An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton...

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his ill-gotten money in a secret cellar. While the miser is at...

Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is...

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel...

The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

A wealthy old alchemist and inventor has just perfected a motion picture camera with which he hopes to revolutionize the art of animated photography,...

A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies...

Mack Sennett appears in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a lover in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

With the family of Mr. Phlipp there is employed that wrecker of domestic serenity, a pretty French maid, whose trim figure and cherry lips are simply...

An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

Two big game hunters are on safari in the jungle with their African guide. They observe zebras, ostrich and a hippopotamus, and catch a small monkey...

On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing.

Here's a travelogue that takes its audience to Palermo and shows them the big sights, and the hidden ones. It ends with a slow but impressive...

Mack Sennett appears as a Confederate soldier and a Union soldier in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his ill-gotten money in a secret cellar. While the miser is at...

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel...

A wealthy old alchemist and inventor has just perfected a motion picture camera with which he hopes to revolutionize the art of animated photography,...

A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies...

Mack Sennett appears in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a lover in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

With the family of Mr. Phlipp there is employed that wrecker of domestic serenity, a pretty French maid, whose trim figure and cherry lips are simply...

An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing.

Here's a travelogue that takes its audience to Palermo and shows them the big sights, and the hidden ones. It ends with a slow but impressive...

Mack Sennett appears as a Confederate soldier and a Union soldier in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.

A hunter lost in the Northern woods is rescued by a trapper and his wife. He makes advances to the wife, is rejected, and tries to kill the trapper.

During an orgy, Emperor Justinian orders three people to be torched alive.

About an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians, the forced...

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

Mack Sennett appears as a barbarian in this film produced by the Biograph Company.