All Films

The Lighthouse Keeper

1911 • 10 min • France

The lighthouse keeper has an attack while cleaning the light. He makes his unsteady way down to the living quarters and collapses. While his wife tends him, their children turn the lights that guide ships through saf passage by hand.

Lapurée est un homme collant

1911 • 5 min • France

A farce in which a clumsy man falls into tar, so that every thing he encounters sticks to him. A clumsy man falls on the street in wet tar. After that everything sticks to him: a baby, a mannequin, feathers, paper and a stair runner. When he comes home, his wife (a disguised man) hard-handedly gives him a bath.

Cocciutelli affissatore

1911 • 6 min • Italy

Monthus gets a job as a billposter, but every time he tries to put one up, some one stops him. A bicyclist runs into him, or a cop chases him off, or some other disaster, usually causing him to take a prat fall.

Cocciutelli cerca lavoro

1911 • 7 min • Italy

Short comedy about Cocciutelli (Krause) who is pressured by his uncle to look for a job.

Finland

1911 • 21 min • Finland

A 1911 Finnish documentary film.

Le Noël de la princesse

1911 • 14 min • France

The King drops dead, and the heir is his newborn son. Uncle Otto - with a name like that, how could they not know? - arranges to have the kid poisoned. However, she prays for her brother back, and being royalty, angels and G*d show up to grant her wish.

The West Riding of Yorkshire

1911 • 7 min

Despite the title, this film shows several interesting places in the North Riding of Yorkshire during the early part of the 20th century. Destinations include Richmond Castle and the Waterfalls at Aysgarth.

Lovely Devon

1911 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A trip down the Devon coast.

The Great East End Anarchist Battle

1911 • 4 min

Footage of the Great East End Anarchist Battle.

An Eventful Tandem Ride

1911 • 5 min • France

In this French comedy, a man and a woman (actually a man dressed as a woman) cycle through the streets of Paris, where they perform daredevil feats.

Le haleur

1911 • 12 min • France

The Black Riders

1911 • 11 min

Detective Nat Pinkerton is captured by a gang of murderous bank robbers known as The Black Riders, but he turns the tables on them in the nick of time.

Jobard Is Asked to Marry

1911 • 8 min • France

Jobard receives a note from a secret admirer and goes to a cafe to meet her. However, not knowing what she looks like, he mistakes other woman for what he hopes will be the woman of his dreams.

Riprese in Egitto

1911 • 13 min

As early as the beginning of the 1900s Egypt had a special appeal to Europeans. This short collection looks at the country with a particular point of view: celebrating Italy’s presence there, especially its missionaries, and their alleged civilizing function.

Motoring Over Ben Nevis

1911 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A five day drive up Britain's highest peak in a 1911 Ford Model T.

The Last Laugh

1911 • 11 min • United States of America

George Waring becomes infatuated with Miss Lowe and his wife divorces him, While driving, Miss Lowe's horse runs away and she is heroically rescued by Dick Watts, a handsome youth who falls in love with her.

Rosalie Has Sleeping Sickness

1911 • 5 min

Anarchic physical destruction

Rosalie Moves In

1911 • 6 min

Rosalie moves into an apartment building, disturbing her neighbors above, below, and next to her.

Artists

1911 • 19 min • Denmark

When a wealthy landowner falls in love with circus artist Miranda, she leaves her circus boyfriend to marry him. Although a life of affluence is pleasant, after years of marriage, Miranda starts to get bored. So when her former flame from the circus knocks on the door, Miranda is tempted to change partners again. (stumfilm.dk)

The Hornet

1911 • 3 min • Italy

Comedy short starring Ernesto Vaser and Eleuterio Rodolfi

The Wedding Dress

1911 • 14 min • Denmark

Alice’s heart starts pounding when her childhood friend Otto announces his return home after a long journey. Alice has long loved Otto, but a problem arises: a far wealthier and better-dressed rival also spots an opportunity to present herself as a good match. Alas! Poor Alice has neither the wealth nor the clothes to match such a suitress. Fortunately, her mother has an old wedding dress lying around that just might work wonders. (Stumfilm.dk)

The Trouser Skirt

1911 • 8 min • Denmark

A radical fashion trend makes women swoon and men scoff. Can you imagine – trousers for women? Unfortunately for two ladies, the moralising society will soon teach them a lesson about dressing modestly. (Stumfilm.dk)

A Wedding Night

1911 • 12 min • Denmark

A dutiful maid is not always a blessing! That’s what a newly wed couple finds out after they return home tired and want to be left alone. Their old maid Ane has been told by the bride’s mother to give her a cup of tea before she goes to bed. The bride and groom protest, grumble and cry, but Ane won’t stop until she has done as she has been ordered! (Stumfilm.dk)

A Fishing Party With the Maharajah of Kapurthala, India

1911 • 4 min • France

The Maharajah of Kapurthala and guests travel on elephants and men catch fish on the River Bias.