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- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorCharles TaitStarsElizabeth TaitJohn TaitNicholas BrierleyOriginally 70 minutes in running time, only 17 minutes of the world's first full-length narrative feature film survived in stills and other fragments and tell the story of Ned Kelly, an infamous 19th-century Australian outlaw.
- DirectorG.W. BitzerStarsMarcus HannaWilliam McKinleyTheodore RooseveltThe first sequence (ca. 49 ft.), views of President William McKinley speaks to the crowd during his inauguration in Washington, DC. We see crowds on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, passing by the Willard Hotel during the inauguration festivities. A military unit on horseback rides down the court of honor, the area on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, going down 15th to 17th streets. President and McKinley and his party reviews the inaugural parade from a stand here. McKinley tips his hat to the crowd as his carriage passes the Willard Hotel. Stting beside McKinley in the carriage is Sen. Marcus A. Hanna of Ohio with members of the President's special escort, Troop A of the Ohio National Guard, and aides aides with guards. The man riding alone in the second carriage is Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
- DirectorFrederick S. ArmitageTime-lapse photography is used to show the manual dismantling and demolition of New York's Star Theatre over a period of about 30 days.
- DirectorGeorge S. FlemingEdwin S. PorterStarsEdwin S. PorterVivian VaughanArthur WhiteA 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.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsJoseph JeffersonA compilation of eight earlier films, also from 1896, that chronicle the adventure of Rip van Winkle. Rip encounters dwarf-like mountain-dwellers, gets drunk with them and awakes after twenty years, having significantly aged.
- DirectorA.C. AbadieShows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, disembarking at Ellis Island, N. Y. A most interesting and typical scene.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonA.C. AbadieGeorge BarnesA group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
- Collection of 21 American short silent films. The films were taken from April 18, 1904 to May 16, 1904 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and document various Westinghouse manufacturing plants.
- DirectorG.W. BitzerIn one long take, the camera shows us the journey of a subway train as it makes its way from Union Square to the old Grand Central Station.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterStarsJack BrawnThe fiend faces the spectacular mind-bending consequences of his free-wheeling rarebit binge.
- 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.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonFootage of the devastation caused by the earthquake and fires that, in the words of Jack London, "completely destroyed" San Francisco on the morning of April 18th, 1906.
- DirectorJoseph K. DixonRoland DixonStarsPlenty CoupsThe film captures life on Crow Agency, Crow Fair and a recreation of the Battle of Little Big Horn featuring four of Custer's Crow scouts.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsPaul PanzerGladys HuletteA drowsy pipe-smoker attempts to nap, only to be tormented relentlessly by the mischievous Princess Nicotine and her fairy companion.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsFrank PowellGrace HendersonJames KirkwoodAn unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsEdward BouldenA woman being fitted for shoes exposes her ankle to the shoe clerk, who is intrigued. He kisses her, but her chaperone hits him with her umbrella.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterStarsDeyoImages of a rose, a young woman, and the American flag.
- DirectorKenean BuelStarsGuy CoombsAnna Q. NilssonHal ClementsLieutenant Yancey's southern sweetheart, Rose, is jealous of Elinor, a northern girl, who is visiting her aunt Mary de Lane. This jealousy is excited by an invitation which Yancey receives from Mary to call and meet her niece. Yancey visits the de Lane home, and while walking along the river with Elinor, he shows her where the Confederate Ironclad is being constructed. Elinor, having strong Union sympathies, reveals the location of the Ironclad to the commander of the Federal gunboats. An attack is made on the Ironclad and Yancey rides to give warning. The Confederates are temporarily helpless as their power is exhausted. Yancey, knowing that a supply of ammunition is loaded on a train in another location, prepares to bring the needed powder to his compatriots. As the train is about to leave, a Federal scouting party rides up and opens fire. Rose and Yancey jump on the engine and make a wild dash to escape with the powder. Elinor, from a distance, sees the fight and sets fire to the bridge over which the train must pass. While riding over the bridge the last car catches fire. Yancey, who has been wounded, is left in the engine cab while Rose crawls over the loaded train and succeeds in cutting off the end car just in time to escape the explosion. The powder is delivered to the Ironclad in the nick of time, and a fierce battle wages between the Confederate vessel and the Union gunboats.
- DirectorA.C. AbadiePush-cart vendors are told to move on by a policeman.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterA brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into dogs.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsPaul PanzerA one-armed man obtains an artificial limb which he cannot control.
- DirectorGeorge S. FlemingEdwin S. PorterStarsA.C. AbadieFlorence GeorgieA 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.
- DirectorA.E. WeedIt's a very windy day, and the pedestrians passing by the Flatiron Building are having considerable difficulty in keeping their hats from flying off.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterA fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are passing along the stands and making their purchases of fish. A great character-study. - from the Edison Catalog
- DirectorFrancis J. MarionWallace McCutcheonFrom the point of view of the front end of a train, a group of robbers on a handcar rob the train and murder one of its crew.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterSeven toy teddy bears of varying sizes suddenly come to life, getting in all sorts of merry misadventures.
- A family moves out to the 'peaceful' suburbs where everything goes wrong, including the mother-in-law moving in.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsFrank PowellFlorence LawrenceGladys EganWhile caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonStarsAnthony O'SullivanRobert G. VignolaTwo members of a gang write a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding that he give them money, or else they will harm his family and his shop. The butcher is afraid and upset, but he is unable to meet their demands. The gang then kidnaps his daughter, leading to a series of tense and dangerous confrontations.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonA burlesque on the work of highwaymen in Chicago. An elderly gentleman is sandbagged and robbed by a thug, who inadvertently leaves some money on the victim's prostate body. A policeman happening along, takes the money and passes by without paying any attention to the plight of the victim.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonMarion LeonardFrank PowellA music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his anger he joins a communist group who plan to blow up a rich capitalist's house. When he realizes it's Helen's house, he tries to stop the plan.
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaDepicting well-known incidents in the life of Jesus Christ, this milestone of early cinema won world fame, huge audiences and a screen life of decades when most secular films of the time measured their commercial life in weeks.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsCarrie NationReenactment of Carrie Nation's saloon smashing in Wichita.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterThe scene opens in the bedroom of Mr. Nation, husband of the famous Carrie Nation, the "Kansas Saloon Smasher." Mr. Nation suddenly arises from the bed and picks up a crying infant from the cradle, and walks it up and down the floor. He suddenly steps upon a tack, becomes infuriated, and throws the baby back into the cradle. A small boy in the bed next demands his attention. The overworked husband becomes exasperated, and seizes a bottle of whiskey just as Mrs. Nation enters. She is horrified at the sight of her husband drinking from a bottle. She smashes the bottle on the floor, turns her husband over her knee and spanks him soundly.
- A man attempts a series of 'trial marriages' with various women, and eventually gives up on marriage altogether.
- DirectorGaston QuiribetA troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.
- Short actuality film which documents the passage of a Ringling Brothers circus parade through a prosperous Black community in Indianapolis.
- Leontine, a disobedient young girl, gets a chance to work at a milliner's, but instead of delivering a hat to a client, she wears it herself, upsetting the client and her boss.
- DirectorCharles-Lucien Lépine
- A nursemaid quits her job and convinces all the other nannies in her apartment building to go out on strike. The strike spreads to the city, with nurses everywhere abandoning their charges, in the park and in the streets.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsJohn R. CumpsonFlorence LawrenceLinda ArvidsonA new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the rest to his office. But one bite of these biscuits induces violent illness, and soon all his visitors (he runs a theatrical booking agency), plus the workmen at home, are ill. When she shows up at the office, they all go after her.
- Willie puts a pack of firecrackers in the flour which Nora is preparing for her dough. A policeman comes in and is entertained by Nora. Willie in the meantime explodes the firecrackers, covering Nora and policeman with the contents of the pan.
- DirectorAramBridget tries in vain to start the fire; so she resorts to the kerosene can. She pours the oil on. There is a tremendous explosion and Bridget is blown head-first through the window, while the stove collapses in a ruin.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterThe cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.
- DirectorGeorge Albert SmithStarsLaura BayleySmith casts his wife as a sluttish housewife who is mutilated by lighting her oven with paraffin.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsBertha RegustusEdward BouldenMr. La MontteA woman goes to the dentist for a toothache and is given gas. On her way home on the subway she can't stop laughing, and every other passenger catches the laughter from her.
- Mrs. Neverrest is a very energetic woman and is passionately fond of sports of every description, and being blessed with a large fortune indulges freely in all her different sporting proclivities. Arising at seven a.m., she partakes of a light breakfast and summoning her valet bids him get the Sandow apparatus ready for her dally muscle training. She strenuously exercises for an hour, then starts with her attendant on a climbing trip. She goes to the top of a high mountain with great ease and there awaits her panting servant, who not being a thorough sportsman like his mistress suffers severely from all this exertion. Returning from her mountain climb, our lady jumps on her saddle horse as a rest and takes a brisk hour's ride in the park. This over she must now refresh herself, so goes for a dip in the sea and there outdoes the fastest swimming fish in his course through the water. Returning home thoroughly invigorated, she feels that the vibrant exercise has aroused her appetite, and we see our female athlete eating a hearty meal with as much energy as she has walked, ridden or swam. After lunch there must be no rest, so away she goes for a long walk, with her unfortunate valet struggling after. The promenade finished, the bicycle is pressed into service and , lastly, after driving a dog-cart, then an auto, the indefatigable woman returns to her dwelling, dresses for dinner and has still enough energy left to receive her various admirers and enjoy their society.
- When the coachman comes home drunk, his wife beat him up and she takes the passenger car creating chaos in the city.
- DirectorGeorges HatotA maid, who, instead of attending to her work, through the means of a ladder, watches the different bathers in their respective rooms.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonStarsEdward DillonRobert HarronReversing the proverb. "Tis a wise parent that knows its own child," especially in a bargain day rush at a New York department store. The Joneses had not been blessed with a child of their, own, and Mrs. Jones is attracted by an "ad" for the adoption of an eighteen-months-old baby, and the suggestion is heartily approved by Mr. Jones, hence the young one is fostered. A perambulator is procured, and Mrs. J., the happiest of happy women, starts off for the department store where there is a bargain sale infants' wear. Now this store has introduced a new idea, that of a checking station for babies in baby carriages, and this is in charge of Percy Pembleton, formerly of the ribbon department, who was assigned to this position on account of his love for children, the dear boy. You may imagine that this being a bargain day in the infant wear department, there is a goodly number of dream disturbers in Percy's care. Besides Mrs. Jones, there came Mrs. Rastus Johnson, with her little Ebenezer; Mrs. Goldstein, Mrs. Fogarty. Mrs. Schultz, Mrs. Spiggeto, and a hoot of others. Each young and hopeful is checked and a claim check given to the mother. Nellie, the beautiful salesgirl, attracts the attention of Percy, and Bobby, the bundle-boy, seized the opportunity to switch the checks. As each fond mother comes out, she pushes away the perambulator her claim check calls for, perfectly oblivious and innocent of its infantile freight. When Mrs. Jones reaches borne Mr. J. is seated in the library. One glance is enough. "Why, dear, bow sunburned baby is!" Mrs. J. (hysterically) "Sunburned? Good gracious. It's a coon." Sure enough, In the mix-up Mrs. Jones carried off Mrs. Johnson's pickaninny. Back to the store, arriving just in time to see Percy take it on the run followed by an army of irate mothers. He is finally caught and punished. Each mother secures and folds her own toodlums to her bosom.
- DirectorViggo LarsenA young couple appears to be perfectly happy and in love, but one day the woman discovers that her husband is having an affair. She seeks out his mistress, and the two women agree to resolve their conflict in a duel.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMarion LeonardMack SennettBarry O'MooreGertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack marries Gertrude. He finds himself once again very jealous of the late Lucky Jim.
- Three old bachelors, retired sailors, are keeping house. One is frying something in a frying pan; another is sewing buttons on his pantaloons; the remaining one is setting the table. All are dissatisfied and get into an argument over their respective duties. One suddenly has an idea. They put their heads together and send this "ad" to the paper: "Wanted: Pleasant young woman for housekeeper for three elderly gentlemen: Apply by letter only. Bachelor's Hall." The next morning they are anxiously awaiting the postman. He finally arrives, bringing a bundle of answers to their advertisement. Finally one is selected, in which the applicant gives her age, states that she is a good-looking brunette with amiable disposition and a first-class cook and laundress. The name signed is "Nellie White." An answer to this is sent, and in due time a response comes announcing Nellie's arrival on the 10:30 train. We see the three men sitting down, each one endeavoring to think of some plan whereby he can meet the brunette without exciting the suspicions of his companions. First, No. 1 sneaks into his room, brushes his hair, puts on a new necktie and fancy vest. Watching his opportunity, No. 2 goes to his room, dons his silk hat, and with his cane and buttonhole bouquet is quite the "giddy boy." No. 3 retires to his apartment, trims his beard, puts on a toupee and otherwise adorns himself and is ready to meet the newcomer. Each old bachelor thinks he has fooled the others and one by one they start for the station. The first one arrives, looks down the track, walks up and down, proud of his appearance. Suddenly No. 2 loom, up and both he and the first arrival are terribly confused, each endeavoring to look and appear innocent. No. 3 arrives finally, notices his companions and pretends to be out for a little stroll. The train finally pulls in and an enormous colored woman, the only passenger to alight, jumps off, carrying a valise marked in large letters "N.W." The old men ore rooted to the spot. The lone passenger waddles over to them, shows them the letter and introduces herself. They look at each other, join arms and dejectedly start for home, Nellie following. Reaching Bachelor's Hall, they enter. The men get into a sarcastic argument over their manner of dress and retire to their respective rooms. Nellie removes her bat, puts on an apron and starts to work, cleans and straightens things up and cooks a fine dinner. The bachelors return in a rather glum frame of mind. They sniff the dinner and their humor immediately changes. They sit down and eat heartily. The new cook has more than met their expectations. They all stand up and drink a toast to Nellie.
- DirectorSidney OlcottStarsGene GauntierDuring the latter part of our great Civil War, when the Union Army had pushed their operations into the South Atlantic States, the general in command of the campaign was very much harassed by the miraculous way in which his plans became known to the enemy. Numerous attempts were made to discover the source of the enemy's information, but they proved futile. It was not until several years after the close of the war that he learned it was due to the daring work of a young girl spy. The daughter of a Southern family, left motherless in early childhood, her life had become embittered by the death of her father and only brother during one of the early struggles of the great conflict. She had consecrated her entire life to the cause of their beloved Southland. Scene 1: Nan Receives Her Orders. Scene 2: The Wires are Tapped. Scene 3: Nan Escapes with the Tapped Dispatches. Scene 4: Nan Eludes Her Pursuers. A Clever Ruse. Scene 5: Nan's Horse Found. Again Suspected. Scene 6: Nan is Joined by Her Confederate and They Escape. Scene 7: The Pursuit. Scene 8: The Dispatches Delivered.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonClaire McDowellHarry SolterJohn Holland, a small planter, is devotedly attached to his wife and infant. The wife wearies of the monotonous grind of farm life and is easy prey of a contemptible villain: Tom Roland, the ubiquitous "other man." The wife's sister is an innocent, good-natured tomboy who never for a moment dreamed that her sister's low spirits were due to anything else than ill-health; no more did John. He tries his best to cheer his wife, and as he bids her and the baby a fond adieu in the morning on his departure for the fields, he begs her to be hopeful; better conditions are in store. Scarcely has he crossed the threshold when Roland appears at the window. This decides her; so taking her wedding ring from her finger and leaving a note of farewell, she elopes with the serpent. At that moment the sister enters, sees the note and determines to save her at any cost. Donning her riding bloomers, armed with a revolver, she leaps on a horse and dashes wildly after them, they having escaped in a phaeton. On, on they go at breakneck speed, both holding the distance between them, until the harness breaks on the horse of the elopers and they resort to a rowboat to get across the river. Down comes the sister, and leaping from her horse, dashes to the landing, and with the aid of her gun enlists the services of the old boatman to row in pursuit. Masking her face, that her identity will be unknown, she fires at the fleeing couple, causing them to heave to. Coming abreast, and flourishing the gun, she compels Roland to leap overboard and swim off. Then she commands the wife to board her boat, and at the landing, to return home. Here she makes herself known, and in a struggle the wife gets possession of the gun, when in rushes Roland and seizing the sister is choking her, when kin asserts itself in the wife and she sends a bullet crashing through Roland's arm, who at the point of the gun is driven from the place. The wife, realizing her folly, as John enters throws herself in his arms, he being in total ignorance of her experience and narrow escape. Once more, and for all time, peace reigns in the little home, thanks to Tomboy Nellie.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonStarsRobert HarronEdward DillonAs a newsboy is playing a game on the sidewalk with a friend, two men come near to them, and then stand in a position where they cannot be seen from the sidewalk. When an attractive woman walks past them, the two men follow her. Sensing that they have bad intentions, the newsboy follows them to see what they are up to. When his suspicions are confirmed, he tries to come up with a plan to protect the woman.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonMarion LeonardRobert HarronTom and Ethel separately decide to go bathing in a river. Pranksters switch their clothes and they each have to dress up as the opposite sex.