All Films

The Fur Hat

1907 • 6 min • France

A grenadier had come to see his lover, a servant in the homes of wealthy bourgeois people. Hearing a noise, he is afraid of the masters and allows himself to be locked in a cupboard so as not to be seen. This is a hiding place that will spark many adventures.

The Flight from the Seraglio

1907 • 9 min • Denmark

When a young Englishman sees the caliph’s favourite wife, it is love at first sight. She shares his feelings, but the seraglio is heavily guarded and the strict caliph lets no-one near his harem. Still, the Englishman will do anything to get his beloved out of there – and with the help of a friend, he comes up with a plan. (stumfilm.dk)

When the Devil Drives

1907 • 10 min • United Kingdom

The devil hijacks a train trip in France. Made by magician turned filmmaker Walter Booth, who established the Charles Urban Trading Company to make films in his own London garden.

Jealousy and Madness

1907 • 8 min • France

Behind the elderly husband's back, the lovers kiss and go off together. But is he unaware of their actions. No! So she swears that her husband is mad and as I'mm locked away in a padded cell. That, however, will not end the matter.

The Bewitched House

1907 • 6 min • France

A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.

Life and Passion of Christ

1907 • 45 min • France

The story of the life and passion of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of his birth to his ascension into heaven.

The Girl from Montana

1907 • 2 min • United States of America

As 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.

The Sorceror's Scissors

1907 • 3 min • United Kingdom

A mix of spectacle, animation and dance, the film reveals an early delight in the potential for creative fun with film form. Its director, Walter R. Booth had been described as making British films which attempted to out-Méliès Méliès.

The Tinderbox

1907 • 11 min • Denmark

Viggo Larsen’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale about the soldier who gets hold of a magic tinderbox capable of calling forth three dogs with big eyes that can fulfill all his wishes. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is arrested and sentenced to death. But his adventure, as we know, does not end here.

The Glue

1907 • 3 min • France

A boy spreads glue all over town.

Chrysanthemums

1907 • 2 min • France

Rising from a stage are two vases which separate to reveal a female dancer behind each of the vases. They create magical circles of flowers from which other women emerge. The dancers construct an elegant floral display, in the middle of which a miniature dancer performs. Another circle of flowers is brought forward on the stage, toward the camera, and in the circle are shown a series of women. The original pair of dancers conclude by twirling their parasols.

The Banknote

1907 • 11 min • France

A rich man rewards a tramp for defending him from muggers with a large sum of money in the form of a single bank note. Nobody can cash the big bill the tramp is carrying and hilarity ensues.

On the Barricade

1907 • 6 min • France

During the Paris Commune, a boy runs across trouble at the barricade. The film is now attributed to Alice Guy-Blaché by the Gaumont company, although there is some debate about whether it was directed by Étienne Arnaud.

Fantaisies endiablées

1907 • 3 min • France

This is a mesmerising little short that employs a peculiar bird’s eye view of a mischievous devil who dances around, performing strange tricks and making sexy ladies appear out of nowhere. The colourful visual effects are very impressive for the time.

The Boy with the Sixth Sense

1907 • 6 min • Denmark

When a little girl goes missing in the woods, her parents are at a loss as to what to do. To their great relief, a boy with a sixth sense shows the way to the girl using his psychic abilities.

Weird Fantasies

1907 • 3 min • France

Short trick film

The Red Spectre

1907 • 8 min • France

A demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.

Lucia di Lammermoor

1907 • 4 min • France

Despite what you may read on IMDb and elsewhere, Enrico Caruso does not appear in this film though it was mimed to a recording by Caruso. Mendel’s system utilized prerecorded commercial recordings of famous artists lip-synched by look-alike actors during film shooting. The music is the sextet Chi mi frena in tal momento from Act Two of Gaetano Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor which premiered in 1835.

The Tulips

1907 • 4 min • France

In a bower of giant tulips a boy and girl practice flower magic. They cause flowers and birds to open and human forms to issue therefrom, and on the black background of the wonderful garden there appear myriad flowers, in the center of each of which is a smiling feminine head. Tableaux showing pretty girl and flower effects are plentiful and the film winds up with a burst of multi-colored flame, which shoots in fiery splendor from leaves and petals.

His First Ride

1907 • 10 min • United States of America

A nicely-dressed man is riding on a bicycle. When he parks it a hobo quickly steals it, but he is clearly new at riding. 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.

The Cleaning Man

1907 • 3 min • France

An extremely clumsy man tries to clean a woman's house with disastrous results.

The Rose

1907 • 9 min • Denmark

The scene is set on a castle in the mid-18th century. The princess loves a young man from the court, but the king wants her married to an older, wealthier suitor. Hoping for a miracle to happen, the princess refuses his marriage proposal. (Stumfilm.dk)

The Boy, the Bust and the Bath

1907 • 8 min • United States of America

A young female boarding house tenant becomes an unwanted object of male attention.

The Abduction of an Actress

1907 • 16 min • Portugal

After Lucinda do Carmo is abducted from a theatre, the police are on the case. This film is lost.