The Black Imp 1905
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.
A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs of ancient Araby. Guided by the mysterious Khalafar, the troupe (alongside him go some cowardly scholars) encounter skeletons, fire-breathing lizards, and mirages on their journey through the lower world.
The film recreates the final events leading to Italian unification in September 1870.
A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer views of Dreamland and Luna Park.
A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track. At the time of filming, the subway was only seven months old, having opened on October 27, 1904. The ride begins at 14th Street (Union Square) following the route of today's east side IRT, and ends at the old Grand Central Station, built by Cornelius Vanderbuilt in 1869. The Grand Central Station in use today was not completed until 1913.
An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.
An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.
A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special car, who claims that he can get there in just two hours. Complications ensue.
A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate palanquin is summoned. Now, what does the illusionist have in mind?
An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.
Cute one-trick doggie show. The backdrop is beautifully detailed, yet the illusion of depth is humorously broken by the balloon bouncing off the set.
Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.
The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.
Chronophotographic short film, possibly species Protophormia terraenovae, c. 1904-1905.
A brief scene at a sheep slaughterhouse.
A partially nude woman fixes and brushes her hair.
Early Balkan footage.