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Movies: Popular Movies of 1900

Movies in chronological context: 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1900th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 900th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1900, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. As of March 1 (O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 (O.S. February 15), 2100. The year 1900 also marked the Year of the Rat on the Chinese calendar. ()

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The One-Man Band(1900)

3.4/5 (with 46 votes)

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the second chair, and then likewise moves on to the third chair. In this way, an entire band is soon formed, and is then ready to perform.

The Enchanted Drawing(1900)

3.3/5 (with 31 votes)

A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.

Grandma's Reading Glass(1900)

1min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 30 votes)

A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what he is doing. The child looks next at grandma's eye, then at a kitten.

Joan of Arc(1900)

11min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 25 votes)

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

Explosion of a Motor Car(1900)

1min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.

Directed by Cecil Hepworth - With Cecil Hepworth

Let Me Dream Again(1900)

2.9/5 (with 21 votes)

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into a clear image of the man waking up to his nagging wife.

Going to Bed Under Difficulties(1900)

2min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 19 votes)

A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.

The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match(1900)

2min | Comedy, Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 18 votes)

A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

Directed by Georges Méliès - With Jehanne d'Alcy

Sherlock Holmes Baffled(1900)

2.6/5 (with 17 votes)

Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.

Directed by Arthur Marvin

The Magic Book(1900)

2min | Fantasy
3.1/5 (with 17 votes)

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs(1900)

3.1/5 (with 17 votes)

The film is a panorama shot-scene lasting just under a minute. The panorama film, as coined by Lumière, is a moving-camera shot--usually accomplished by placing the camera on a moving transport, such as a boat or train.

As Seen Through a Telescope(1900)

1min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 16 votes)

An elderly gentleman in a silk hat sits on a stool in front of a store on the main street of town. He has a telescope that focuses on the ankle of a young woman who is a short distance away. Her husband catches the gent looking. What will the two men do now?

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How It Feels to Be Run Over(1900)

1min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 16 votes)

As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an automobile comes up the road, straight towards the camera. As it gets nearer, the occupants start to wave frantically, but can a collision be avoided?

The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head(1900)

1min
3.0/5 (with 15 votes)

A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.

A Fantastical Meal(1900)

1min | Comedy, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.

Up-to-Date Spiritualism(1900)

1min | Fantasy, Comedy
2.8/5 (with 14 votes)

In this subject a "comique eccentric" enters the drawing room inhabited by spirits. He tries to take off his coat and hat, but these garments return to his head and shoulders as soon as he takes them off. The chairs, his umbrella, his hat, etc., fly away in different directions and by various methods. (Star Film Catalog)

Directed by Georges Méliès

Addition and Subtraction(1900)

1min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 13 votes)

A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

Directed by Georges Méliès

The Christmas Dream(1900)

4min | Fantasy
2.7/5 (with 13 votes)

The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by their governess, are about to retire. Before lying down they hang up their stockings on the edge of the bed. The picture changes and night appears. We see the housetops of the town and angels are flying about depositing packages in each of the chimneys. (Edison Catalog)

The Cook's Revenge(1900)

1min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.

Directed by Georges Méliès

The Doctor and the Monkey(1900)

1min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 12 votes)

A monkey wreaks havoc on a doctor.

The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood(1900)

2min | Fantasy, Comedy
2.7/5 (with 12 votes)

The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.

Directed by Georges Méliès

Attack on a China Mission(1900)

2.5/5 (with 11 votes)

The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and paddles. He's over-matched. What will become of the mission, its defenders, and its occupants?

Directed by James Williamson

How He Missed His Train(1900)

1min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 11 votes)

A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.

Faust and Marguerite(1900)

1min | Fantasy, Horror
1.9/5 (with 10 votes)

Marguerite is seated in front of the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to behead the fair Marguerite. Faust refuses, whereupon Mephistopheles draws the sword across the throat of the lady and she suddenly disappears and Faust is seated in her place.

The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy(1900)

2min | Fantasy
2.5/5 (with 10 votes)

A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

Directed by Georges Méliès

Eight Girls in a Barrel(1900)

1min
2.6/5 (with 9 votes)

A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.

Directed by Georges Méliès

Pierrette's Escapades(1900)

2.6/5 (with 9 votes)

Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favour of Harlequin in this hand-coloured short by Alice Guy.

Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché

The Kiss(1900)

2.7/5 (with 9 votes)

Nothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is not one of that kind, but one of those old fashioned "home made" kind that sets the whole audience into merriment and motion, and has always proven a popular subject. It is very fine photographically and an exhibit is not complete without it. (Edison film catalog)

Directed by Edwin Stanton Porter - With Fred Ott

Cyrano de Bergerac(1900)

2min | Comedy, Drama
2.8/5 (with 9 votes)

Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, the only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play performing a scene from his most famous role. It is accompanied by a sound-on-cylinder recording of Coquelin's voice reciting one of Cyrano's speeches.

Panorama of Eiffel Tower(1900)

2.7/5 (with 8 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by James H. White
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