cinderella(1899)

3.1/5 (with 44 votes)

A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out? Méliès based the art direction on engravings by Gustave Doré. First known example of a fairy-tale adapted to film, and the first film to use dissolves to go from one scene to another.

The Dreyfus Affair(1899)

13min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 17 votes)

The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer was falsely convicted of treason, and it was alleged that he was framed due to anti-semitism.

Santa Claus(1898)

3.1/5 (with 24 votes)

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

The Temptation of St. Anthony(1898)

1min | Fantasy
2.9/5 (with 22 votes)

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

Don Juan Tenorio(1898)

2min
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Don Juan Tenorio is a 1898 Mexican silent drama film directed by Salvador Toscano who was Mexico’s first filmmaker and is also the first film adaptation of Don Juan Tenorio, a play by José Zorrilla.

Directed by Salvador Toscano Barragán

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies(1899)

1min | Fantasy
2.4/5 (with 4 votes)

A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.

Directed by Walter R. Booth
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