Most Viewed Year 1900

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jeanne Calvière

The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Georges Méliès

George Mélies made a version of this a few years later, often titled Une Indigestion, but Guy-Blaché’s earlier film Chirurgie Fin...

Genre: Science Fiction

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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,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Georges Méliès

An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Cecil M. Hepworth

A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Georges Méliès

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...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Harold Smith

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

Genre: Crime

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The film is a panorama shot-scene lasting just under a minute. The panorama film, as coined by Lumière, is a moving-camera shot--usually...

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Fantasy

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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...

Genre: Action

Cast: Mr. James

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

Genre: Comedy

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Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Laura Bayley

The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they...

Genre: Fantasy

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A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jehanne d'Alcy

A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marcel Koehler

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Georges Méliès

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Georges Méliès

While our photographers were crossing the Atlantic Ocean a most wonderful and sensational picture was secured, showing a storm at sea. The picture...

Genre: Documentary

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A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.

Genre: Documentary

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