All Films

A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.

Two old sweethearts, Henry Jones and Mrs. Mary Owen, he a widower and she a widow, meet at a summer resort and, renewing their old love, get married. On their way back to the city they send telegrams home, he to his only daughter, Florence, and she to her only son, Tom. The children receive the telegrams and are filled with disappointment.

Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks on the two. A little girl from the floor above, now alone in the world, brings the pair together and brightens their lives.

A deserting soldier encounters a wagon train of settlers. When they are faced with an Indian attack, he risks court martial to return to the Army post for help.

The man-hungry “vampire,” later to be popularized by America’s Theda Bara, made her screen debut in this Danish melodrama directed by August Blom. Clara Wieth starred in the title role of the Vampire Dancer, which is just what she was: a dancer performing her seductions on-stage. Off-stage, the young girl is kindhearted and a bit naïve. The lustful dance, during which Robert Dinesen succumbs to the dancer’s fatal charms, remained the centerpiece of the film, which was a popular success and made Wieth an international star.

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Nine-year-old Nedda is a direct descendant of the Trevors, a family that can trace its roots back to the reign of King Charles I. Alas, the Trevors suffer severe financial reverses, and Nedda is yanked from the luxury of her ancestral home in Britain to be raised on New York's Lower East Side. Ten years later, the grown-up Nedda stands accused of the murder of her mother.

According to Vachel Lindsay, "the best film fairy-tale the present writer remembers".

The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.

Blowing explosives in the ocean.

A short adventure film. Two boys ride through the woods on horseback and are chased by wolves. They climb up a tree and are rescued by their father, who captures the wolves. In real life as well, this man was a well-known wolf-trapper.

An early Norwegian short film from 1911.

A huge crowd of people in bathing suits display themselves in front of the camera. They wave the photographer, hug and bathes. Most part of the movie is just the shores and the cliff side of Kullen beach.

Miss Harry's, remarkably flexible and double-jointed, offers us a sensational acrobatic number. (Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé)

Billy is out for a stroll when he spies a prepossessing-looking young woman. He follows and she enters the office of a spiritualist. Producing a tip, he is initiated into the mysteries of table rocking and other occult practices and becomes interested. In the séance he is impressed with the idea that he is out to mystify his friends, and the soothsayer sells him a book, which explains all about it. Repairing to the club he cons the book and engages in experiments. The results are magical and he hastens to announce the fact to his friends. They are skeptical and treat his efforts lightly. They make all manner of sport of his demonstrations and Billy waxes wroth. He is rudely disturbed and casts about for a method of revenge. Adjoining the room is the electrical apparatus and Billy enlists the services of the electrician by means of a generous bribe. A wire is strung to the table and the plans carefully made to humiliate the unbelievers.

Lea’s clumsiness on roller skates poses a danger to other roller-skaters. After Lea receives an invite to go skating, her parents lock her in her room and forbid her from going, but that doesn’t stop her. She dons her skates, catapults out the window onto an unlucky pedestrian, and makes her way to the rink where she runs into, over, and under every skater in her path.

Military review in the Cousiño Park, Santiago.

Early Calino short

A man orders a gang to raid a bank, but the client is killed by the gang during the raid. Detective Nat Pinkerton finds a note in the jacket pocket of the murdered client, stating where he can find the gang. In search of the gang, Nat is overpowered and tied up by the criminals. Nat's colleague cuts the ropes, as Nat has been left alone by the gang. While his colleague raises reinforcements, Nat pretends to be tied up, and the gang puts him in a barrel. His colleague appears with the reinforcement just in time.

A documentary recording the ceremony and procession in Split on St. Domnius’ Day, from 1911, made by an early pioneer of Croatian film, Josip Karaman.

Kinemacolor

It's Lucien Cazalis's day for calling on the ladies. Being a true gentleman, he brings some flowers as a gift. Unfortunately, his rival pinches them to present as his own, and Cazalis is left sitting on his hat.

Early 20th century film footage of Japan.

Early 20th century film footage of Japan.