Dogs Used as Smugglers

Dogs Used as Smugglers 1906

4.00

With contraband strapped to the backs of their dogs, smugglers set off to cross the Spanish-French border. Having been spied upon and betrayed to customs officers, a fierce skirmish results and only the dogs and a single smuggler reach their destination.

1906

Boireau déménage

Boireau déménage 1906

1

Andre Deed is moving out, so he has hired some guys with a cart to move his stuff...... and they have a drink to seal the deal. They load his cart...... and they have a drink..... in short, but the time this is over, Deed is pretty loaded too in this amusing comedy.

1906

Bathing Forbidden

Bathing Forbidden 1906

5.00

Three young women are smiling and playing in a lake, their nude bodies reflecting in the water, when a forest watcher appears from the wood, and chases them away. They get out of the water, pick their clothes from tree branches, and move away before putting them on. The bearded man seems to be shy, but he is chasing after them through the wood, anyway.

1906

The Stepmother

The Stepmother 1906

4.80

A poor boy is mistreated by his stepmother when his father isn't present.

1906

The '?' Motorist

The '?' Motorist 1906

6.47

A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.

1906

Joined Lips

Joined Lips 1906

4.83

The setting is a postoffice. A well-to-do lady has brought her maid to lick the stamps. A man, the maid's love interest, is taken by the sight and, as soon as he can, attempts to kiss her. Unfortunately the lovers forgot about the sticky residue…

1906

Terrible Anguish

Terrible Anguish 1906

4.00

In all likeliness an inspiration for Griffith's The Lonely Villa (1909), Terrible Anguish tells the brief and tragic tale of a family being torn apart while the husband is away at work.

1906

The Female Spy

The Female Spy 1906

6.00

Vera, daughter of a Cossack loves a young tartar who is the enemy of her father. She betrays her father to save the life of her lover, but loses her own life instead.

1906

Otello

Otello 1906

1

An Italian movie about Othello.

1906

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend 1906

6.32

A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the established theme: the “Rarebit Fiend” gorges himself on rarebit and thus suffers spectacular hallucinatory dreams.

1906

Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers 1906

4.50

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, Dago Pete, deliberately starts a fight, he is immediately fired. But the discharged worker soon comes up with a plan to commit a robbery and get even. His scheme could affect the lives of several others.

1906

Le déserteur

Le déserteur 1906

4.00

A soldier steals his officer's money and asks the music-hall singer he is mad about to run awy with him.

1906

A Desperate Crime

A Desperate Crime 1906

6.41

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

1906

The Bewitched House

The Bewitched House 1906

6.60

A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.

1906

A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire

A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire 1906

6.38

A Trip Down Market Street is a 13-minute actuality film recorded by placing a movie camera on the front of a cable car as it travels down San Francisco’s Market Street. A virtual time capsule from over 100 years ago, the film shows many details of daily life in a major American city, including the transportation, fashions and architecture of the era. The film begins at 8th Street and continues eastward to the cable car turntable, at The Embarcadero, in front of the San Francisco Ferry Building. It was produced by the four Miles brothers: Harry, Herbert, Earle and Joe. Harry J. Miles cranked the Bell & Howell camera during the filming.

1906

Madame's Cravings

Madame's Cravings 1906

5.70

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

1906

A Sticky Woman

A Sticky Woman 1906

5.60

A lady uses her maid to lick her stamps, when an overtly excited man notices the maid, forcibly kisses her, and they wind up stuck to each other.

1906