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- A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
- Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.
- This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch. She follows him down a hole and finds herself in a hall of many doors.
- Grandfather gets a pair of magic spectacles, which he claims to possess the miraculous power of showing the tastes and inclinations of the person who puts them on. There are present at the time a large family gathering, father, mother, sons and daughters, and grandchildren, and each member of the party in turn puts on the spectacles. Then we see on the curtain all that is passing in the mind of the wearer clearly portrayed in each eye, just as if we were looking through opera glasses.
- Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
- An epic Italian film, "Quo Vadis" influenced many of the later movies.
- The story of Jesus Christ from the proclamation of his Nativity to his crucifixion. Impressive scenes and dynamism of the actors prelude to the Italian colossal movies of the silent period.
- The life of Jesus Christ in 25 scenes.
- A fireman rushes into a carriage to rescue a woman from a house fire. He breaks the windowpanes and carries the woman to safety; after dangerous and uncertain moments he also saves the woman's son.
- In this spectacular free adaptation of the popular theatre play "La Biche au Bois", the valiant Prince Bel-Azor pursues a baleful old witch to her impregnable castle, to save the beautiful young Princess Azurine.
- Two love triangles intersect in ancient Pompei.
- The final duel in 'Hamlet', in the first film of the play.
- A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
- Early period piece showing a brief and Euro-centric view of Christopher Columbis' landing in the New World, his triumphant return to Spain with Native Americans and wildlife, and his eventual disgrace.
- Through a rapid succession of drawings, ingenious disguises and soft dissolves, the director portrays a quick-sketch artist who transforms to various characters according to the static outlines on his chalkboard.
- Count Bertrand is an army officer who enjoys the utmost confidence of the military leaders of his country but who nevertheless finds time to devote himself also to the interests of several charitable institutions. He and his wife are always among the first to offer their services when some charity fete is planned, and both being splendid riders, are chosen to take charge of a pretentious society circus designed to raise money for an orphanage. In order to stage the production in professional style, they hire Ivanoff, a circus manager, to assist them. Ivanoff gladly accepts their offer of the commission, not only because of the liberal payment promised, but also because of the fact that he is in reality a spy in the pay of a neighboring power and thinks that through association with the count, he will be able to gain possession of some valuable government secrets. He bides his time and finally, by drugging the count, succeeds in getting into his own hands some maneuver plans which had been entrusted to Bertrand. These he delivers to the prime minister of the hostile power, and Bertrand is arrested on a charge of having sold the information to the enemy. He is convicted on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Countess Bertrand is prostrated by her husband's disgrace, but confident of his innocence, sets herself to find evidence which will set him free. Certain clews lead her to suspect that Ivanoff is the real thief of the plans. To find him is in itself a difficult task, for he has disappeared and left no inkling of his whereabouts behind him. Finally the countess hits upon a plan. She will disguise herself, join a circus and seek for Ivanoff among the haunts of circus people. This she does, and it is not long before the famous "Lady of the Mask," a superb equestrienne who never allows her features to be seen, even by her colleagues, is one of the best known performers in the circus world. The masked rider, of course, is none other than the countess herself. The time the circus with which she is connected plays a long engagement in the hippodrome at the capitol of Rugaria, the country which Ivanoff serves. Alexis, the countess's servant, locates Ivanoff's divorced wife, Nadia, and from her they learn that the spy is in the city, living luxuriously on a large sum of money paid him for the stolen plans, and several days later they see him occupying a box at the hippodrome. Ivanoff is struck with the grace of the masked rider and asks for an introduction, which is granted. The countess, never taking off her mask, leads him on until he invites her to take dinner in his rooms. She accepts, and as they are dining suddenly removes her mask and covers him with a revolver. She forces him to give her the plans and his correspondence with the Rugarian officials and is delighted to find that the papers prove conclusively her husband's innocence. Still covering Ivanoff with the pistol, she makes her escape from the house. In her haste she drops one of the documents, but Alexis, the servant, whom she has left on guard at the door, picks it up and jams it into his pocket. Now that she has the precious proofs, the countess loses no time in leaving the Rugarian capital. Ivanoff, however, has not lost his presence of mind and succeeds in getting a warrant for her arrest. He charters a high-powered motor car and starts for the border at top speed. There is an exciting race between his machine and the train which bears the countess. The auto wins, and when the daring woman reaches the frontier, Ivanoff and a squad of military police are waiting for her at the border station. The papers are taken from her and she is hustled across the border into her own country. She returns heartbroken to her home. Several days later, Alexis, who has follower on another train, arrives and gives her the paper which she dropped in fleeing from Ivanoff's house. It proves to be a letter from the prime minister of Rugaria to the spy and conclusively proves the innocence of the count. This letter, turned over to the military authorities, wins a pardon for Bertrand and brings back happiness to the woman who dared.
- When the picture first appears, a bald-headed man is seen seated back of a table on which a number of cosmetics are lying. He has tried them all without success. He knocks on the table and a maid appears, bringing with her a box containing a number of bottles. In one of the bottles is a certain liquid, which, it is presumed, will grow hair on a bald head. A few drops applied to the head produces a bunch or tuft of hair directly on top of his head. He continues to apply the magic liquid until his head is crowned with a luxuriant growth of black hair reaching to his shoulders. He resolves to grow whiskers at once, and, rubbing his wet hands on his face, he obtains his wish. He rings for the maid, who is astounded at the marvelous properties of the water, and he is so happy at the results obtained that he embraces the maid, who is immediately adorned with a growth of hair on one side of her face. Seizing the bottle in her rage, she throws the contents at him, and his arms and hands are covered with a thick growth, while she flees in terror, and the man grows frantic in his endeavor to rid himself from the surplus hair. Very funny.
- Panoramic view taken from the Suspension Railway at Barmen and Elbefeld, Germany. A marvelous example of engineering work.
- The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and paddles. He's over-matched. What will become of the mission, its defenders, and its occupants?
- The cyclist is dispatched upon an important errand, and his humorous and alarming adventures by the way form the subject of this series. Misadventure follows misadventure with great frequency, but the cyclist comes up smiling every time, mounts his machine, and again resumes his journey. Accidents which would maim or kill an ordinary mortal serve only to spur him on to fresh exertions in a mad search for physical inconveniences and dangers, which always present themselves. It may indeed be predicted of the hero that he will either die peacefully in his bed or end his career through slipping on a piece of orange peel, or swallowing a pin. Only an ordinary and simple ending would be appropriate after such a strenuous life. Certainly he will never be hanged or drowned. He charges at full speed a horse-drawn tram car, and is upset. He attacks the double windows of a corner shop, to falls into a basket of eggs on the other side. He bodily upsets a donkey, cart and driver. He is precipitated into and disorganizes a party of men and women enjoying refreshment at an open-air café. He is thrown into a deep excavation in the road, and, colliding with the parapet of a bridge, is thrown over and falls forty feet into a swiftly flowing river, to be fished out and remount his machine. Finally, he appears in full view of the audience, a sorry spectacle of mud, eggs, water and other accumulations, but wearing a grin of triumph which augurs well for his future.
- Mansion; father's car seen from lover's car; vice versa; church, ring; father arrives too late.
- Spartacus sold as a slave rises up and battles the evil Crassus.
- The nightmare of Émile Cohl's chalk animation is one of unreliable appearances. Fishermen catch fish which eat them whole. Ladders transform into coils which just as suddenly take the form of angry mustachioed soldiers. The human figure at the receiving end of these transmogrifications is subject to all manner of degradations. Genuinely unsettling, THE PUPPET'S NIGHTMARE anticipates Don Hertzfeldt's stick-figure fantasias by a century.
- In the 4th edition of the 'Gordon Bennett Cup' of 1903, the honour of hosting the race is now with 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'. After the success of of the British 'Napier' team and their driver Selwyn Edge at the '1902 Gordon Bennett Cup' (which ran from Paris to Innsbruck), the victors nationality of that event being able to host the 'Gordon Bennett Cup' the following year. There was a great search for a suitable venue but with road racing illegal in the 'Great Britain' part of the 'United Kingdom', an answer was found with the much more lenient Ireland. (At this point in 1903, 'Great Britain' and 'Ireland' were one country, until 1922). Now a location was found and an ingenious figure of eight route featuring several laps on the Irish roads. A start location of Ballyshannon cross-roads, County Kildare was approved and on the 2nd of July 1903, Ireland created motorsport history and the birth of 'British Racing Green' was created.
- Old and burdened Faust sells his soul to the Devil for the exchange of youth and pleasures. He seduces Marguerite and is finally condemned to hell.
- Smith casts his wife as a sluttish housewife who is mutilated by lighting her oven with paraffin.
- Robinson Crusoe and Friday fight with hostile natives, and eventually retire to their jungle cottage to relax.
- Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput, the inhabitants of which are no more than six inches tall. He later travels to Brobdingnag, a country populated by giants.
- A woman riding a train must contend with the unwelcome advances of a male passenger.
- A young girl finds life with her staid parents Irksome, and decides to see the world. She falls asleep on a bench in a park and dreams of her future life. In rapid review visions pass, showing herself in handsome gowns and indulging in a life of recklessness. Finally she sees the inevitable end and is in despair. She awakens at this point, and is overjoyed to find that it has been all a dream, and rushes home thoroughly content to follow the even tenor of home life.
- Comedy is benefited by originality. In this Alice Guy short, an alcoholic is inadvertently sewn in to a mattress. With that unique premise, havoc ensues.
- Four customers are having a peaceful game of cards in a quiet café. The atmosphere bring heavy, the waiter falls asleep and has a beautiful dream in which two angels come and play to him on violins, with such charm that he is transported to the seventh heaven. The dream changes, and we see him going through many amusing and fantastic scenes. Finally, customers annoyed by his snores, wake him by pouring seltzer over him.
- After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.
- Stencil colour and exotic décor add dazzle to a magic show conducted by white performers in yellowface.
- An artist draws a coster couple who come to life and dance a cakewalk.
- The new ideas embodied in this picture are of a ludicrous and startling nature. This is not an advertisement film, although in order to carry out the idea it was necessary to utilize (in animated form) the conception of a famous poster. Mr. Jones, with house cleaning tendencies, stops his cab in front of a hoarding on which is displayed the "Vacuum Cleaner" poster. He takes the address of the firm's offices. The firm gives a demonstration before Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones engages the firm to clean his premises. The slavey is frightened at the sudden invasion of the vacuum spout, which she mistakes for a hideous monster. In her endeavor to escape she is sucked up by the rapacious machine. Mr. Jones has a dream: subject, the antics (?) of the vacuum cleaner. The attendants at work. In rapid succession the chairs, tables, carpets, etc., are drawn into the spout apparently through the two-inch hose, to be taken from the machine, newly upholstered, varnished and cleaned. The servant and children are likewise drawn through the apparatus and are taken from the machine, cleaned and newly dressed, to their great delight. Jones is now approached by the fearful spout. He rapidly disappears down its gullet and is shoveled into a barrow by the attendants who are clearing the machine of the collected rubbish. This is wheeled away and dumped over an embankment into a field. Jones is seen rolling down the slope. Jones has been the victim of a nightmare. The final scene shows him restlessly tossing in his bed, from which he finally tumbles to the floor. He wakens, and in a dazed way realizes that his troubles are of nightmare quality only, and instead of finding himself at the base of the rubbish heap he is still capable of instituting domestic reforms.
- "A Drama in the Air" revolves the adventure of two aviation pioneer and their voyage inside a balloon. They keep looking through the scenery from the distance, it's all good and fun until tragedy hits them when the air suddenly brings a stormy rain to interrupt their journey.
- The "Evil Spirit" feels dull in his realm and resolves upon enjoying himself on earth. He leaves his depths and begins his vacation, playing numerous pranks upon humanity. Finally he invades a wedding party and carries away the bride. He is followed by the entire company, and after exciting incidents, escapes to his dark realm with the bride.
- A magician appears, and, taking a handkerchief from his pocket, rolls it into a ball between his palms, and it disappears. Immediately he pulls it from his mouth, and rolling it again in his hands, he repeats the trick, but it reappears in the shape of an egg. He asks one of the audience to loan him a hat. An ordinary derby is presented, but he declines it with thanks. He finally obtains a high hat, and in looking to see if the hat is sound, he pushes his hand through it. The owner becomes alarmed, but is assured it will be alright. An assistant is summoned into whose mouth is pushed a long rod of about eighteen inches in length, but with no apparent damage. Finally reaching into the man's mouth, a large dumpling is pulled forth and repeated four times. As fast as the dumpling appears the man eats them. Before delivering the dumplings a lighted candle is held under the hat so that a number of eggs which had previously been dropped therein, would cook thoroughly. The hat is returned to it's owner, but the cakes had disappeared. The assistant is recalled and made to disgorge, which he does with a bad grace. Everything is finally restored to its original shape and peace is again dominant.
- The scene is laid in the boudoir of a pretty maiden, who is seen in her bed fast asleep. She is a somnambulist. Rising, she lights a candle and leaves her room. We follow her through the corridor out on the roof, where she walks as though in a trance. We follow her for a full block across the roofs of the houses until she arrives at the corner, when she turns and walks on the outer edge for a few feet and, missing her footing, she is violently thrown to the ground, fifty feet below. The picture changes, and the body is seen to fall through space and land on the ground, but by the that time she is lifeless. An officer picks her up, but life is extinct. A man passing at the time assists the officer in carrying her to the hospital. Again the picture changes, and we see the maiden fast asleep in her room. Suddenly she rolls out on the floor, when she awakens and finds it but a dream, a hideous nightmare. Falling on her knees at her bedside, she prays fervently. Magnificent.
- A cast of stick figures plays out a series of comic vignettes.
- A hungry vagabond snatches a wrapped leg of lamb and jumps into a large wooden barrel to hide. Will he get away scot-free?
- An elderly woman is determined to board an omnibus that does not want to stop for her.
- A caterpillar climbs up a plant and is encased in a cocoon. It morphs into a butterfly, which then morphs into a dancer.
- A company of soldiers are attacked by an overwhelming number of the enemy and are forced to defend themselves as best they may in a stone house. They gallantly repulse the attack for a long while, but their numbers become gradually weakened and they can hardly hold out much longer. Suddenly a drummer boy volunteers to go for aid. He is let down from a window by means of a rope and is soon on his way. Although wounded and greatly fatigued by his perilous journey, he struggles into camp. A detachment immediately sets out and relieves the imperiled company. After the battle the drummer boy is greatly rewarded for his bravery.
- 1. The Duchess of Montpensier meets the fanatical young monk, Jacques Clement. 2. She receives a message telling of the murder of her brother. 3. Henry of Navarre overhears the duchess incite Clement to kill Henry III. 4. Henry III is depressed because of the plot against him. 5. The Duchess of Montpensier threatens Henry III with vengeance. 6. The king prepares against an attack. 7. Henry of Navarre advises the king to flee. 8. Partisans of the duchess storm the castle. 9. Clement receives the message, "It is time to act." 10. Henry III designates Henry of Navarre as his successor.
- At a court gathering at Greenwich, in 1532, Sir Thomas Wyatt reads some verses to Queen Catherine. Henry VIII, hearing that the Queen has found a new lady-in-waiting, visits the assembly to inspect the new beauty. Finding that Anne is in love with Wyatt, the King asks his jester to spy upon the couple and report to him. In the gardens that night, Henry succeeds in talking for a few moments with Anne and learns definitely of her love for Wyatt. He orders her to repair to the castle at Windsor, where he organizes a hunt in her honor. Incidentally, he presents her with a beautiful pearl necklace. Wyatt, seeing the pretty bauble, reproaches her with encouraging the King. Missing Anne from the hunt. Herne, one of his henchmen, plays upon his jealousy by showing the King the two lovers seated under a tree. That same evening when Anne and Wyatt return to the castle, the King banishes Wyatt from his court and threatens Anne with the same treatment. The young lady's answer is to let her head fall upon the King's shoulder. All the castle soon hear of the King's new favorite. Queen Catherine shows her hatred of Anne in many little ways and the King soon divorces her. Anne's hour of triumph has come, although darkened by the apparition of the demon Herne, who reveals her doom, the scaffold. Nevertheless, Anne is secretly married to Henry VIII and becomes Queen of England. Two years of bliss follow for Anne. Then to court comes Jane Seymour. The new beauty soon attracts the attention of Henry VIII and Suffolk, the King's evil genius, observing that she has fascinated his master, contrives a secret meeting between them. Anne detects the rendezvous and expresses her horror to her lord. This, however, merely serves to infuriate the fickle King and he asks Suffolk to help rid him of his Queen. This is brought about by Suffolk, who, knowing the love Wyatt had borne Anne, brings him to a room in the castle occupied by Anne. In this way Anne is arrested and taken to the tower prison. Several days later, although protesting her innocence, Anne is tried by twenty-six peers, all instruments of the King. She is sentenced to die and on May 19, the sound of a gun notifies him that a second Queen has gone.