All Films

The Burglar and the Baby

1913 • 5 min

Driven to desperation by his wife's nagging, Mr. Nag, who ordinarily is as meek as any lamb, rebels, and is ordered to leave the house. He does, and when offered the opportunity to follow the burglar's trade, jumps at it. Habit forces him to pick up a squalling baby in the first house he enters

Reis Willem I-Djocja

1913 • 13 min

A train journey to central Java, from Willem I to Djocja (Yogyakarta), filmed from the front of the train. Landscapes along the route; stations; the main road in Magelang, a Chinese district, a sugar factory, tobacco fields.

Sestri Levante

1913 • 4 min

Early travelogue.

Le cascate di Terni

1913 • 2 min

Early travelogue.

Sul lago di Como

1913 • 4 min

Early travelogue.

Sunday Life in Vasastan

1913 • 4 min • Sweden

Stockholm street scenes.

Love is Blind

1913 • 36 min • Denmark

Eugen Hamann, a student, finds employment as a tutor for Alice, a pastor’s daughter. Before long, warm feelings arise between the two. While taking a walk in the forest, they happen to come across one of Eugen’s acquaintances, the beautiful noblewoman Miss LeBlanc. Eugen is hit hard by Cupid’s arrow and forgets all about Alice, whose heart breaks into a thousand pieces. Eugen leaves his position as tutor unaware that in doing so, he is also leaving his unborn child behind. Alice clandestinely gives birth to a small child with a large birthmark on its forehead. She writes to Eugen in the hope of financial support, but he refuses, and when no help is forthcoming from her parents either, she reluctantly hands the child over to an orphanage. Meanwhile, Eugen has married LeBlanc, and the two adopt a little boy with a large birthmark on his forehead. (Stumfilm.dk)

For the Father

1913 • 24 min

One of the earliest surviving films of Italian director Umberto Paradisi.

Polidor and the Cat

1913 • 9 min

Polidor goes looking for lost kittens and brings home some lion cubs. He doesn't notice the difference until his employer points it out three months later, after they have eaten all the parlor furniture.

Polidor's First Duel

1913 • 7 min • Italy

Polidor learns how to handle a sword for a duel.

Das Recht auf Dasein

1913 • 42 min • Germany

A manhunt is launched after a woman's suffers a brutal attack. Investigators have their eyes in one man, recently released from prison, who was present in her home.

Absinthe

1913 • 12 min • United States of America

A French artist in love with his model, but is abandoned by her because he is addicted to absinthe. He dreams about how his life is going downhill as he continues to drink.

Onésime and the Heart of the Gypsy

1913 • 7 min • France

While accompanying his lady to a fashionable casino, Onésime hears someone playing an overpowering waltz on a mandolin, and he starts dancing with his lady. Everyone, from the kitchen hands to the chef, dance until their out of breath.

Where is the Truth? The Tragedy of the Jewish College Girl

1913 • 45 min • Russia

The film is about a young Jewish student who has to work as a prostitute in order to maintain residence in Riga. This leads to a misunderstanding with tragic consequences.

Polycarpe commis d'architecte

1913 • 6 min • France

Accident-prone Polycarpe wreaks havoc on a construction site—a popular location for so many early film comedies.

Roald Amundsen on the South Pole

1913 • 1 min • Norway

Sverre Halvorsen draws the poles to celebrate Roald Amundsen reaching the south pole.

Calino sourcier

1913 • 4 min • France

A magic wand falls into Calino's hands, and he turns everything he touches into running water, until he falls victim to his own witchcraft. The catastrophic meets the fantastic, for the triumph of the absurd.

Riley's Decoys

1913 • 7 min

A short comedy about two competing pensions. One is doing well because are two cute girls are staying there, so the owner of the other pension goes also goes looking for two other girls so as to attract customers.

America to Europe in an Airship

1913 • 42 min • Germany

The friend of an American millionaire is supposed to bring his daughter back on his behalf. The friend and the daughter get closer.

A Lesson in Jealousy

1913 • 13 min

A short comedy in which the husband concocts a jealousy story to make an impression on his wife.

Journey Through Setomaa

1913 • 7 min • Estonia

Estonia's first ethnographic film. Made by Johannes Pääsuke in 1913 on his expedition to Setomaa, the South-Eastern region in Estonia.

A Drama of the Air

1913 • 18 min • France

An aging engineer pursues a scheme to build a flying machine at the expense of his family's health. When his daughter falls ill, he enters a flying competition to win money for her treatment, even though his design is dangerously untested.

Au pays des lits clos

1913 • 31 min • France

The men of a fishing village rescue a young men from a burning ship. He is the sole survivor. Having lost his memory, he stays in the village, and he is especially helped by a young woman, Annaick, who starts to fall in love with him.

Lea as a Doll

1913 • 6 min • Italy

A man promises money to his son if he marries the woman of his choosing. The son (comically) presents his love interest as a doll to convince his father that she is the one he should marry.