Tartuffe

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

Two boxers climb into barrels and proceed to pummel each other in this novelty film from the Lumières.

A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth....

Made in 1905 when short films were still being done in just one shot (for the Kinetoscope peep-show machines) and lasted about 2 minutes, this...

A new skyscraper is being built in New York City, and numerous workmen are busy at hazardous jobs high above the ground. When one of the workers,...

A couple steals food from a grocery store. To stop them from repeating their crime, the cunning salesman electrifies his shop.

A scientist concocts a potion that can turn people invisible for short periods of time. Two crooks steal the potion and go on a crime spree.

Frenchman Count Hardup advertises for a wife. He gets more than he bargained for when women start chasing him. He's caught by an old maid.

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged...

A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.

A few days before the Christmas holiday, a large family decides to put on a home-made play as part of their holiday together. The mother writes the...