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- A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
- Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.
- This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch. She follows him down a hole and finds herself in a hall of many doors.
- Grandfather gets a pair of magic spectacles, which he claims to possess the miraculous power of showing the tastes and inclinations of the person who puts them on. There are present at the time a large family gathering, father, mother, sons and daughters, and grandchildren, and each member of the party in turn puts on the spectacles. Then we see on the curtain all that is passing in the mind of the wearer clearly portrayed in each eye, just as if we were looking through opera glasses.
- The story of Jesus Christ from the proclamation of his Nativity to his crucifixion. Impressive scenes and dynamism of the actors prelude to the Italian colossal movies of the silent period.
- An epic Italian film, "Quo Vadis" influenced many of the later movies.
- In this spectacular free adaptation of the popular theatre play "La Biche au Bois", the valiant Prince Bel-Azor pursues a baleful old witch to her impregnable castle, to save the beautiful young Princess Azurine.
- The life of Jesus Christ in 25 scenes.
- Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
- Two love triangles intersect in ancient Pompei.
- A fireman rushes into a carriage to rescue a woman from a house fire. He breaks the windowpanes and carries the woman to safety; after dangerous and uncertain moments he also saves the woman's son.
- A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
- After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.
- Spartacus sold as a slave rises up and battles the evil Crassus.
- A man starts playing a piano. Neighbors hearing the music begin dancing, and are drawn to the music, dropping what they are doing to join the impromptu dance party.
- An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.
- Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput, the inhabitants of which are no more than six inches tall. He later travels to Brobdingnag, a country populated by giants.
- Old and burdened Faust sells his soul to the Devil for the exchange of youth and pleasures. He seduces Marguerite and is finally condemned to hell.
- Smith casts his wife as a sluttish housewife who is mutilated by lighting her oven with paraffin.
- Robinson Crusoe and Friday fight with hostile natives, and eventually retire to their jungle cottage to relax.
- A small boy is sent from the table because his mother expects a caller. He slyly comes back and creeps under the table, where he pins his mother's gown to the tablecloth. When the caller arrives she arises to meet him and pulls the cloth with its burden of dishes to the floor.
- A hotel porter tries in his spare time to find out the secrets of the guests in looking through the keyholes of the different rooms. He must see very funny things, judging from his facial expressions.
- As two couples enjoy their evening promenade in a nice but rickety open motor car, without notice, an explosion blows the vehicle to smithereens.
- Comedy is benefited by originality. In this Alice Guy short, an alcoholic is inadvertently sewn in to a mattress. With that unique premise, havoc ensues.
- Through a rapid succession of drawings, ingenious disguises and soft dissolves, the director portrays a quick-sketch artist who transforms to various characters according to the static outlines on his chalkboard.
- Views of Manresa, a little village near Barcelona, and its environs. The film affords an excellent idea of the peculiar characteristics of the district, while there is a wild picturesqueness about the neighborhood which adds considerably to the interest of the film.
- The painter Pierre Bernier becomes famous thanks to the portrait "The Naked Woman" which represents his model, the seductive Lolette. The very evening of his triumph at the Salon des Expositions, he decides to marry her. But, having become rich and famous, he soon falls in love with the Princess of Chaban and abandons the woman to whom he owes his success.
- The young and naive Pierrot is led astray by the evil wine merchant Pochinet. He hopes to distract Pierrot with drinking and gambling while he tries to seduce Louisette.
- A thrilling and impressive military subject, showing several regiments of the French army in splendid action. We see a large body of troops "on the defensive," "defending the bridge," "bringing forward the artillery," and in many other exciting maneuvers.
- A young girl finds life with her staid parents Irksome, and decides to see the world. She falls asleep on a bench in a park and dreams of her future life. In rapid review visions pass, showing herself in handsome gowns and indulging in a life of recklessness. Finally she sees the inevitable end and is in despair. She awakens at this point, and is overjoyed to find that it has been all a dream, and rushes home thoroughly content to follow the even tenor of home life.
- Bassanio meets his friend, Antonio, a merchant of wealth and influence in Venice and tells him of his love for Portia, a rich heiress dwelling in Belmont. Bassanio wishes to woo the beautiful lady, but is without means and requests Antonio to lend him the required sum. The latter, whose fortunes are invested in cargoes upon the high seas, regrets that he is unable to assist him, but offers to stand security for Bassanio with the money-lenders on the Rialto. The two friends then go to the house of Shylock. a Jew of great wealth, and make known their wants. Shylock is unwilling at first, because he knows of Antonio's uncertain ventures, but finally agrees to advance three thousand ducats for three months, on condition that Antonio sign a bond stating that if the money is not paid when due, the lender is entitled to cut a pound of flesh off Antonio's breast. Bassanio then visits Belmont, but must wait his turn while other suitors pay their respects. According to her father's will, Portia must be won in the following manner: Each suitor is to make his choice of one of three caskets; one made of gold, another of silver, and the other of lead. He that selects the one containing her portrait is to be rewarded with her hand in marriage. Two haughty suitors, the Prince of Morocco and the Prince of Aragon, select the gold and silver caskets in turn, and are unsuccessful. Bassanio wisely chooses the leaden casket, which proves to be the one containing her portrait. His gallant bearing has already won Portia's heart, and not long afterwards, their nuptial rites are solemnized. The celebration is hardly finished, however, when Bassanio receives a letter from Antonio stating that his ships have been lost at sea, and the bond declared forfeited. Bassanio straightway hastens to Venice, where he is just in time to attend the trial of his friend and hear the plea of the Jew, who scorns the offer of repayment and cruelly demands his pound of flesh. As the trial proceeds, the case appears to be going against Antonio until the appearance of a young lawyer named Balthasar, who has been sent as a substitute to defend the unfortunate merchant. When Shylock is about to have his due, Balthasar points out that if in the cutting of it he shed one drop of blood, all his properties will be confiscated according to the law of Venice. Infuriated, Shylock is obliged to renounce his inhuman claim. Later, Bassanio and Antonio discover to their great surprise and delight that' their unknown deliverer has been do other than Portia herself in disguise.
- The nightmare of Émile Cohl's chalk animation is one of unreliable appearances. Fishermen catch fish which eat them whole. Ladders transform into coils which just as suddenly take the form of angry mustachioed soldiers. The human figure at the receiving end of these transmogrifications is subject to all manner of degradations. Genuinely unsettling, THE PUPPET'S NIGHTMARE anticipates Don Hertzfeldt's stick-figure fantasias by a century.
- The final duel in 'Hamlet', in the first film of the play.
- The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and paddles. He's over-matched. What will become of the mission, its defenders, and its occupants?
- Panoramic view taken from the Suspension Railway at Barmen and Elbefeld, Germany. A marvelous example of engineering work.
- To set fire to Rome, murder the consuls, cancel all debts, and proscribe the wealthy citizens, is the plan of Catiline and his fellow conspirators, when they meet at the house of Quintus Curius, in the year 66 B.C. Their lowered voices are overheard by a spy, who carries the news to Cicero, the consul. With this evidence the great orator plans the utter destruction of Catiline and his followers. At the next meeting of the Senate, Cicero majestically rises from his seat, and pointing an accusing finger at Catiline, delivers his famous denunciation, branding him a traitor to his country. Catiline rushes from the chamber, followed by the curses of the senators. He then hastens to his army, and not long afterwards hazards battle with the consular forces. A terrible engagement ensues, in which not one of the conquered is taken alive. Catiline's body is found far in advance of his own ranks, amidst a heap of the enemy.
- This is the story of a pot of glue and the over interfering boy. Finding a pot of glue, the lad immediately proceeds to apply it to everything in sight. Accordingly, the stairway, lawn seat and a bicycle seat and handles are liberally daubed, so that those coming in contact experience much inconvenience in liberating themselves. "He who laughs last laughs best," can also be applied in this instance, as, in giving vent to his amusement, the lad falls back on to the pot and is unable to liberate himself.
- Stout and Thynne advertise themselves as professors of spiritualism, and with the assistance of Teddy, their confederate, arrange a séance. When the guests are seated around the table, it begins to perform very extraordinary antics and finally moves slowly out of the door, for Teddy has tied a string to it and is proceeding down the hall. The scheme works to perfection until lie meets a friend upon the stairway, who gives him a shove that sends him rolling out into the street, followed by the table and the astonished company. Away they run until they encounter the police, who, when informed of the fraud, carry the three impostors off to jail.
- The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- Mistletoe has ever been the emblem of good luck and from time immemorial the branch of mistletoe has been the hope of the fair sex. In this series of views the spell is broken and in quick succession one catastrophe follows another to the utmost consternation of the peddler and his many patrons, who lose all faith in the proverbial advantages of the plant. Many very amusing scenes are created, bound to please everybody.
- Richard Gillett, a young medical student, has won the love of pretty Mollie Dupont, daughter of a wealthy country gentleman and heiress to a considerable fortune. Mr. Dupont has every respect for the clean-cut young man, and heartily approves the match, so the course of true love runs smoothly along until the appearance of Lathrop upon the scene. Lathrop, a gentleman crook of the "Raffles" type, is also a keen sportsman, and one day, while fox-bunting near the Dupont estate, is thrown from his horse and painfully injured. He is carried to the home of Mollie and her father, and is nursed back to health and strength by the girl herself. Dreaming of the possibility of a rich marriage, he does not let this opportunity escape. He exerts himself to charm the girl and succeeds in making a profound impression upon her. Richard soon notices the gradual change in his sweetheart's attitude toward him and her growing tenderness for the handsome stranger. Finally he finds himself entirely supplanted, and in despair leaves for a distant city to seek forgetfulness in the enthusiastic pursuit of his medical studies. Five years pass. Richard is now a highly successful practicing physician and Mollie is married to Lathrop, knowing nothing of his shady past. Naturally, his former accomplices try to draw the greatest profit possible from the good fortune of their old friend, and when at last the man refuses longer to pay "the price of silence," rebelling at being blackmailed by his former pals, there is an encounter in which he is seriously injured. It is impossible to conceal the truth from Mollie any longer. Overcome with grief, she takes refuge with her father, who buys up all existing proofs of her husband's former rascality, and then forces the man to give his daughter a divorce. Two years later we find Mollie at the bedside of her sick child. A doctor is sent for, and it is Richard who answers the call. The young doctor succeeds in restoring health to the child and wins first the gratitude of the mother and, after the violent death of the adventurous Lathrop, the love of the sweetheart of his boyhood days.
- The woman of Shunem provides comforts for Elisha. The prophet seeks what good he may do for her. He prophesies the birth of a son. The child is born. When the child is grown he dies. Elisha restores the child to life. Scenes: 1. The Shunammite and her aged husband. 2. Elisha, the prophet, on a visit to Shunem, meets the woman, who gives him shelter and food. 3. And Elisha sends Gehazi, his servant, to learn what he can do to repay the woman for her kindness. 4. Gehazi reports that the woman prays for a child. And Elisha prophesies that a son will be born to them. 5. And according to Elisha's prophesy a son is born. He prospers for ten years. While visiting his father in the fields the child is overcome by the heat. 6. He is taken to his mother and dies in her arms. 7. The mother places him upon the bed of Elisha, the prophet, and leaves him there. 8. Seeking out the prophet she vows she will not leave him until he restores her child. 9. Elisha prays for the restoration of life to the boy. 10. And the child is restored.
- Lieutenant Novelli is stationed on the frontier with his troops. He is in charge of dynamite. His wife, Hesperia, telephones him that their child is seriously ill and Novelli sacrifices duty and goes home. Meanwhile orders arrive from headquarters to move a large quantity of dynamite, and in the absence of Novelli, his subordinate undertakes to load the shipment. In doing so, a large cask of the explosive is dropped with frightful results to the entire fort, causing the death of a number of officers and men. Novelli is court-martialed and sent from the army. He goes to India, leaving his wife and daughter at the army post, and for some months plunges into the jungle, where his rare marksmanship wins the great admiration of the natives. One day Novelli fires at an Antelope and the beast, after one spasmodic leap into the air, falls dead. This is considered a great feat among the natives and is only eclipsed when Novelli, dropping on one knee, easily shoots a charging water buffalo. The India village is much harassed by the constant depredations of tigers, and the chief, after begging Novelli to remain with them orders his arrest. Novelli hears of the treachery and flees. He is ambushed, however, and only after a desperate battle with the natives, manages to leave the pursuing parties behind. Their great numbers crowd him fast, however, and in desperation, Novelli climbs a tree. The natives having no guns and Novelli, having exhausted his ammunition, it is but a few minutes work to cut the tree, bringing Novelli to the ground in a crush of twigs and branches. He is taken back to the chief's village and when again asked to remain with them in peace, refuses. For this he is sentenced to be burned alive in the center of the village. The fagots are piled high and Novelli is strapped to a post on the top of them. The old chief, who has been ill for some time and is rapidly dying, wishes to join the festivities. After the fagots are lighted, the chief is taken with a violent coughing spell and death threatens. Novelli, above the roar of the flames, cries that if they will loosen his hands, he can save the old chief's life. This he does and the death sentence is temporarily revoked. A large Bengal tiger has been making steady visits to the village and Novelli is asked to dispatch him. Making his place on the back of an elephant, and surrounded by the tribe. Novelli leads the battle. Dismounting from the elephant, Novelli plants himself in the middle of a clear space and sends the tribesmen in to beat the tiger into the open. In a few moments the great head of the beast is seen coming from the underbrush. A second later and the beautiful animal stands in the center of the clearing with tail switching, nostrils expanded, crouched and ready for a leap. As he is about to spring towards Novelli, the marksman fires and the mammoth beast falls to the ground in its death agonies. Later in the day this same performance is repeated and a second monster of the jungle falls before the rifle of the redoubtable Novelli. This animal is skinned before its body has stopped twitching and a beautiful tiger skin marks the trophy of the chase. After these exploits, Novelli is given more freedom about the India village and one night makes a second leap for freedom. This time he takes flight on a horse. Through these months of his exile, Novelli is much loved by Sarama, the Chief's daughter and she ever-watchful, is the first to become aware of his escape and follows madly on another horse. She over-takes Novelli and while traveling at breakneck speed, she leaps from her horse onto the back of Novelli. The additional weight, and the swaying of their bodies, finally throws the two to the ground* Novelli shakes himself loose; leaps upon a horse and resumes the flight. An then a wonderful thing happens. While dashing at breakneck speed under a large tree, the white-clothed figure of a native is seen to shoot down from among the branches, steady itself for an instant by hanging to a lower branch, and throw its legs around the neck of the swift-traveling Novell. , ha tiling the body from the saddle of his horse. Recaptured and back again in the India village, Novelli begins to give up all hope of seeing his wife and child again. Meanwhile many strange things are happening to Hesperia. After making fruitless quests for information of her absent husband, Hesperia with her little daughter, Elsie, finally takes passage on a steamer for India, determined to hunt down her missing husband. On board the big liner in the many idle days that follow, little Elsie made a lasting friend of old Tome, the boat swain, aid then one day came the cry of "Fire". In a moment the big liner was ablaze with flame and pandemonium reigned. All available boats were lowered and Hesperia and her little child was unable to climb into any of them. Men and women leaped into the water in their frantic effort to escape the flames,and Hesperia in desperation, grabbed her little daughter and leaped into the sea. A second later old Tom was seen to plunge head foremost into the water and grab the little girl, and swam with her to shore; Hesperia swimming after them. They drop exhausted on the beach, and after regaining their senses, make their way to an English station on the outskirts of the village where they are cared for and from where a short time after, Hesperia carried out her bold intention of plunging straight into the jungle in search for her husband. Old Tom and Elsie accompanied her. After many weary days, chance lead them into the hands of natives who took them to the Village where Novelli was a prisoner. A happy reunion followed, tinctured with sadness by the grief of Sarama, when she learned that Novelli had neither time nor thought for her. While all of them remained prisoners in the village, another tiger began its depredations. It was planned to capture him alive, so a big ten-foot pit was built and a net dropped into it. Over the top of this, loose branches were placed and a little Lid was tied to them. Some moments later another tiger peered cautiously from the jungle, greedily eyed the twingling kid, and in two great bounds was upon him. The slender twigs gave way and the great beast was precipitated into the bottom of the pit. The natives then released the unharmed Kid and tightly tying the top of the net, made the tiger captive. Sarama then conceived a hideous plan for vengeance. One day while little Elsie was playing in a hut, she loosened the tiger, who made straight for the child. In through the door he dashed and little Elsie shrank against the side of the grass hut. An instant later a shot rang out and the great tiger fell mortally hit. That night Novelli carefully made a dummy likeness of the four members of his party. In the blackness of the Jungle night they crept out of the village, taking three horses with them. They tied the dummies onto the saddles of the horses and sent the beasts scurrying away. When the alarm was sounded in the village, the horses were followed, allowing an unobstructed way for the fugitives. Coming to the top of a high precipice, Hesperia was left alone for a moment with Elsie. She set the child down when suddenly over the top of a hammock appeared one of the natives. He seized the child and started running with her along the top of a daring cliff. Hesperia did not hesitate. At eminent danger of shooting her own child, she fired at the native and he, dropping the child safely, reeled dizzily over the edge of the precipice and was lost. A week later the little party arrived at the English Village where Hesperia had started from and were welcomed by the populace. Little Elsie ever afterward had a playmate in old Tom.
- About 550 B.C. there reigned in Persia and Egypt, Cambyses, a very cruel and passionate king. He fell in love with Amestris, the beautiful wife of his favorite courtier, Prexaspe. It happened one day that young Masyos, son of Prexaspe and Amestris, was learning how to throw the javelin or spear. Cambyses comes upon the scene and plays with Masyos. Unhappily, as King Cambyses threw the javelin, Masyos ran in front of him so that the javelin pierced him through the heart. Amestris, the boy's mother, did not understand that it was accidental and she swore to avenge Masyos' death. Accordingly, she feigned to yield to Cambyses' passion in order to attract him into her home. There, before the corpse of her dead son, which she tragically displayed to Cambyses, she stabbed the king to the heart with the same javelin with which he had killed Masyos,
- Fabio Romani is the husband of beautiful Nina, an Italian girl. They have a charming daughter, Stella by name, and their life in Naples on Romani's great estates is one of love and happiness. Both husband and wife are fond of Guido Ferrari, who is a constant visitor at their home, and whose friendship for Fabio has been lifelong. A great cholera plague ravages the populace of Naples and Fabio one day decides to go to town in spite of the danger, on an errand of importance. On his return he is seized with the cholera, and drops to the street. He is picked up by the hooded doctors, pronounced dead, and, as a precaution against infection, his body is immediately placed on a cheap wooden casket and buried in the long disused Romani family vault. After some hours of apparent death his body stirs. He breathes, feels, moves and his casket slips from the niche and falls to the floor of the vault, taking with it a coffin that had lain undisturbed for many centuries on a lower tier. Romani struggles to his feet and the truth dawns on him. He immediately plunges into the casket now broken open and finds tremendous riches in gold, silver and diamonds with a note stating that they had been placed there by a pirate many generations ago. Almost overcome by his adventure, and suffering an agony of mental torture, Fabio's hair turns white in a single hour. He finally breaks free of the tomb and rushes through the garden to his mansion. From behind an ornamental column he sees his old friend Guido embracing his wife and determines upon a horrible revenge. He hurries to the nearest town, buys a pair of green spectacles and a suit of clothes. Armed with almost inexhaustible riches of the treasure chest, he assumes the name of Count Oliva and after a lapse of time, returns to the scene of his misfortunes. He succeeds in obtaining an introduction to Guido and in course of time the two become fast friends. He professes himself to be an old friend of the dead Count Romani's father. In course of time he meets his faithless wife and soon becomes an almost daily visitor at his own home. At this time his child Stella is taken sick and dies. Before the little girl passes away, Fabio makes himself known to her. The wealth of Fabio dazzles Nina and, being faithless, selfish and mercenary, he has but little difficulty in laying the foundation of his vengeance. Guido leaves town for a period and during the interval, Fabio receives the consent of Nina to become his wife and to jilt Guido. Fabio then announces a grand dinner in honor of Guido's return and, at the psychological moment, announces to the assembled guests the engagement of himself and Nina. Guido, stung to the quick, strikes Fabio and a duel follows, in which Guido is mortally wounded. Before he expires, Fabio removes his green glasses and reveals his identity to the dying Guido. The night of the wedding arrives with its hundreds of guests. On that night just before the supper, Fabio takes Nina by the hand and leads her to the vault, telling her that he will show her the source of his fabulous wealth and the ever mercenary Nina follows to the door of the vault where she hesitates. Fabio seizes her and throws her through the open door and then follows himself. Safely in the vault, he discloses his identity and the shock drives Nina insane. The sight of the once beautiful woman now a crazed being with distorted face, playing among the jewels in the treasure chest, almost causes Fabio's cold heart to relent. Suddenly the earth moves beneath them. There is a rush and roar of crashing pillars, a mighty stone hurtles through the roof of the tomb, striking Nina and killing her instantly. Fabio, believing it the vengeance of the Gods, rushes from the mined vault in panic. Thus is the Vendetta accomplished.
- At school in Brienne. On the bridge of Arcole. The campaign in Egypt. Passage of the St. Bernard Pass. Garden party in Malmaison.
- A hunting horn sounds in the distance, setting the village dogs barking with excitement, and soon round the corner of the lane there comes the master with his pack of big hounds and bevy of shaggy, rough-coated terriers, the latter yelping and straining at their leashes. Over the meadows we go first, hounds trying the stream bit by bit, then into the woods, where in the shade of the old trees and mass of tall tangled undergrowth, hounds are almost hidden from our view. We have scrambled over many hedges, helping the ladies over at some times, at others ungallantly having to leave them in order that we might get the bioscope's omniscient eye pointed upon the hounds as they begin to whimper and feather on some faint scent. Soon we leave the path and take to the water, wading in and out of cool pools, tripping and slipping on the boulders to the peril of the bioscope. The hills have closed in on either side, fine old oak trees, rich in green, their trunks covered with green lichen, rise up around us, yet we have not found a beaver. But what is that? One old hound hugging the bank gives a whimper, the others gather round, and the terriers, wishing to have their say, dash up and look important; then there is a splash, a streak of shining grey flits across the water, and we are away full cry. Hounds giving tongue, terriers barking, and some local country gentlemen loudly shouting, we race up stream: "Give the hounds room and don't yell," promptly cries the master; the whips take up their positions, cheering on the hounds, and thus we go up the stream, till at last, in a clear, deep pool, the sides of steep rock covered in rich green moss, among a tangled mass of dead tree trunks, the beaver gets away underground. Then the terriers have their day working down into her underground refuge, and out she pops to lead us yet further up among the hills, when, at last, surrounded and secured by hounds, it is caught.
- This most beautiful film depicts the well-known Biblical scenes when Joseph is sold by his brothers and taken to Egypt, where he finally landed in jail. There he explains to his fellow prisoners their dreams. The one will gain his liberty while the other will hang. His predictions come true. It was at that time the King has some dreams which he wanted to have explained. Learning that Joseph could do this, he had him brought before him. Joseph explained his dreams and was made Governor. We also see how Joseph is tempted by Pharaoh's wife, and how he is crowned Governor.