Joan of Arc 1900
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by their governess, are about to retire. Before lying down they hang up their stockings on the edge of the bed. The picture changes and night appears. We see the housetops of the town and angels are flying about depositing packages in each of the chimneys. (Edison Catalog)
A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.
An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.
A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the second chair, and then likewise moves on to the third chair. In this way, an entire band is soon formed, and is then ready to perform.
A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.
In this subject a "comique eccentric" enters the drawing room inhabited by spirits. He tries to take off his coat and hat, but these garments return to his head and shoulders as soon as he takes them off. The chairs, his umbrella, his hat, etc., fly away in different directions and by various methods. (Star Film Catalog)
A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.
A series of fantastical wrestling matches.
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.
A trio of prankish boarders wreak havoc on their landlady and an intervening policeman.
The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.
A monkey wreaks havoc on a doctor.
A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.
A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.
The fairy at a cabbage patch hovers over the babies. This is a remake of Guy's 1896 film on the same subject, this time shot in 35 mm.
A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what he is doing. The child looks next at grandma's eye, then at a kitten.
A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.