Early slapstick short from Louis Feuillade involving runaways, except that, instead of it being a runaway horse (see Griffith's THE CURTAIN POLE for...

A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the...

Chollie and George compete for a young woman's affection, using trickery and sabotage.

A policeman spots a dog stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and gives chase. Soon several more policemen have joined the pursuit. But the...

While in a park, a young woman sees her fiancé being quite affectionate with another woman. When she calls him on the telephone to demand an...

Viggo Larsen’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale about the soldier who gets hold of a magic tinderbox capable of calling...

A rich man rewards a tramp for defending him from muggers with a large sum of money in the form of a single bank note. Nobody can cash the big bill...

A pregnant woman steals things from others on account of her cravings.

An illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word.

As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy...

Two clowns perform acrobatic routines with each other, but suddenly start fighting. One of them finds and hides inside a large canvas sack that turns...

A photographer has a studio in which he asks women to pose in the nude or in daring clothes. Then he receives his all-male clientele, to show them...

A young woman's involuntary head twitch is misinterpreted, as she and her husband are pursued around Paris by an ever-growing group of adoring men.

Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his...

"Le Pied de Mouton" is an adaptation of an old French stage play titled "The Talisman" written by Alphonse Martainville and César Ribié. The...

The interior of a trolley car. A menagerie of passengers notices a foul odour, and pinpoint the source of the stench at a cheese saleswoman. The...

Jim, a robber, is in love with the chief’s bride Clara, who firmly rejects his many advances. In revenge, he snitches on the entire gang of robbers...

A little girl, having lost her mother, finds herself on the street, where apaches (French gopniks) take her under their wing, forcing the orphan to...

Boireau's father keeps trying to apprentice him to a different trade. Each time, the youngster annoys the customers and destroys the goods and...

Stencil-coloured version of Segundo de Chomón's Les roses magiques (1906).

Many demonstrations of the art of Jiu Jitsu are given, and as evidence that this is not a passing fad intended only for the amusement of the public...

Native troops in what look like US Army uniforms do formation practicing with rifles in bayonet maneuver.

A man and his wife have a nice little racket of coining false money. While they go out to spend it, their daughter comes across a poor old woman and...

Presentation of horses and cows.

The opening shows a colored nursemaid in the park with baby carriage, and seated on a bench receives the attention of several smart colored men who...

A woman replaces her injured beau on a spy mission.

An inept marching band heads off to the competition, and then celebrates their surprising victory.

Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia, in April and June, 1907, participating in Jamestown's tercentennial...

A footage of an orchestra at Frederiksberg Theater.

A professor sprays people with 'galvanic fluid', and unleashes pent-up energy. Displays an early use of over-cranking and under-cranking.

In the midst of the Civil War, a wife saves the day by swapping places with her captured and soon-to-be-executed husband.

A darkey finds it impossible to keep his feet still whenever he hears the sound of music. Sam is enticed from his home by hearing the sound of mouth...

Silent starring Max Linder.

An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.

A girl who works in a textile mill suffers unwanted advances from her boss. Her boyfriend, who also works there, sees it and knocks the boss down. In...

A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.

A series of comic mishaps in house boxes at a music hall.

As a result of a stagecoach hold-up and other crimes, Buck Brady has become known locally as the "King of Bandits". The sheriff posts a $1000 reward...

Three suitors try to impress a girl by chasing her all over the place. Finally she makes her choice.

This fragment comprises just over half of the original film and features a parade of partially-submerged submarines and destroyers launching...