Most Viewed Year 1909 - 19

Based on Aleksey Tolstoy's piece of the same name.

Alphonse and Gaston get into an argument over cocktails and agree to a duel.

Recreates a horrific lust-murder sequence from kabuki theatre, starring members of the Kasen Makamura all-girl troupe.

Just before bedtime, Christian overhears a conversation between his grandmother and shopkeeper Blache. While Blache stubbornly insists that wealth is...

The Indian Trailer is a Western short.

The picture shows various kinds of birds in their natural environments, and in their natural colors, and at such close range that the very eyes of...

Man decides to crosss-dress to compete in a beauty pageant, for the 100 pound first prize.

After being chased off private property, Boy Scouts rescue the land-owner's kidnapped daughter.

1909 French short depicting a very soft core porno scenario.

One of the oldest surviving films dramatizing elements of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoléon is played by Maximilien (Max) Charlier, but...

Many of the scenes of this split-reel short about a bizarre group of tramp musicians who disappear into and out of drums, beach umbrellas and...

Hardy trawlermen brave bad weather and rough seas off the coast of north-west England to bring in the catch.

Cupid offer a horseshoe to princess Alice, promising her that the item will bring her the man of her dream. However, she is getting impatient and...

Houdini and his wife Bess are walking along the Seine in Paris, when he encounters a melee between a drunkard and the police. In the ensuing...

'Sexton Blake' poses as a gang's messenger to save a kidnapped girl.

This picture story is a series of stirring war scenes occurring in 1865, at the homestead of Captain Warren, Confederate officer, near St....

Documentary footage of folk-dancers.

A showman invites patrons to step up to his Kinetoscope-style magic box and glimpse the answers to their most burning questions.

A short film showing the industrial process of jute works in India.

FRAGMENT. Young Hansen is deeply in love with his boss’s daughter and regularly meets with her in secret. One day, the boss catches them and...