The Devil in a Convent (1899 Film) -- Directed By Georges Méliès -- Full Movie
Satan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he is causing all manner of perturbation and despair -- IMDB
Directed by Georges Méliès
Starring Georges Méliès
Production
company
Star Film Company
Release date
1899
Running time
60 meters[1]
Country France
Language Silent
167
views
Cinderella (1899 Film) -- Directed By Georges Méliès -- Full Movie
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out -- IMDB
Directed by Georges Méliès
Based on Cinderella
by Charles Perrault
Produced by Georges Méliès
Starring
Mlle Barral
Bleuette Bernon
Jeanne d'Alcy
Georges Méliès
Release dates
October 1899 (France)
25 December 1899 (United States)
Running time
6 minutes
Country France
159
views
The Bitter Bit (1900 Film) -- Directed By James Bamworth -- Full Movie
Two men work in a large garden, one of them watering with a hose and wearing a boater. A young man in apron and cap sneaks into the scene, hides behind a bush, and kinks the hose. The man in the boater can't figure out what's going on, and before too long, he's soaked. He gives chase. Will he catch the prankster, and if he does, what punishment will he meet out -- IMDB
Produced by James Bamforth
Production
company
Bamforth Company
Release date
December 1899
Running time
1 min 9 secs
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent
133
views
Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900 Film) -- Directed By Arthur Marvin -- Full Movie
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears. Holmes initially attempts to ignore the event by lighting a cigar, but upon the thief's reappearance, Holmes tries to reclaim the sack of stolen goods, drawing a pistol from his dressing gown pocket and firing it at the intruder, who disappears. After Holmes recovers his property, the bag vanishes from his hand into that of the thief, who promptly disappears through a window. At this point the movie ends abruptly with Holmes looking "baffled" -- IMDB
Directed by Arthur Marvin
Cinematography Arthur Marvin
Distributed by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Running time
30 seconds
Country United States
Language Silent
101
views
The One-Man Band (1900 Film) -- Directed By Georges Méliès -- Full Movie
A band-leader assembles an orchestra by mystifying means -- IMDB
Directed by Georges Méliès
Starring Georges Méliès
Release date
1900
Running time
40 meters (approx. 1.5 minutes)
Country France
Language Silent film
76
views
Joan Of Arc (1900 Film) -- Directed By Georges Méliès -- Full Movie
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured -- IMDB
Directed by Georges Méliès
Written by Georges Méliès
Produced by Georges Méliès
Starring
Jeanne Calvière
Georges Méliès
Jeanne d'Alcy
Cinematography Leclerc
Production
company
Star Film Company
Release date
November 11, 1900
Running time
10 minutes
Country France
Language Silent
80
views
Let Me Dream Again (1900 Film) -- Directed By George Albert Smith -- Full Movie
A man dreams he is flirting with an attractive young lady, then he wakes up in bed next to his wife -- IMDB
Directed by George Albert Smith
Produced by George Albert Smith
Starring Tom Green
Laura Bayley
Cinematography George Albert Smith
Production
company
G.A. Smith
Distributed by Warwick Trading Company
Release date
August 1900
Running time
1 minute 16 secs
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent
68
views
How It Feels To Be Run Over (1900 Film) -- Directed By Cecil Hepworth -- Full Movie
In one glorious point-of-view shot, a vehicle dashes full-speed into an ill-starred passer-by -- IMDB
Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth
Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth
Starring May Clark
Cecil M. Hepworth
Cinematography Cecil M. Hepworth
Edited by Cecil M. Hepworth
Production
company
Hepworth Manufacturing Company
Release date
July 1900
Running time
1 minute
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent Film
112
views
Grandma's Reading Glass (1900 Film) -- Directed By George Albert Smith -- Full Movie
A boy looks through glasses at various objects, seen magnified -- IMDB
Directed by George Albert Smith
Starring Harold Smith
Production
company
G.A. Smith
Distributed by Warwick Trading Company
Release date
November 1900
Running time
1 min 20 secs
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent
93
views
Going To Bed Under Difficulties (1900 Film) -- Directed By Georges Méliès -- Partial Film
As if by magic, a weary traveller trying to undress, is foiled by his mutinous clothes as they teleport and multiply before his eyes, refusing to stay on the clothing rack -- IMDB
Directed by Georges Méliès
Release date
1900
Running time
1 min, 30 secs
Country France
Language Silent
90
views
Faust and Marguerite (1900 Film) -- Directed By Edwin S. Porter -- Full Movie
Marguerite is seated before the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to behead the fair Marguerite. Faust refuses, whereupon Mephistopheles draws the sword across the throat of the lady and she suddenly disappears and Faust is seated in her place -- IMDB
Directed by Edwin S. Porter
Production
company
Edison Manufacturing Company
Release date
February 28, 1900
Running time
57 seconds
Country USA
Language Silent
88
views
A Fantastical Meal (1900 Film) -- Directed By Georges Méliès -- Full Movie
A man and two women sit down to eat dinner, but several unexpected surprises prevent them from their repast: the legs of the table grow, the table disappears into the floor, and a ghostly spirit appears and takes possession of the man -- IMDB
Directed by Georges Méliès
Production
company
Star Film Company
Release date
1900
Country France
Language Silent
111
views
Explosion of a Motor Car (1900 Film) -- Directed By Cecil M. Hepworth -- Full Movie
As two couples enjoy their evening promenade in a nice but rickety open motor car, without notice, an explosion blows the vehicle to smithereens -- IMDB
Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth
Starring Cecil M. Hepworth
Henry Lawley
Production
company
Hepworth Manufacturing Company
Release date
1900
Running time
1 min 45 secs
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent
95
views
The Enchanted Drawing (1900 Film) -- Directed By J. Stuart Blackton -- Full Movie
A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad -- IMDB
Produced by Vitagraph Studios
Thomas Edison
Starring J. Stuart Blackton
Distributed by Edison Studios
Release date
November 16, 1900
Running time
1:30
Country United States
Languages Silent film
English intertitles
102
views
The Beggars Deceit (1900 Film) -- Directed By Cecil Hepworth -- Full Movie
A fat policeman finds a crippled beggar is a fraud, and chases him -- IMDB
Directed by Cecil Hepworth
Distributed by Hepworth Manufacturing Company
Release date
November 1900 (UK)[1]
Running time
58 seconds
Country United Kingdom
87
views
Attack on a China Mission (1900 Film) -- Directed By James Williamson -- Full Movie
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 -- IMDB
Directed by James Williamson
Produced by James Williamson
Starring Mr. James
Mr. Lepard
Florence Williamson
Cinematography James Williamson
Production
company
Williamson Kinematograph Company
Release date
17 November 1900
Running time
1 min 25 secs
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent
71
views
As Seen Through A Telescope (1900 Film) -- Directed By George Albert Smith -- Full Movie
An elderly gentleman in a silk hat sits on a stool in front of a store on the main street of town. He has a telescope that he focuses on the ankle of a young woman who is a short distance away. Her husband catches the gent looking. What will the two men now do -- IMDB
Directed by George Albert Smith
Produced by George Albert Smith
Cinematography George Albert Smith
Production
company
G. A. Smith
Distributed by Warwick Trading Company
Release date
September 1900
Running time
59 seconds
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent
67
views
What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City (1901 Film) --Directed By George S. Fleming And Edwin S. Porter -- Full Movie
A winner and sure to please. In front of one of the largest newspaper offices is a hot air shaft through which immense volumes of air are forced by a blower. Ladies in crossing this shaft often have their clothes slightly disarranged. A young man is escorting a young lady and talking very earnestly. They walk slowly along until they stand directly over the air shaft. The young lady's skirts are suddenly raised to an almost unreasonable height, greatly to her horror and much to the amusement of the newsboys, bootblacks, and passersby -- IMDB
Directed by George S. Fleming
Edwin S. Porter
Starring A. C. Abadie
Florence Georgie
Cinematography Edwin S. Porter
Release date
August 1901
Running time
77 seconds
Country United States
142
views
Undressing Extraordinary (1901 Film) -- Directed By Walter R. Booth -- Full Movie
Here we present a picture that simply convulses an audience with laughter. The scene opens in the bedroom of a hotel. A traveler appears, evidently a "little worse for wear." After stretching and yawning, he proceeds to disrobe. He throws off his coat and vest, but to his surprise and anguish, he suddenly finds himself clothed in a continental uniform. He throws this off in anger, but immediately a policeman's costume flies on him. This is in turn thrown aside in great rage and he finds himself clothed in a soldier's uniform. At last, thinking himself successful, he makes for the bed and finds a skeleton complacently resting on his pillow. The bed suddenly disappears, leaving him seated on the floor, and great quantities of bed clothes rain down from the ceiling. The picture ends leaving the audience simply convulsed in laughter -- IMDB
Directed by Walter R. Booth
Produced by Robert W. Paul
Production
company
Paul's Animatograph Works
Release date
1901
Running time
3 minutes 10 secs
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent
108
views
Stop Thief! (1901 Film) -- Directed By James Williamson -- Full Movie
A hungry vagabond snatches a wrapped leg of lamb and jumps into a large wooden barrel to hide. Will he get away scot-free -- IMDB
Directed by James Williamson
Produced by James Williamson
Starring Sam Dalton
Cinematography James Williamson
Production
company
Williamson Kinematograph Company
Release date
October 1901
Running time
1 min 6 secs
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent
112
views
Star Theatre (1901 Film) -- Directed By F.S. Armitage -- Full Movie
Time-lapse photography is used to show the manual dismantling and demolition of New York's Star Theatre over a period of about 30 days -- IMDB
Directed by F.S. Armitage
Produced by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Cinematography F.S. Armitage
Release date
1901
Running time
1 minute 58 seconds
Country United States
Language Silent film
80
views
Scrooge Or Marley's Ghost (1901 Film) -- Directed By Walter R. Booth -- Full Movie
It's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home. When Scrooge is going to open his front door, he sees the face of Marley's ghost in the door knocker. Inside he takes on his night dress, eats his supper, and falls asleep at the table. Marly's ghost shows Scrooge a vision of himself at a Christmas in the past. Then the ghost escorts him to the present Christmas, and the homes and families of Bob Cratchit and Fred, where Scrooge sees Bob and Fred drink to him in his absence. At last the ghost shows Scrooge the Christmas that might be. Here Scrooge has to face his own grave and the death of Tiny Tim. Confronted with this Scrooge regrets his callousness and egoism -- IMDB
Directed by Walter R. Booth
Written by J.C. Buckstone
Based on A Christmas Carol
1843 novella
by Charles Dickens
Produced by Robert W. Paul
Starring Daniel Smith
Production
company
Paul's Animatograph Works
Release date
November 1901
Running time
6 mins 20 secs
Country United Kingdom
62
views
Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery (1901 Film) -- Full Movie
A black miner makes an intriguing addition to an already captivating film of coal workers up from their pit.
Showman Albert Sedgwick, conspicuously raffish in homburg and moustache, bestrides and controls this film. Sedgwick has 'planted' the poster board advertising the show in which it's to be screened - as well as, probably, the Afro-Caribbean man whose presence in Edwardian Lancashire so surprises us. And he is choreographing, right before our eyes, the procession of colliers for the camera -- BFI
63
views
President McKinley Inauguration Footage -- Produced By Edison Manufacturing -- Full Movie
Produced by Edison Manufacturing Company
Starring William McKinley
Cinematography attributed to Edwin S. Porter and James H. White[1]
Release date
March 16, 1901
Country United States
Language Silent film
74
views
Peeping Tom (1901 Film) -- Directed By Ferdinand Zecca -- Full Movie
A hotel porter tries in his spare time to find out the secrets of the guests in looking through the keyholes of the different rooms. He must see very funny things, judging from his facial expressions -- IMDB
Directed by Ferdinand Zecca
Cinematography Ferdinand Zecca
Production
company
Pathé Frères
Distributed by Pathé Company
Release date
1901
Running time
Approximately 2 minutes
Country France
Language Silent
113
views