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Movies: Popular Movies of 1898

Movies in chronological context: 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1898th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 898th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1898, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. ()

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The Astronomer's Dream(1898)

3min | Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 79 votes)

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

The Four Troublesome Heads(1898)

1min | Comedy, Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 67 votes)

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.

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 Merry Skeleton(1898)

3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

Directed by Louis Lumière

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!

The Magician(1898)

1min | Fantasy, Drama
3.1/5 (with 21 votes)

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but instead of containing the magician a lively clown steps forth who further mystifies the audience by causing the box to disappear, and in its place is seen a fully laid table with a smoking dinner, to which the clown applies himself. The table, however, suddenly disappears much to the astonishment of the clown, who is confronted by the magician in the garb of Mephistopheles. This he suddenly changes to that of a sculptor, and in the background is seen a pedestal with the bust of a young lady, which comes to life as the sculptor applies the mallet and chisel.

Directed by Georges Méliès

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"(1898)

1min
2.8/5 (with 17 votes)

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish.

Directed by Georges Méliès

Adventures of William Tell(1898)

1min | Comedy, Fantasy
2.8/5 (with 16 votes)

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and clay head on the statue, thus completing it. He places a large brick on top of the head to make it stick. When he turns his back the statue turns into a living representation of William Tell. (Edison Catalog)

Directed by Georges Méliès

Panorama from Top of a Moving Train(1898)

2.6/5 (with 14 votes)

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

Directed by Georges Méliès

Something Good — Negro Kiss(1898)

2.9/5 (with 13 votes)

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

Directed by William Nicholas Selig - With Saint Suttle

The Famous Box Trick(1898)

1min | Fantasy
2.9/5 (with 12 votes)

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

Querelle de matelassières(1898)

1min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 12 votes)

Two old female mattress makers get into a fight until a passing man attempts to break them up.

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The Woodcutter, a Music Lover(1898)

1min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 12 votes)

A man plays the trombone, to which is attached a saw.

Panorama pendant l'ascension de la Tour Eiffel(1898)

2.8/5 (with 10 votes)

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

Directed by Auguste and Louis Lumière

Evian : procession de la Fête-Dieu I(1898)

2.3/5 (with 10 votes)

An oddly routed parade.

Come Along, Do!(1898)

1min | Comedy
2.4/5 (with 9 votes)

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only forty-some seconds have survived. The whole of the second shot is only available as film stills. The film features an elderly man at an art gallery who takes a great interest in a nude statue to the irritation of his wife. The film has cinematographic significance as the first example of film continuity. It was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "one of the first films to feature more than one shot." In the first shot, an elderly couple is outside an art exhibition having lunch and then follow other people inside through the door. The second shot shows what they do inside.

Directed by Robert W. Paul

Surprise Attack on a House at Daybreak(1898)

1min | War
2.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Soldiers ambush a house.

Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché

Disappearing Act(1898)

1min | Fantasy, Comedy
2.3/5 (with 8 votes)

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché

The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ(1898)

11min | Drama, History
2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

The Lumière catalog sold this title as 13 individual, one-scene films, allowing exhibitors to choose which films they wanted to purchase and how to arrange them in their programs. Lumière catalog no. 933 through 945.

Directed by Georges Hatot

The Turn-of-the-Century Blind Man(1898)

1min | Crime, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 7 votes)

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop.

Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché

Revue à Longchamp : arrivée de M. le président Félix Faure(1898)

2.5/5 (with 7 votes)

President Félix Faure, escorted by horsemen, marching past the troops at Longchamp.

Revue à Longchamp : défilé du Génie(1898)

2.5/5 (with 7 votes)

A review of engineers at the Longchamp parade, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

Le goûter champêtre(1898)

2.6/5 (with 7 votes)

A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.

Revue à Longchamp : charge finale et départ de M. le Président(1898)

1min
2.5/5 (with 7 votes)

The end of the Longchamp parade and departure of the President, filmed by the Lumière brothers.

The Oil Gush in Balakhany(1898)

2.4/5 (with 7 votes)

A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the International Paris Exhibition. The film was shot using a 35mm film on a Lumière cinematograph. Silent movie. (Wikipedia)

Directed by Alexandre Michon

Pack Train at Chilkoot Pass(1898)

2.1/5 (with 6 votes)

During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving trail. A pack train comes into view and passes in front of us, led by a man on horseback. Eight loaded mules follow, then another cowboy on horseback and a man walking, then eight more laden mules, another cowboy, then nine more mules, a cowboy, and still the pack train stretches as far as the eye can see. A solitary man watches from atop a hillock.

Tossing a Nigger in a Blanket(1898)

1.7/5 (with 6 votes)

A method soldier boys have for amusing themselves in their leisure moments. New comrades are frequently initiated by the old-fashioned sport of tossing in a blanket. The newly arrived recruit, who is the victim of their sport, enjoys himself, perhaps, less than the other participants.

Passage d'un tunnel en chemin de fer(1898)

2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Shooting Captured Insurgents(1898)

1min | War
2.1/5 (with 5 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

The Cavalier's Dream(1898)

1min | Horror, Fantasy
1.9/5 (with 5 votes)

He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast. Mephistopheles appears; then the old witch, who suddenly changes to a beautiful young girl. The changes and magical appearances are startling and instantaneous.

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