Classic Movies

Three hunters surprise two poachers in the act. The hunters take umbrage and give chase over fences and through fields. The hunters fire away, but the poachers have guns as well, and a fight ensues with casualties for the hunters. Two cops appear and so do dogs as the chase continues. Will the poachers escape, or will they, like the game they were after, be trapped -- IMDB Directed by William Haggar Written by William Haggar Produced by William Haggar & Sons Starring Walter Haggar, Will Haggar Jr. Distributed by Gaumont Film Company Release dates July 1903 (UK) October 1903 (U.S.) Running time 3 minutes Country United Kingdom Language Silent film

Scenes. 1. The Route to the Depths of Perdition (a Dazzingly Sensational New Effect.) 2. The Fantastical Ride. 3. The Gloomy Pass. 4. The Stream. 5. The Entrance to the Lower Regions. 6. The Marvelous Grottoes (tableau with six dissolving Scenes.) 7. The Crystal Stalactites 8. The Devil's Hole 9. The Ice Cavern. 10. The Goddesses of Antiquity (a Superb Fantastical Ballet in a Snowstorm.) 11. The Subterranean Cascade (a New Trick with Apparition in a Waterfall.) 12. The Nymphs of the Underworld.--The Seven Headed Hydra--The Demons--The Struggle of Water with Fire (a big Novelty.) 13. The Descent to Satan's Domain (a clever trick now first shown.) 14. The Furnace. 15. The Triumph of Mephistopheles --IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Release date December 1903 Running time 6 minutes Country France Language Silent

A thief jumps a fence and removes the shutter from a house. He enters, but a lad who's witnessed the crime runs off to hail the coppers -- IMDB Directed by Frank Mottershaw Produced by Frank Mottershaw Production company Sheffield Photo Company Distributed by American Mutoscope and Biograph Co. (U.S.) Kleine Optical Co. (U.S.) Edison Mfg. Co. (U.S.) Release date 1903 Country United Kingdom Language Silent

A stationary camera looks on as two dapper gents play a game of chess. One drinks and smokes, and when he looks away, his opponent moves two pieces. A fight ensues, first with the squirting of a seltzer bottle, then with fisticuffs. The combatants wrestle each other to the floor and continue the fight out of the camera's view, hidden by the table. The waiter arrives to haul both of them out -- IMDB Directed by Robert W. Paul Produced by Robert W. Paul Cinematography Robert W. Paul Production company Paul's Animatograph Works Release date August 1903 Running time 1 min Country United Kingdom Language Silent

Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1903 Country France Language Silent

The king of France receives a marvelous fan. The fan opens to reveal plain lace. This lace becomes pictures of women which then come to life an move in unison as their clothing changes -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1904 Country France Language Silent

Only women are at a resort, until one man arrives. He woos a pretty young widow, and wins her -- IMDB Directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. Cinematography G.W. Bitzer Distributed by Biograph Company Release date 1904 Running time 9 minutes Country United States Languages Silent film with English intertitles

Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Production company American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Release date 1904

As we are treated with a rare appearance from a true master of the miraculous Asian thaumaturgy, a fine display of multiplication commences, and a serene young geisha completes the enchantment. What does the Chinese conjurer have in mind -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1904 Country France Language Silent

Directed by Wallace McCutcheon Written by Frank Marion Starring John Troiano Cinematography A.E. Weed Production company American Mutoscope & Biograph Company Distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company Release date November 1904 Country United States Language Silent

A woman arriving at a train station is unaware that a nearby stranger is closely eyeing her and her purse as she leaves her carriage. As she waits for her train, the same stranger lurks nearby on the platform, so that he can make sure to sit in the same compartment with her. When the train gets underway and the woman dozes off, the stranger reveals his ill intentions -- IMDB Production company Gaumont-British Release date 1904 Running time 5 min. Country United Kingdom

A mountaineer loads a shipment of moonshine whiskey onto his horse-cart, then goes to make a delivery. A revenue agent is hot on his trail -- IMDB Directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. Cinematography G.W. Bitzer Distributed by Biograph Company Release date 1904 Running time 13 minutes Country United States Languages Silent film with English intertitles

An executioner attempts to burn a woman at the stake but his victim comes back as an angel and gives him what he deserves -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Mlle. Bodson Production company Star Film Company Release date 1904 Country France Language Silent

A mother mistakenly thinks her child has been kidnapped and soon the entire neighborhood is in an uproar. The child is eventually discovered in a dog kennel, playing peacefully with the pup -- IMDB Directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. Starring Kathryn Osterman Cinematography G.W. Bitzer Distributed by Biograph Company Release date 1904 Running time 7 minutes Country United States Languages Silent film with English intertitles

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 -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Based on Journey Through the Impossible by Jules Verne Starring Georges Méliès Fernande Albany Jehanne d'Alcy Production company Star Film Company Release date 1904 Running time 374 meters Approx. 20 minutes Country France Language Silent Budget ₣37,500

Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film -- IMDB Produced by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Westinghouse Electric Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Distributed by Biograph Company Release date May 1904 Running time 3 minutes Country USA Language Silent..English titles

An American tourist has a terrible ordeal on his European vacation -- IMDB Directed by Edwin S. Porter Starring Joseph Hart Production company Edison Manufacturing Company Release date 1904 Running time 13 min. Country United States Language English

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 -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Based on Faust by Charles Gounod Produced by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Music by Gaston Méliès Charles Gounod Production company Star Film Company Release date 1904 Country France Language Silent

An Englishman sets out to travel to Paris. First, he takes a train to the seacoast, and then boards a boat headed across the channel. After a somewhat uneasy crossing, he arrives in France, and heads to Paris to see the sights -- IMDB Directed by Lewin Fitzhamon Production company Hepworth Manufacturing Company Release date 1904 Running time 4 min. Country United Kingdom

Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay -- IMDB Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth Production company Hepworth Release date 1904 Running time 4 minutes Country United Kingdom Language Silent

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1904 Country French Language Silent

A gang of criminals plans and executes the robbery of a bank in Philadelphia. However, the police are alerted and a chase through the city's streets ensues -- IMDB Directed by Jack Frawley Story by Jack Frawley Cinematography Jack Frawley Production company Lubin Manufacturing Company Distributed by Lubin Manufacturing Company Release date July 30, 1904 (United States) Running time 7 minutes Country United States Language Silent

A woman offers refreshments to the men painting her storefront. A policeman enters and flirts with the woman. A jealous painter dumps his paint on the officer. A chase ensues in which the officer keeps knocking over innocent bystanders -- IMDB Produced by Robert W. Paul Production company Paul's Animatograph Works Release date 1905 Running time 3 mins 37 secs Country United Kingdom Language Silent

Reveals the most important stages of life, through one couple -- IMDB Directed by Edwin S. Porter Cinematography Edwin S. Porter Production company Edison Manufacturing Company Release date 1905 Running time 5 min. Country United States Language Silent

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby -- IMDB Directed by Cecil Hepworth Lewin Fitzhamon Written by Margaret Hepworth Starring Blair May (as Mabel) Clark Barbara Hepworth Cecil Hepworth Margaret Hepworth Sebastian Smith Lindsay Gray Production company Hepworth Picture Plays Distributed by American Mutoscope and Biograph Co. Release date 1905 Country United Kingdom Language Silent Budget £7, 13 shillings, and ninepence[1]