1907
List activity
56 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
106 titles
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónFerdinand ZeccaA sorcerer tosses an iridescent little beetle into a flaming ceremonial cauldron, and much to his amazement, a six-winged fairy in the body of a beautiful young woman emerges. Is his sorcery potent enough to tame her?
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónFerdinand ZeccaStarsJulienne MathieuA demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.
- DirectorSidney OlcottFrank Oakes RoseStarsGene GauntierHarry T. MoreyWilliam S. HartThe scene opens with an assembly of citizens who are harangued by one of their number, whose words have great weight with the crowd, and their attitude of approval shows that Roman misrule in Jerusalem has reached its climax. Heralds now approach and Roman soldiers beat back the crowd to make way for the approach of the Roman Procurator. The scene changes to the home of Ben Hur, who is seen with his sister and mother on the house top. The cavalcade of Roman troops approaches, and to get a near view Ben Hur leans from the coping and knocks down one of the stones thereof onto the shoulder of the Procurator. This is seen and misconstrued by the Governor, who orders soldiers to arrest the inmates; they, after ineffectual pleas and struggles, are carried off. Ben Hur is consigned to the galleys, where he is loaded with chains. Here he signalizes himself by saving the life of Arrias, who publicly adopts him as his son and proclaims him a Roman citizen amidst the acclamations of the assembled crowd in the forum. Now comes the scene in the games where Ben Hur is challenged by Messala, and accepts it, to the great delight of the citizens. The chariots and athletes parade before the dais and in due time are arranged, and the chariot race commences. Three times 'round the ring dash the chariots, and at the fourth turn Ben Hur comes out the victor and is crowned with the wreath, to the great, chagrin of Messala, who is borne on a stretcher, wounded to death.
- DirectorSidney OlcottThe scene opens at the home of Priscilla, a pretty foliage covered cottage by the side of the lake. Priscilla is seen industriously employed with her embroidery, in a Puritanical dress, making a very pretty picture. It is no wonder that two such men as Miles Standish and John Alden are rivals for the hand of the pretty Quaker maiden. We observe the elder leaving the cottage and blessing the father and Priscilla. Next the father appears with Miles Standish, whom he brings to his daughter, asking her acceptance of his hand and heart. Miles then proceeds to follow up the old mans appeal in propria personae by falling at the feet of Priscilla, who turns her back upon him, rejecting his suit. The father pleads with her to listen, but all to no purpose; she sends Miles away. The father then execrates the daughter, chiding her for her undutiful conduct in not accepting the suitor he has provided for her. Calling her mother, he explains the case to her, and she also admonishes Priscilla, but making no impression, she shakes her vigorously and leaves her in tears at what she considers the unkind treatment of her parents. Her tears are soon dried, however, as a canoe with John Alden is rapidly run up the bank. John leaps from it and there is evidently a good understanding between the two, for as soon as his feet touch the landing the couple are clasped in one anothers arms. This does not last long, for the father appearing on the scene causes John to rapidly seek his canoe and flee. In his haste to overtake the lover the old man, trying to grasp the canoe, falls into the water, from which he is rescued by his wife who leads him into the house, to the great merriment of Priscilla. We are now taken to an Indian camp; the old chief appears, and to his companions makes some statement which causes excitement with the tribe. They at once proceed to smoke the pipe of war, after which they declare their readiness to follow the chief, who leads them on the war path. A pretty country lane is now seen in the calm of a Sabbath day. The elder is observed walking sedately toward the meeting house, followed a little behind by John Alden and Priscilla, who take advantage of the quietness and solitude offered by a niche in the foliage to do a little love-making. The mother unexpectedly discovers them in this interesting position to her great consternation. She quickly turns back to fetch the father, who is coming along in company with Miles Standish. When they reach the spot the lovers have passed on their way to the meeting house. While discussing the question of their disappearance the tribe of Indians put in an appearance causing them to beat a quick retreat. We once more return to the home of Priscilla. John Alden appears in great haste upon the scene. Giving his usual lovers signal, Priscilla quickly appears and is informed by her lover of danger by the near proximity of the Indian tribe, who mean mischief. He persuades her to flee with him in his canoe to a place of safety, and the boat is no sooner launched than the Indians appear and watch them paddling away. Miles Standish, actuated by the same thought of safety for Priscilla, rushes up to the cottage door, but before he can reach it the Indians have caught, overpowered and felled him to the ground, then bind his arms and take from him his sword; being thus helpless, they lead him away. His cries have aroused the old Quaker and his wife, who, just awakened from their sleep, rush upon the scene in time to see him being led off. We now see Miles Standish, helpless in the hands of the Indians, about to be scalped, when John Alden suddenly appears; fighting with the Indians, he puts them to flight, then in a hand to hand fight with the chief, a case of tomahawk vs. sword, finally overcomes him. Having thus gained the victory, he cuts the bonds of Miles Standish, binds up his wounds, and leads him to his retreat, where he calls Priscilla to assist the wounded man. In gratitude to John for his rescue Miles then gives up to him, his rival no longer, the hand of Priscilla. John having found the other members of the party, brings them to share the safety of the retreat which he has found, and here a very pretty ceremony is seen, the elder joining in the bonds of wedlock John Alden and Priscilla, while the father, mother and Miles Standish help the ceremony with beaming countenances and blessing. A fitting finale to an exciting period of historical romance and strenuous life of the earlier settlers in America. -- The Moving Picture World, September 21, 1907
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerThree young women are smiling and playing in a lake, their nude bodies reflecting in the water, when a forest watcher appears from the wood, and chases them away. They get out of the water, pick their clothes from tree branches, and move away before putting them on. The bearded man seems to be shy, but he is chasing after them through the wood, anyway. the circular movement of that water.
- DirectorViggo LarsenStarsOda AlstrupViggo LarsenGustav Lund
- DirectorHugo HermansenStarsAlma LundHenry HagerupA story about how dangerous the life of a fisherman is. The film is believed to be lost. The oldest known Norwegian movie.
- DirectorFelipe de Jesús HaroStarsFelipe de Jesús Haro
- DirectorÉmile CohlThis subject presents n remarkably clever series of illusions in which a Japanese lantern, several dolls, chickens, mice and grasshoppers play a very prominent part. Mystifying and highly entertaining throughout and of perfect photographic quality.
- DirectorTeuvo PuroLouis SparreStarsEero KilpiTeuvo PuroTeppo RaikasTwo local men who are making moonshine in the woods. A customer comes to them, and while sampling the product they start a game of cards, which eventually leads to a fight. While the fight is going on, the local police shows up and arrests the makers while the customer manages to escape.
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerFour Arab men in white burnouses, two women in grey, and one female cook in striped burnous, are sitting in front of a cave in a forest path. (From a piece of grey cloth over the entrance to the cave, two 8-pointed white stars hang incongruously: the Production company's logo.) A pan hangs from a tripod. A girl in a colorful dress arrives with a Bucovina shepherd dog, and starts dancing in front of the men. First, half of the men go, then the others and the girl leave. Only one man stays, taking care of the food being prepared in the pot. Snivelling from their hiding place, a robber jumps him, and knocks him out with a blow. Three thugs join him, and they take whatever they find in the cave (guns). The dog comes back, and sits a while near the fallen cook. The Arabs return, and are alarmed at the robbery, and the killing of their cook. Meanwhile, somewhere in the forest, five girls reach a pond covered with moss, disrobe, and enter the water. Three are wearing headbands, but one takes hers off before getting wet. Refreshed now, the girls sit on towels on the grass to sundry - but they are attacked by the gang of robbers, and forced to follow them, leaving their clothes behind. One girl manages to escape, but she is hunted by two robbers. She jumps into the lake and swims away to the middle of it. The two men seem to be afraid of wetting their feet, and chose to fire their guns at her, but the girl escapes the shooting by diving deep into the lake, and they miss.
- DirectorGeorges MendelStarsJean NotéBy 1907, sound experimenter Georges Mendel had devised a system to assure synchronization by mechanically interlocking phonograph and projector. The film was shot to playback but amplification of the acoustic recording remained a significant limitation. Here, M. Note of the Paris Opera sings "La Marseillaise" in 1908.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsMlle. BodsonManuelGeorges MélièsAs the clock strikes twelve, a weary astronomer attempts to answer the impertinent enquiries of his young students by scrutinising an impending lunar eclipse, as an effeminate and delicate moon caresses the mighty sun's hungry cosmic rays.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsFernande AlbanyJehanne d'AlcyGeorges MélièsKing Edward VII of England and the President of the French Republic, Armand Fallières, envision tunnelling the English Channel; nevertheless, only a maiden voyage can determine whether this is a triumphant aspiration or an acrid nightmare.
- DirectorMillard MercuryStarsEwing TordellaEdith TrublanchetA humongous and obese anthropomorphic swine dressed like a fine gentleman in a fancy dinner attire tries to make a pass at a solitary lady having a picnic.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsManuelGeorges MélièsUndersea adventures in a submarine by a dreaming fisherman who encounters mystical underwater creatures at odds with him. A parody on Jules Verne's novel.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsPaul PanzerWilliam V. RanousOn a dark and stormy night, a traveler takes a room at a spooky hotel in the forest. As soon as the proprietor leaves, the room comes alive with ghosts and poltergeists who torment the man as he tries to unpack, eat, and go to sleep.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyEdwin S. PorterStarsGitchner HartmanMr. LehapmanBessie SchredneckyA generous boy tries to help a girl who does not believe in Santa Claus because of her family's poverty.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterSeven toy teddy bears of varying sizes suddenly come to life, getting in all sorts of merry misadventures.
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaA policeman spots a dog stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and gives chase. Soon several more policemen have joined the pursuit. But the chase does not turn out as the policemen expect.
- DirectorAlice GuyThis is the story of a pot of glue and the over interfering boy. Finding a pot of glue, the lad immediately proceeds to apply it to everything in sight. Accordingly, the stairway, lawn seat and a bicycle seat and handles are liberally daubed, so that those coming in contact experience much inconvenience in liberating themselves. "He who laughs last laughs best," can also be applied in this instance, as, in giving vent to his amusement, the lad falls back on to the pot and is unable to liberate himself.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniStarsLouise LagrangeAn early version of the Cinderella story.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierStarsMax LinderMax causes havoc when he joins other skaters on a frozen lake.
- DirectorRomeo BosettiLouis FeuilladeTwo youths unharness a man's donkey, letting the cart tip up, and the pumpkins inside roll down the street. The owner and his donkey then pursue the pumpkins through a variety of obstacles until they catch up with them.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsTwo thieves, Robert Macaire and Bertrand, are eating at an outdoor restaurant, when they find themselves left alone. So, spying their chance, they make off with everything on the table. The waitress, discovering the theft, gives the alarm and four policemen begin following the thieves. Robert Macaire and Bertrand meanwhile rob a bank and steal several costumes to disguise themselves as tourists. They leave their clothes in a garden and embark onto a train, the police behind them. They get off at the station, and an attendant tells the police which way they when the police arrive. Entering a town, an earthquake hits and the thieves fly through the air. They land and the police are again on their trail. To hide themselves Macaire and Bertrand must disclose themselves in a barn. The police soon discover their abode and shoot the thieves down, but Robert Macaire and Bertrand get up and escape after the police turn their backs. And, jumping into a hot air balloon, they float away, making rude gestures to the officers of the law.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniA man is helped by a good fairy to conquer his beloved. Thanks to the talisman she gives him, a sheep's foot, he will triumph from all obstacles.
- A boy writes on a board, then tips his hat to the viewer.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsHamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- DirectorAndré Legrand
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerIn front of a round tent, a pasha is sitting on the grass; to the right of the tent's door, covered with a patterned blanket, is a flagpole - on top of which is an 8-pointed star [Saturn-Film's logo]. The pasha claps hands, and a servant comes to his bid. The lord is going to smoke from his water-pipe while he buys some new slave girls. The servant calls the seller and his two henchmen, who bring forth four girls in patterned burnooses. The first is totally undressed [facing the Arab, not the camera], and sent into the tent; the next girl gets topless, and also sent into the tent; the third is forced to undress by the henchmen, and also sent inside. The fourth, apparently a younger girl, is dismissed by the Arab after showing her small, firm breasts, and she goes back with the henchmen. Follows an argument over the price, and finally the slave master goes away, happy. The servant must help the pasha up, and the lord goes to his tent. The curtain falls over the door - and stays - and stays.
- The Chinese Slave Smuggling scene opens up in the midst of a wood in which a shanty is hid; there appears upon the scene a Chinese Potentate, who is stealthily drawing nearer to the door of the shanty, and knocks in a peculiar manner. Lieutenant Manly, who has had his suspicions aroused, appears at this moment, peering around the corner of the shanty, and sees the Chinaman admitted by the captain of the sloop, after which Lieutenant Manly comes forward and looks through an aperture, and, seeing them about to reappear, he hides again. The door then opens, with the captain of the sloop and the Chinaman dragging a Chinese girl between them. At this point a controversy takes place between the Chinaman and the captain of the sloop, about the money to be paid for smuggling the girl, but the captain refuses to allow the girl to go unless he is paid in full. They re-enter the shanty and settle this matter, leaving the girl alone. At this point the lieutenant, seeing the coast clear, runs up to the girl and informs her that he will render her assistance. The two captors then re-appear upon the scene, and Lieutenant Manly again hides. They now drag the girl away, but they are followed at a distance by the lieutenant. The scene is now changed to the Coast Guard Station, with a coast guard performing sentry-go. The lieutenant rushes up and explains to the sentry his errand, and goes into the station, and, calling his comrades, he explains to them what he has discovered, and soon re-appears in the disguise of a common seaman. The next scene is aboard the sloop, and the men are seen quarreling amongst themselves. The captain and the Chinaman are seen coming along with the Chinese girl between them, and the sailors assist in getting the girl aboard. Just as they are about to sail, the disguised lieutenant springs aboard, and after a little parley is engaged as one of the crew. As soon as this matter is settled, orders are given to sail. While they are busily engaged, the lieutenant advances to the girl, tells her to be of good courage, but in this act he is observed and is felled by the marline spike of the captain; he lies on the deck in a swoon while the girl is beaten. The information given at the Revenue Station has caused the officers to bring out the cutter and they give chase to the sloop. We see them gradually drawing nearer, but as yet they are not observed by those on the sloop. The girl, turning to her rescuer, tries to revive him with cold water, bathing his face; this soon revives him from his swoon. Hearing steps, he feigns unconsciousness again, and the girl assumes her attitude of dejection. The Chinaman then appears and offers his attentions to the girl, but she repulses him, but he calmly smokes his pipe and puts his arm around her waist. At this moment the revived lieutenant strikes the Chinaman, and gives him a dig in the arm with his knife, and then lies back in a supposed swoon. The Chinaman then calls the captain of the sloop, and, with his marline spike, attempts to strike the prostrate form of the lieutenant, but the girl interferes and prevents the blow. The revenue cutter is now seen drawing nearer and nearer to the sloop, and the revenue men are seen training their guns upon the sloop. This takes the attention away from the couple, and they prepare to fight off the onslaught of the revenue men, but the men on the sloop are soon over-powered by the revenue men, who take charge of the sloop and rescue the girl and Lieutenant Manly. -- The Moving Picture World, October 5, 1907
- DirectorCecil M. HepworthStarsGertie PotterBertie PotterA boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsJinnie FrazerMrs. George GebhardtMr. ShelleyChollie and George compete for a young woman's affection, using trickery and sabotage.
- DirectorAlbert KirchnerOn their wedding night, the newlyweds are ready to go to bed with the ceremony of taking off their clothes, the bride, and the groom wanting to see what he has not seen yet.
- DirectorAlice GuyA heavily pregnant woman has a series of irrepressible cravings while walking with her family.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsThe scene opens with the jester being spurned by the king, who has evidently partaken of food which disagrees with him, and instead of being amused by the frolics of his jester he casts him away. All the wiles of the jester fail to raise a smile. The king petulantly throws himself into his chair of state. The jester, finding his jokes falling flat, performs acrobatic feats to no effect; juggling with balls, no result; the king won't be pleased. The jester then gathers chairs and builds them up and outward. Ah! The king is at last interested, wondering why they don't fall over, and gets down to see. The jester, taking a pair of bellows, blows the chairs and they fall in a heap at the king's feet. The jester next puts the chairs away and tickles the king, who kicks him for his frivolity; then, getting down from his chair to again kick the jester, kicks air, for the jester has vanished, quickly appearing again out of a large box and laughing at his master, who again seats himself with a frown. Finding all his efforts to please are not appreciated, the jester summons a lady to his aid. Now the king is all attention. Then taking three stools, the jester places them before the king, helps the lady to stand on the center one, pulls her dress, which falls to the ground, displaying her as a Grecian model. The king now forgets his indigestion and watches, the figure. The jester produces two staves, which he places under the outstretched hands of the model, then with a few passes hypnotizes his subject; he now takes the center stool from beneath the sleeping beauty, leaving her suspended on the two staves. After one or two more passes, he removes one of the staves, leaving the subject with only the support of the other, to the astonishment of the king, who is still more surprised when the beautiful model throws him a kiss. The jester now replaces the stool under the feet of the model, awakens her and helps her down. The king sits on the stool, takes the model in his arms and is about to kiss her, when to his intense disgust he finds himself embracing his jester, who, linking his arm in that of the king, leads him off.
- This subject illustrates the pathetic attachment that exists between a dog and his blind master. The latter being sick, the dog is sent with a message for the doctor. A lady sees the dog with his note, reads it, takes it to the nearest physician who calls upon the blind man. The dog takes a prescription to the druggist, returns to his master, who dies soon after. After the burial the dog lies on the grave, refuses food and pines away, finding death upon the grave.
- StarsLinda ArvidsonRobert HarronAnthony O'SullivanIn the opening of the story we find Mr. Gay at breakfast, served with coffee and rolls from the fair hands of a pretty petite French maid, whose cherry lips like rose leaves seem tacitly inviting and he proceeds to accept the invitation, when Mrs. Gay appears. "The venom clamors of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth," and a fury of furies rage as Gay escapes and the maid is discharged. At the office, as his typewriter, is a veritable Andromeda, whose radiant beauty makes him her sycophantic Perseus, and often while her lithe digits are galloping swiftly over the ivories of the keyboard he cannot resist seizing them, and the trend of his dictation becomes a mellifluous flood of "silly nothings." It was during one of these effervescent ebullitions that Milady Gay enters the office. Convulsed with rage, she goes for the indecorous couple, throwing Gay into his chair; and driving out the pretty typist, hurling her cloak and hat, with execrations, after her. Poor Gay. Explanations and excuses are futile. The Mrs. will engage the next typewriter, and at out she goes in quest of one to her own fancy. Gay takes advantage of her absence to meet the evicted charmer and together they go to a lobster palace to soothe their ruffled nerves with a cold bottle and a hot bird. But unelusive wifey is on their trail, and he has barely time to get under the table when she rushes in. His hiding place is discovered, and sardonically brandishing a huge china plaster, she brings it down upon the shell of his cerebrum with a jolt that loosens his teeth and raises an excrescence the size of an egg. Meanwhile the cause of the trouble has flown, and Gay is led crestfallen back to the office, where the new typewriter awaits him. Merciful heaven! What a sight. Hecate, the witch, is a nymph of loveliness compared to her. A fact that is an affliction and a figure like a Chinese idol. Installing her in the position, Mrs. Gay, with an air of satisfaction departs. Gay makes an effort to tolerate her presence, but it is simply impossible, so dispatching his office boy to the costumer's to procure the ugliest mask in his stock, he persuades the new amanuenses with a generous bribe of bank notes to go; go and never return. The modern feminine Eumenides, quite overcome by this magnanimous munificence, accepts the money and is off. The boy arrives with the mask, and a message is sent for the charmer, who returns and dons the mask during wifey's calls, which scheme works like a charm. Mr. Gay next visits his favorite manicure shop, and while the pretty manicurist is polishing his nails, persists in playing the game of "holding hands." His advances are mildly repulsed by the maid, and during this little pleasantry Mrs. Gay enters and at once recognizing the voice of her hubby, climbs upon a chair to peer over the top of the screen that separates them. The sight she beholds throws her into a frenzy of passion, which causes her to fall from her perch, entangled in the screen and chairs, fighting, fuming, struggling, screaming termagant from whom the trembling Gay and poor manicure girls cower in abject terror. Upon his return home in the evening, he is just in time to see a gentleman, with the courtly bearing of an Italian nobleman, effusively received by Mrs. Gay and invited to her boudoir. Gay's erring soul is torn with jealousy, and seizing a revolver resolves self-destruction, but his courage fails him, and upon sober second thoughts, decides to put his apparent rival out of existence. So following on to his wife's apartment he finds, much to his chagrin as well as relief, that the imagined Barbarello is but an Italian barber, who has come to dress his wife's hair. Sheepishly he retires from the house and an attack of acute dipsosis seizes him. He arrives home in a potulent, boozy condition to find Mrs. Gay, though in bed, is awake to fling at him a most loquacious tirade. Nothing can stop her nerve-racking harangue, until a bright idea strikes the bibulous Gay, and he shuts her up in the folding bed, effectually drawing the curtain over her curtain lecture, and at the same time dropping the curtain on a film story, that for bright, telling comedy situations has never up to date been excelled. -- The Moving Picture World, December 21, 1907
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsSatan uses of magical powers to cure his boredom while locked in a prison cell.
- DirectorAlice GuyA tumultuous time in French history affects the life of one particular man, an innocent bystander swept up in the confusion around him.
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerCompilation of two shorts also distributed independently: Cricket und Reifenspiel [Croquet and the Arc and Hook Game], and Springschnur und Amazonen [Jump Roping and the Amazons]. In a sunny day, on a lawn in the woods, three nude, young brunettes with little flower arrangements on their hair are playing a succession of three dexterity games: throwing and catching three arcs with the use of a thin long hook, jumping the rope (soon replaced by a long piece of light cloth), and using the arcs as hoops for a bit of croquet with appropriate mallets and balls.
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaDepicting well-known incidents in the life of Jesus Christ, this milestone of early cinema won world fame, huge audiences and a screen life of decades when most secular films of the time measured their commercial life in weeks.
- DirectorAntonio CuestaAngel García CardonaA blind man walks through the villages in the company of the girl who acts as a guide. But some kidnappers take a lady to a hovel and the girl sees everything.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsFernande AlbanyManuelJohn is one of a group of sightseers who loves the bottle a little too much. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on a ruin site where he starts having hallucinations. Some kind of high priest conjures up before his eyes visions of beautiful living statues in antique women's clothing as well as platefuls of appetizing victuals. But whenever poor John tries to embrace one of the goddesses or eat the food, everything disappears. In the end, when John thinks he has finally fallen into the arms of one of the sirens, he finds himself in those of a fat lady who had lain down near him to take a rest.
- DirectorGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonStarsPansy PerryAs a young couple are courting, they are rudely interrupted and split up. The man is seized and is turned over to a gang of toughs who want to hang him. Though she is greatly outnumbered, the young woman wastes no time in making a determined effort to rescue him.
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerA middle-aged man bare chest and wearing trousers, clears a shallow trench in the sand while a young woman draped in a long, flimsy veil looks on. The man leaves, but stays in the nearby wood at a watching distance, glancing at the girl divesting of her robe, sitting in the trench as if to sunbathe. She shifts positions a couple of times, but then the man returns, and starts covering her with sand. Unhappy, the girl gets up, picks a flask of lotion from the trench, and leaves with the man.
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerThe artist studio is decorated with a rug, a chaise longue, a small table, a plinth, a couple of copies of classic sculptures, a vase with flowers, a few prints on the walls, and on the wood paneled lower half of the wall, an 8-pointed star [Saturn-Film's logo]. The artist is wearing a white shift over his grey trousers, shirt and necktie, and he is wearing black shoes. With hammer and chisel, he applies the last touches on his last piece of sculpture - the three graces, standing nude on a rectangular podium covered with a white bed-shit. He steps back, contemplates his work, and rejoices on the beauty he has achieved. He goes out momentarily, and brings a bottle of champagne and a glass; before drinking, he makes a toast to his finished statue. He drinks, smokes a cigarette, and contemplates his work - until he falls asleep on the chaise longue. Obly then do the three graces stir, and tip-toe around their creator. One even dares to approach her lips to the artist's, and they dart back to their static positions. The artist wakes, throws kisses at the triple statue, kneeling in front of it, then drinks some more, and gets back to sleep. When he wakes up again, it seems he had some idea during his sleep; he takes the hammer and chisel again, and rectifies again the elbow of one the graces.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónFerdinand ZeccaStarsJulienne MathieuA talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes to life and comes out of the frame and imitates his every action. As soon as he rubs the fluid off the mirror his double disappears. When the servant come in, a little of the fluid is again rubbed on the mirror, and he has the same experience, his reflection stepping out and doing stunts, thereby scaring the poor fellow almost to death. The inventor of the fluid then takes the mirror with him and goes out on the street, a passing policeman looks into it, and immediately his double appears and they have a free-for-all fight. A fellow playing the hose on the street is surprised when his double faces him, also holding a hose, and for a time it is amusing to see them drenching one another. He next goes into a café, where a man seated at a table gazes into the mirror, and immediately his double appears on the opposite side of the table, and it is nip and tuck to see who can eat the most. They cause so much excitement in the place that everything is wrecked and the unfortunate fellow is unceremoniously ejected, while his double disappears. The young inventor goes home, but is followed by an angry mob, who procure a vat and give him an undesired bath, and in the midst of the excitement the young student of chemicals awakens and finds that it is only a dream.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsManuelGeorges MélièsA painter completes his portrait of a woman and falls asleep only to awaken and find his apprentice has destroyed his efforts.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsJ. Stuart BlacktonAn illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word. The first word he writes is coon, which he transforms into a sketch of a black man. The next word he writes is Cohen, which he transforms into a sketch of a Jewish looking man. He is then visited on set by another man, who makes a smudge on the drawing surface. The illustrator turns that smudge into a sketch of that visiting man. And finally, he draws a drinking glass, a bottle of milk and a bottle of seltzer which take on lives of their own.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsBertha RegustusEdward BouldenMr. La MontteA woman goes to the dentist for a toothache and is given gas. On her way home on the subway she can't stop laughing, and every other passenger catches the laughter from her.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterStarsWilliam CravenFlorence LawrenceSusanne WillisDaniel Boone is captured by Indians when he tries to rescue his abducted daughter.
- StarsEvelyn NesbitDramatization of the real-life shooting of Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothScissors cut out shapes which come to life.
- DirectorMichel CarréStarsGeorges WagueHenri GougetChristiane MandelysIt's a play in three parts. This film is supposed to be the first long feature film released in Europe
- DirectorLewin FitzhamonA mad lord buys a girl from her father, kills her during the night, and is captured after a murderous struggle.
- DirectorGaston VelleA young boy asleep dreams about Jules Verne-inspired adventures in a balloon and under the sea, where he meets dancing mermaids and a giant squid.
- DirectorViggo LarsenStarsCarl AlstrupOda AlstrupViggo LarsenMarguerite, a beautiful woman of affairs, falls for the young and promising Armand, but sacrifices her love for him for the sake of his future and reputation.
- StarsMarcel PerezThe cyclist is dispatched upon an important errand, and his humorous and alarming adventures by the way form the subject of this series. Misadventure follows misadventure with great frequency, but the cyclist comes up smiling every time, mounts his machine, and again resumes his journey. Accidents which would maim or kill an ordinary mortal serve only to spur him on to fresh exertions in a mad search for physical inconveniences and dangers, which always present themselves. It may indeed be predicted of the hero that he will either die peacefully in his bed or end his career through slipping on a piece of orange peel, or swallowing a pin. Only an ordinary and simple ending would be appropriate after such a strenuous life. Certainly he will never be hanged or drowned. He charges at full speed a horse-drawn tram car, and is upset. He attacks the double windows of a corner shop, to falls into a basket of eggs on the other side. He bodily upsets a donkey, cart and driver. He is precipitated into and disorganizes a party of men and women enjoying refreshment at an open-air café. He is thrown into a deep excavation in the road, and, colliding with the parapet of a bridge, is thrown over and falls forty feet into a swiftly flowing river, to be fished out and remount his machine. Finally, he appears in full view of the audience, a sorry spectacle of mud, eggs, water and other accumulations, but wearing a grin of triumph which augurs well for his future.
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerA photographer tries to manipulate a woman into a sexy photo shoot. When she refuses, he finds a more obliging model and takes a series of nude photos. When men line up to buy them, a woman objects.
- The opening shows a colored nursemaid in the park with baby carriage, and seated on a bench receives the attention of several smart colored men who admire her greatly and endeavor to make her acquaintance. But the dusky belle is coy and declines to make the acquaintance of any of them, until one more fortunate than the rest is invited to a seat on the bench with her, and a most pronounced flirtation takes place between the lady and her beau. The course of true love seems to run smoothly, and we are next introduced to the lady's home, where the young man is paying a visit and is introduced by the girl to her, father and mother, typical old darkies of before the war time, and several funny scenes follow in which the kid hint her plays a prominent part. The coon favors his girl with many presents and lavishes attentions upon her, although it cannot he said that the courtship proceeds altogether without incident. A rival appears on the scene, razors are drawn and finally a duel is arranged, at which both suitors, accompanied by their seconds, appear on the field of honor and exchange shots at thirty paces; one of the combatants is carried off the field, while our original hero remains the master of the situation, and the girl, arriving at the moment, is so pleased with his valor that arrangements for the wedding are made at once. The happy climax is reached at last and the marriage ceremony makes the two coons one and ends the "wooing" in a wedding. Next is seen the home of the young couple, but quite a change has taken place. No longer does the colored gallant overwhelm his lady with presents and similar attentions. Put the familiar sign of "Washing Done Here" is apparent, and while the woman toils at the wash tub the married coon smokes, drinks and enjoys himself at his leisure until he decides to go out and enjoy the sights and pleasures of the town. In turn he visits a trap game and several other gambling scenes, not forgetting various saloons, at which he accumulates a very perceptible package. His gambling experience has been unsuccessful and he loses not only his money but his clothes as well, and finally is compelled to rob a scarecrow in order to get clothes enough to get home again at all, which he finally gains in a very disheveled and ragged condition. The unfortunate coon has not been home long before he is attacked by imaginary foes as the result of his drinking bout; seizing a broom he gives battle wildly but is surprised by his wife, who, disgusted with the condition in which her husband has returned, attacks him viciously and gives him the beating he so richly deserves and ends by throwing a tub of suds and dirty water all over him.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonThis is a posed picture, showing the workshop of a sculptor. A customer purchases a rather good piece of handiwork, a statue which dances when wound up. Removing it to his home, a servant starts it moving and it runs away. After powdering his face from a flour barrel the servant takes the position upon the pedestal in an attempt to deceive the master of the house. The discovery of the deception is the finale, bringing the picture to a close.
- The gallant lover, whose proposal of marriage is accepted by his sweetheart, meets with a storm of disapproval from her father, on account of her youth. Tearful and disconsolate, they receive this prophylaxis to the consummation of their wishes. But "beauty's tears are lovelier than her smiles," and when the young knight beholds the tender orbs of his lady fair welled with those heaven-moving pearls, he becomes desperate, and as a "dernier ressort" suggests elopement, to which suggestion his sweetheart cheerfully assents. When the "queen of night shines fair, with all her virgin stars about her," the young chevalier rides up on that twentieth century Pegasus, the automobile, and taking his inamorata aboard, they chug off down the road like the wind, with Eros at the wheel. They have hardly disappeared before Pa and Ma, awakened by the snorting of the gasoline steed, start in pursuit, clad only in their robe-de-nuit, in another auto. The young lovers are madly spinning along the road, touching only the high spots, when suddenly, frowns wrinkle the brow of Fortune, and the idiosyncrasies of the buzz-wagon for a time seem to militate against a happy denouement of the story. First, in making a sharp turn in the road, it skids and whirls around like a weather vane, and a little further on it sticks fast in a heavy morass, and no amount of manual persuasion will induce the carburetor to "carburet." Here they find themselves impaled on the horns of a dilemma. The pursuing auto is seen rapidly advancing along the moonlit highway. Think, and think quickly. Ah! to the woods, for autos have not as yet been trained to fly or climb trees. So through the woods they make their way until they come to a lake where a motor-boat is tied to the landing. Into this they leap and are soon swiftly cutting through the scintillating ripples of the turquoise waters. But misfortune sits ahelm, and the Sphinx would shed tears of pity at their plight when, while darting along towards their goal, the opposite shore, the motor-boat explodes, hurling them into the cold, merciless water, The stout-hearted lover succeeds in bringing his precious burden ashore, and carries her prostrate form to a farmhouse nearby, where the bucolic altruism of the old country couple soon revives their chilled spirits, attiring their bodies in suits of their clothing in place of the wet ones they had on. You may imagine they cut most ludicrous figures as they stood before the village parson, whom the good old farmer hurriedly summoned, the bridegroom in his host's dress suit, which, what it lacked in length, more than amply made up in breadth, and the blushing bride in a pristine creation of dressmaker's art belonging to the old lady. But Cupid is no respecter of raiment. If he was, he would dress differently himself, and so the happy pair are made one just as Pa and Ma rush into the farmhouse, whither they trace the recalcitrant young ones. But, all too late, and making the best of the situation, they give the newlyweds their parental blessing. Thus terminates the calamitous adventures of a pair of determined lovers.
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerFour nude girls prance about in a small clearing in a dense wood or green garden. Two stay coyly to the left, one dances in the front with a flowing, flimsy veil, and another, far right, mimics the dancer's movements.
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerTwo women get undressed to take a bath in a lake. When a fisherman throws out his hook to catch some fish, he accidentally puts his hook in one of the women. A policeman appears to seemingly put the fisherman away.
- StarsÉtienne ArnaudAlice GuyA behind the scenes look at Alice Guy Blanche directing one of her films.
- DirectorJ.H. MartinAn escaped lunatic kills a woman, strangles a railway passenger, climbs a building, and is caught by a sailor.
- In an Arabic household, a sorceress summons spirits for the inhabitants. Then she shows them even greater wonders.
- DirectorJohn MorlandPerformance of the song "A Wandering Minstrel, I," from the musical play 'The Mikado' by Gilbert and Sullivan.
- DirectorGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonA nicely-dressed man is riding on a bicycle, but he is clearly new at it. He cannot manage to steer in a straight line, and it is not long before he becomes quite a hazard to pedestrians and to others in his path.
- DirectorEugène PlanchatGiovanni Vitrotti
- DirectorAndré HeuzéLucien NonguetA man loses his job, but he has the chance of saving a girl's life. The girl falls in love with him, and her father will offer the man a job.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónA family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.
- DirectorJames WilliamsonA dancer dressed as Satan has trouble hailing a cab.
- DirectorLucien Nonguet
- DirectorErnesto Maria PasqualiStarsLydia De RobertiErnesto VaserThe scene is that of a palace and courtyard centuries ago. The lord is escorting his two daughters and the swain follows at a distance, playing on a stringed instrument as he goes. Whenever the father turns, the player seems to look in another direction, and every opportunity he sets he steals up behind the party and kisses the outstretched hand of one of the maids. As they near the palace the father looks back frequently, and finally offers a few remarks uncomplimentary to the lover. He looks lovingly at the palace doors, as they close from view the object of his adoration. Lingering a trifle he notes that his attentions are not indifferently received by the maid, as she makes her way to a window and opens the lattice work to speak to him. Looking about he finds a length of two-inch tubing, one end of which he passes up to her, and, taking a seat under the window, the two proceed to talk to each other through the tube. Thus occupied the father comes upon his daughter and, securing a decanter of water, he takes from the dumbfounded maiden the tube and pours the water into it.
- DirectorLewin FitzhamonStarsGertie PotterThe story of a little girl and her pets, a horse and a dog, whose marvelous intelligence is most strikingly shown. The little girl, whose home is at the seaside, goes out on the rocks to play with her dog. There she romps with her pet and quite loses sight of the constantly rising tide. Suddenly she discovers that the rocks are surrounded, and her escape entirely cut off. Turning to her dog, she motions him to the land; instantly he is off, swimming to shore and dashing across the beach. He reaches the stable, where he unties the pet horse, then leading the way, he and the horse dash off to the surf, through which they plunge. The horse soon reaches the rock, which he has much difficulty in approaching, but finally the little girl succeeds in getting upon his back, and is then swiftly borne to shore.
- DirectorRoberto Omegna
- The hallway and stairs of a boarding-house are shown and the various lodgers are seen ascending the stairs to go to their respective quarters. After they are all in, two burglars jimmy their way into a room and the next set of pictures show what is transpiring on each floor. Beginning in the cellar, an old man is seen sampling wine from huge kegs. On the floor above a lodger is giving his friends a little dinner. Above them the burglars are working, and on the top floor a strong-armed circus performer is going through his exercises with numerous heavy weights. He lifts one and then another mass of metal and he finally raises a huge dumbbell above his head. Suddenly he wavers, his arms give way and the dumbbell goes tearing through the floor where the burglars are at work, then goes right through that floor and on top of the diners, tearing through that floor also, finally landing in the cellar. The strong man follows through each hole. The gymnast gathers himself together, takes his dumbbell and ascends the stairs to the hall. Here pandemonium reigns, the lodgers running about as if a hurricane had struck the building. On learning the identity of the bolt, which shot through the building, they are about to do the gymnast violence when he sees the two burglars trying to get out of the building and by grasping them both and holding them for the police he wins the better will of the lodgers whose floors and ceilings he had broken.
- DirectorViggo LarsenStarsAxel GraatkjærViggo LarsenKnud LumbyeTwo white hunters accompanied by their servant go hunting in the African jungle. They see various animals and shoot a lion.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsA hawker demonstrates his glue's exceptional qualities; however, a pair of policemen shut him down. Bent on revenge, he goes to extreme lengths for justice, but it's a risky action, and one could easily get a taste of his own medicine.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeAlice GuyThe library of a modern home is shown, husband, wife and child each occupied in their particular diversions. The maid is called in, who dresses the child in street garments, and the two leave the house for a stroll. Entering the park, they walk through the lanes and avenues, the little girl running ahead and skipping the rope. Finding a vacant bench, the maid takes possession and presently dozes off. The little girl playfully runs away and accidentally comes upon the scene of a "holdup," whereupon, unobserved by the footpads, she ties her rope across the passageway through which the robbers must of necessity flee. As anticipated, the robbers, in attempting to escape, trip over the rope and become entangled. In the meantime, our young heroine runs out on the public thoroughfare and gives the alarm, to which two officers respond, whom she leads to the spot, where they capture the "hold-up" men. Our little girl runs farther on, and coming to the brink of the river, observes a blind man who is about to attempt to cross an open draw of a bridge. Through herculean efforts she manipulates the mechanism of the bridge just in the nick of time, thereby saving the life of a poor blind man. The next scene shows three intoxicated men staggering down a street, oblivious to all danger. A train of cars is about to cross the street Our heroine, noticing the deathtrap into which the intoxicated men are about to stagger, runs ahead and closes the gate, thereby impeding their progress and consequently saving them, from injury and possible death. The nurse, upon waking, discovers that her charge is gone, and scurries away in search of the little girl; not finding her, she returns home and reports to the frantic parents that their child is lost. The little girl now rambles on aimlessly, and discovering her plight, tells a passing police officer that she is lost, whereupon she is brought to the headquarters, where she gives her name and address, with which information they soon notify her parents by telephone and dispatch an officer home with her. Arriving home, she is received joyously, and the scene closes, showing the little girl comically scolding the maid for her carelessness, then followed by forgiveness and embraces.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsAlice TissotMaurice VinotRenée CarlLegendary French director Louis Feuillade does what he does best in THE COLONEL'S ACCOUNT. What begins as the simple telling of a story erupts into chaos as the tale becomes reality. One thing leads to another. If war is hell then all hell breaks loose!
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónThe legend of Ali Baba and the forty thieves: Ali Baba discovers a hidden cave where a band of thieves have stored their enormous treasure. Cassim also learns about the cave, but he is caught by the thieves and put to death. Knowing that their secret has been found out, the thieves devise a trick in an attempt to kill Ali Baba and anyone else who might know about their hiding place.
- DirectorAlice GuyA man starts playing a piano. Neighbors hearing the music begin dancing, and are drawn to the music, dropping what they are doing to join the impromptu dance party.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeAlice GuyAn extremely clumsy man tries to clean a woman's house with disastrous results.
- DirectorLewin FitzhamonStarsThurston HarrisGertie PotterAs an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy retaliates by sneaking into the older man's room and putting pepper in his handkerchief, hairbrush, and clothing. But things quickly get out of hand when the sneezing that results begins to disrupt the whole town.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsA group of passengers are enjoying their ride on a trolley when a cheese-seller climbs aboard. The odor of her wares are so strong it disturbs the passengers, and when they find the source of the smell they have the cheese-seller arrested. She pleads her case; all is failing until the her cheeses show up. They stench the room with their odor, making the officers faint. The cheese-seller then leaves the police station.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónStarsJulienne MathieuA woman appears on a stage and conjures up several large eggs. When each egg is opened a dancing midget or midgets is revealed to be inside, and in turn each midget does a brief dance. To end the act the woman turns the eggs into babies.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónStarsJulienne Mathieu"Music Forward!" is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their instruments. The directress stands them in a row, and taking the head off each, throws it onto a huge music staff and each becomes a note of the scale. The whole bodies appear again, after which the manipulator seems to wrap them up in a large sheet of music, which is then shown to contain nothing. The paper is rolled up again, and a cane is held, perpendicularly, in a horizontal position to the sheet, when the musicians, each about one-twentieth of the natural stature, issue from the paper and parade up and down the narrow stick. This done, a pretty effect in human notes, which are the players' heads, is shown, after which the little band and their directress march out again.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterA shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsMiss ActonMiss AntoinetteEdward BouldenWhile in a park, a young woman sees her fiancé being quite affectionate with another woman. When she calls him on the telephone to demand an explanation, he tells her that it was his sister. She is not satisfied, and insists on coming over to meet his 'sister'. As the young man broods over how to get out of trouble, an old college friend comes over, and he offers to pretend to be the sister. At first this works, but soon it has created even more complications.
- A man walks in an alley and start to play his cello with the dismay of the neighbors
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaCaptivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous sea creatures, he comes to a giant oyster. When the oyster is opened, a strange adventure begins for the diver.