Classic Movies

A poor but honest young man wins the hand of a beautiful Princess after facing a series of exciting adventures involving apparitions, cartwheeling skeletons, a dragon, and plump dancing girls from the Folies Bergere -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Written by Georges Méliès Based on One Thousand and One Nights Produced by Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1905 Running time 440 meters[1] (approx. 28 minutes)[2] Country France Language Silent

It's December 24th, and 'Santa Claus' is busy feeding his reindeer and finishing up the toys that he will soon deliver. Meanwhile, the children in a large family hang their stockings over the fireplace, and then are put to bed. But the restless children cannot sleep, and they soon start a lively pillow fight. Back at his workshop, Santa loads up everything and begins his journey -- IMDB Directed by Edwin S. Porter Written by Clement Clarke Moore (poem) Starring Harry Eytinge Cinematography Edwin S. Porter Distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company Release date December 16, 1905 Running time 9:00 (800 feet) Country United States Language English

A mischievous errand boy, sent out on a delivery, causes havoc in the streets of Hove. When he arrives back at the shop, he finds all his furious victims are already there complaining to the grocer -- and the chase is on -- IMDB Directed by James Williamson Starring Tom Williamson James Williamson Cinematography James Williamson Production company Williamson Kinematograph Company Release date 1905 Running time 5 mins 46 secs Country United Kingdom Language Silent

When Ulysses of the Odyssey is trapped on the island of Calypso, he must fight Polyphemus, the giant monster that lives there -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1905 Country France Language Silent

Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the city boy. Before they can marry, his wife shows up and stops the ceremony. Hazel tries to return to her father, but he has disowned her. She jumps into the river, but is rescued by the country boy, who later marries her -- IMDB

A gentleman on a beach-chair is surprised by the high tide, and takes his trousers off to keep them dry. A policeman chases him across the beach and through the village of Zandvoort, until he is arrested -- IMDB Directed by Willy Mullens Starring Willy Mullens Cinematography Albert Mullens Distributed by Alberts Frères Release date 1905 Running time 6 minutes Country Netherlands Language Silent (in Dutch)

With a brand-new deck of playing cards in his hand, an elegantly-attired thaumaturge, by fire and the pure power of illusion, transforms a plain nine of spades card into a full-size Queen of Hearts -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1905 Running time 2.6 minutes at 16fps[1] Country France Language Silent

The Little Train Robbery (1905) In this parody of 1903's Great Train Robbery, also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by police officers -- IMDB Directed by Edwin S. Porter Cinematography Edwin S. Porter Production companies Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Release dates September, 1905

A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught by store employees. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two small children steals a loaf of bread out of desperation, and she is quickly caught and arrested. Both women are taken to the police station and then into court, to see what penalty each of them must face -- IMDB Directed by Edwin S. Porter Starring Aline Boyd Ann Eggleston William S. Rising Cinematography Edwin S. Porter Production company Edison Manufacturing Company Release date 1905 Running time 10 min. Country United States Language English intertitles

An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1905 Country France Language Silent

Produced by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company Kleine Optical Company Release date February 1905 Running time 169 feet; 3 minutes 2 seconds Country USA Language English..(Silent - but has no title cards)

A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special car, who claims that he can get there in just two hours. Complications ensue -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Harry Fragson Production company Star Film Company Release dates 31 December 1904 (Folies Bergère version) 1905 Running time 200 meters/660 feet 12–13 minutes[1] Country France Language Silent

Public morality, late night cavorting, and a practical joke. A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station. A well-dressed man and two well-dressed women of the night enter the platform, and they are soon in trouble for violating public decorum. Another man arrives, carrying a long package. A train arrives to our right and the man with the package boards. Soon, to the consternation of the constable, women's legs (in hose) are on full display. The constable will have none of it. Will there be an arrest -- IMDB Directed by Billy Bitzer Starring Sidney Olcott Running time 53 sec

A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate palanquin is summoned. Now, what does the illusionist have in mind -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Based on "La Cage d'Or" by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1905 Country France Language Silent

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1905 Country France Language Silent

A penniless troubadour consults the Fairy Carabosse about his future but offends her by paying with a bag of sand -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Starring Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1906 Running time 820 feet (approx. 15 minutes) Country France Language Silent

From the front of a cable car, a motion picture camera records a trip down Market Street, San Francisco, California, from a point between 8th & 9th Streets, Eastward to the cable car turnaround at the Ferry Building -- IMDB Produced by Miles Brothers Cinematography Harry J. Miles Release date April 21, 1906 Running time 13 minutes Country United States Language English

Story of Ned Kelly, an infamous 19th-century Australian outlaw -- IMDB Directed by Charles Tait Written by Charles Tait John Tait Based on possibly the play The Kelly Gang by Arnold Denham Produced by William Gibson Millard Johnson John Tait Nevin Tait Starring Elizabeth Tait John Tait Cinematography Millard Johnson Orrie Perry Reg Perry Distributed by J & N Nevin Tait Release date 26 December 1906 Running time 60 minutes[1] Country Australia Languages Silent English intertitles Budget £400[2]–£1,000[3] Box office £25,000[2][4][5]

Despite all methods of instantaneously masking a clandestine gambling den's shady activities, the risk of getting caught is high, especially when the police thirsts for success. But, sometimes, indulging in pure fun is just too tempting -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Production company Star Film Company Release date 1905 Country France Language Silent

A British trick film in which a motorist ends up driving around the rings of Saturn -- IMDB Directed by Walter R. Booth Produced by Robert W. Paul Cinematography Robert W. Paul Production company Paul's Animatograph Works Distributed by Robert W. Paul (1906), BFI Video (2005), Kino Video Release date October 1906 Running time 3 mins[1] Country United Kingdom Language English

Two travelers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Written by Georges Méliès Based on Les Quatre Cents Coups du diable by Victor de Cottens and Victor Darlay Starring Georges Méliès Release date 1906 Running time 323 meters/1050 feet[1] (17 minutes) Country France Language Silent

In his well-equipped private laboratory, a mystic silver-haired alchemist exhausted from the endless attempts to create his magnum opus falls asleep in a deep and comfortable armchair next to a high-pressure retort. Sound asleep, the weary sorcerer won't even notice the strange manifestations emerging from the vessel's bottom, when all of a sudden, things start spiralling out of control. Is this a vivid dream, or a cornucopia of secreted desires -- IMDB Directed by Georges Méliès Produced by Georges Méliès Distributed by Star Film Company Release date 1906 Running time 60 meters/200 feet[1] (2-3 minutes) Country France Language Silent

A cowboy gets involved in the kidnapping and rescue of a pretty young girl -- IMDB Directed by Edwin S. Porter Cinematography Edwin S. Porter Distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company Release date 1906 Running time 17 minutes Country United States Languages Silent film with English intertitles

A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life -- IMDB Directed by J. Stuart Blackton Produced by J. Stuart Blackton Starring J. Stuart Blackton Distributed by Vitagraph Company of America Release date April 6, 1906 Running time 3 minutes Country United States Language silent

Three friends go on a trip and decided to rest at an abandoned house. Everything seems pretty normal until really weird things start to happen -- IMDB Directed by Segundo de Chomón Distributed by Pathé Frères Release date 1906 Running time 6 minutes Country France Language Silent film