All Films

The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head

1900 • 1 min • France

A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.

Automobile Parade

1900 • 2 min • United States of America

The famous Madison Square Garden forms the background of this excellent picture. A number of very fine automobiles pass in this strip, coming close to the camera and show clear and life size. A very strange coincidence in the closing of the picture is two old ladies who drive by in a dilapidates looking buggy drawn by a long eared mule. This is a remarkable picture showing up-to-date means of transportation in New York City, and the incident of the mule and the two old ladies adds a sufficient amount of humor.

Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

1900 • 1 min • United States of America

Uncle Josh returns in this sequel to UNCLE JOSH'S NIGHTMARE. This time he checks into a hotel, presumably to get a better nights rest than he got at home. Of course the way bad luck follows Josh around we know this is a forlorn hope. Sure enough, quicker than you can say "Georges Méliès" a ghost pops up to make sure Uncle Josh is denied yet another good nights rest.

What Is Home Without the Boarder

1900 • 1 min • France

A trio of prankish boarders wreak havoc on their landlady and an intervening policeman.

Cooks fight

1900 • 1 min

Two cooks fight, one pushing the other into a barrel and pouring a saucepan of liquid over his head. 10 second fragment available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

Grandma Threading Her Needle

1900 • 1 min

An old lady is seated at a table with her work basket and her cat washing its paws beside her. The old lady makes several attempts to thread a needle and a look of triumph appears on her face as she finally succeeds.

The Artist and the Dummy

1900 • 1 min • France

A very simple gag film as a young lady substitutes herself for a dummy in order to play a practical joke on an artist.

Le duel d'Hamlet

1900 • 3 min • France

The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre Magnier is her fellow duelist, Laertes. A few bystanders, in Rennaissance dress, stand off to the right of the screen, and in the background, next to a painted backdrop.

The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood

1900 • 2 min • France

The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.

Addition and Subtraction

1900 • 1 min • France

A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy

1900 • 2 min • France

A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

The Doctor and the Monkey

1900 • 1 min • France

A monkey wreaks havoc on a doctor.

Grandma's Reading Glass

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what he is doing. The child looks next at grandma's eye, then at a kitten.

Two Old Sports

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A conversation between two gents perks up when the see a picture in a magazine. A 'facial' comedy by GA Smith.

The Cook's Revenge

1900 • 1 min • France

A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.

Maude's Naughty Little Brother

1900 • 1 min • United States of America

In a charming dining room a very attractive young lady is seen seated at the table, evidently waiting for the caller who is to share a quiet little dinner for two. A moment later a dude of the regular chappy type enters and seats himself at the table. As soon as the meal commences the inevitable wicked small boy sneaks in unobserved, and producing a piece of rope ties one end securely to the dude's coat tails and fastens the other to the table-cloth.

Sherlock Holmes Baffled

1900 • 1 min • United States of America

Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.

How He Missed His Train

1900 • 1 min • France

A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.

A Fantastical Meal

1900 • 1 min • France

A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.

The Congress of Nations

1900 • 2 min • United States of America

A magician steps upon the stage carrying a hoop covered with white paper. Then in quick succession the flags of Germany, Russia, Ireland, England and China are brought forth, and from each a soldier is produced corresponding with the flag of each nation. The magician adds a bit of comedy to the scene by producing a decidedly Hibernian policeman from the flag of Erin's Isle. The magician then waves his hand and the flags of all nations slowly dissolve and blend into one huge American flag.

The Stick

1900 • 1 min

This 10 second fragment is available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

The One-Man Band

1900 • 2 min • France

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the second chair, and then likewise moves on to the third chair. In this way, an entire band is soon formed, and is then ready to perform.

The Rival Clothiers

1900 • 1 min

An antisemitic comedy in which two Jewish clothiers cut prices until one buys the other's stock.

The Dull Razor

1900 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A man shaves, back to the camera, face reflected in a mirror.