An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.
The Telephone
The first cinematographic adaptation of the infamous Count Cagliostro. The alchemist Athlotas foretells that his student, Cagliostro, will meet a...
Cagliostro
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...
Frankenstein
A British clown invents a device which shows all people in grotesque sizes.
The Smile-O-Scope
Fra Diavolo
The Count of Champcenetz is governor of the Palace of the Tuileries. His mistress Grace Elliott, a young widow, begs him not to go the Palace where...
The Escape from the Tuileries
Directed by Camille de Morlhon. Set in ancient Babylon.
Sémiramis
A silent French film depicting the story of the nativity.
The Nativity
A spoiled rich boy meets and falls in love with an older woman, a dancer who is more amused than flattered by his attentions, to the point of...
Grandmother
Film glossing the appearance of "Halley's" comet, which, according to a popular prophecy, foretold the end of the world.
O Cometa
Lucrezia Borgia
The first of a series of three reels. This reel depicts the escape of Eliza and the removal of Uncle Tom from his old home in Kentucky. According to...
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part I
Hiram Matthews, a western ranchman, owns an apple orchard which borders on the property of Jesse Forsyth. The former and his wife are picking apples...
The Ranchmen's Feud
Peter the Great
Daring scientists embark on a scientific exploration to the center of the earth. A vast subterranean corridor leads them through a fantastical...
Inside the Earth
The bold young Prince of Spain, Don Carlos, has always caused jealousy at the court of King Philip II. Now even the Grand Inquisitor is out to get...
Don Carlos
Justicia criolla
Bébé's father is attacked by the "apaches", a group of hooligans. Bébé and his sister decide to avenge him by gaining the...
Bébé apache
Having faked an automobile accident, an adventuress is taken into the home of a "ganadero" (a landowner of the Camargue), whom she seduces. Her...
L’Aventurière
In "Rêves enfantins", players in the flesh are mixed with animated objects and cut-out paper actors.
Childish Dreams
A mother tries to save her son from a decadent life shared with a masseuse.
To Save a Son
Hand-tinted Italian verison of the Shakespeare Classic King Lear.
King Lear
