Silent Film

The final days before Weston mysteriously snaps and goes insane.

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Two old tars, retired from service, live alone in a cottage by the sea. They sail along on an even keel, until a buxom and comely widow projects...

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In this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood westerns impresses a visiting sheikh with his boxing skills...

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Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance...

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Mo Geum-san is a barber living in the rural area, who once aspired to be an actor. He starts to have doubts about his humdrum life after the village...

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Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favour of Harlequin in this hand-coloured short by Alice Guy.

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A widower and his two daughters live in the wilds of the north woods. They form the acquaintance of two trappers, Bob Cole and Jim Watson, who hunt...

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A princess is betrothed to a deformed monarch, but falls hard for his handsome brother.

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Lois Wilson (as Lulu) is the spinsterish member of the Deacon family: "The family beast of burden, whose timid soul has failed to break the bonds of...

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Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and...

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It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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In the background, five fans lean on the ropes looking into the ring. The referee is to the left; like the fans, he hardly moves as two fighters...

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Cops chase a pair of burglars on the rooftops of the city.

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Edison short about a happy couple about to be married, but the guy's carelessness at their workplace leads to tragedy.

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An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short, Walt Disney's earlier character, before going on to create Mickey Mouse. Here he is canoeing in the wilderness.

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A laundry man parks his horse-drawn cart to make a delivery. While he is inside, his horse sees a bag of oats and starts to eat them. By the time the...

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Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

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Directed by Ren Jingfeng.

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This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch...

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Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.

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A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of...

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A bill poster comes upon a blank wall, and immediately puts up a poster advertising a movie show at one location.

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A pastoral outing as Oswald and his friends take in the delights on a swimming hole.

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Peter Olsen, a young social outcast who lives alone on a rundown farm and raises vegetables for a living, finds his only consolation in liquor,...

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