The adventures of a female reporter in the 1890s.
“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)
Filme mudo que mostra o primeiro beijo capturado por câmeras cinematográficas na história. O Beijo, The Kiss ou May Irwin Kiss são pessoas que encenam um beijo em um minuto.
Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen. This version is shot with a long shot and shows more of the vaudeville stylings of Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown and their stage act.
Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.
Uma fada madrinha transforma magicamente os trapos de Cinderela em um lindo vestido e uma abóbora em uma carruagem. Cinderela vai ao baile, onde conhece o príncipe - mas será que ela se lembrará de sair antes que a magia acabe? Méliès baseou a direção de arte nas gravuras de Gustave Doré. Primeiro exemplo conhecido de um conto de fadas adaptado para o cinema, e o primeiro filme a usar dissolves para ir de uma cena para outra.
Um trem entra em um túnel. Em um compartimento um cavalheiro (George Albert Smith) se levanta e dá um beijo casto no rosto de sua senhora (Laura Bayley) que sorri envergonhada, recebe mais dois beijos do marido antes de ele voltar a sentar-se e ler o jornal. O trem sai do túnel.
Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favour of Harlequin in this hand-coloured short by Alice Guy.
"Nothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is not one of that kind, but one of those old fashioned "home made" kind that sets the whole audience into merriment and motion, and has always proven a popular subject. It is very fine photographically and an exhibit is not complete without it." -Edison film catalog.
Deixe-me sonhar de novo é um filme de 1900 de George Albert Smith Sinopse. (0:06) Um senhor idoso se diverte bebendo em uma mesa com uma jovem mascarada: tudo parece estar indo bem até que o senhor acorda em sua cama abraçado por sua esposa idosa e irritada, percebendo isso Percebo que estava apenas sonhando.
An old spinster receives an unexpected Valentine's letter.
A well-dressed, middle-aged man is enjoying a drink at a table with a pretty young woman. He flirts with her, and she seems not to mind his attentions. But is it all too good to be true?
On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome. The Knight commands her to leave, and when he is about to force her away she sits on her broom and rises to the moon. After disappearing she causes various hob-goblins to haunt the pair, the last of them stealing away the lady while the Knight's back is turned. The Knight, frantic with grief, is suddenly confronted by a Fairy, who presents him with a magical sword, and tells him that he can use it to regain the young woman.
At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade falls to pieces, disclosing the devil. Juliet, frightened, runs to the window and calls Romeo. The latter attempts to enter and protect his fiancée, but at a gesture from the devil the window is instantly covered with a grating and Romeo makes frantic efforts to break it. The devil begins to dance a wild dance before Juliet, who is beside herself from terror. The devil gradually becomes the size of a giant (a novel effect). Juliet implores the statue of Madonna, which becomes animated, descends from its pedestal, and stretching out its arms orders the devil to disappear. (Méliès Catalog)
Shows a garden wall in the background. Two lovers appear and lean over the garden gate where the moon throws a shadow upon the ground. The young man invites the young lady to a settee, when the moon's face brightens into a very pronounced grin. As the pair begin love making, the moon winks one eye and then the other, and, finally, as the lovers become more interested, the moon comes down from the sky with a grin on his face as large as an old-fashioned apple pie.
A woman being fitted for shoes exposes her ankle to the shoe clerk, who is intrigued. He kisses her, but her chaperone hits him with her umbrella.
An engaged couple, dressed in white, meet each other at a train station. When the train arrives, they board, and later they enjoy the sights from their car's platform. They are married by a minister and soon, arrive at their destination.
Runaway Match ou The Runaway Match, ou Marriage by Motor (título britânico Elopement à la Mode) é um curta-metragem mudo de 1903 que consiste em nove cenas. Pode ser o “primeiro filme narrativo centrado no automóvel” e a primeira perseguição de carro no cinema. Um casal foge de carro. O pai rico da mulher dá início à perseguição, mas sua limusine quebra. Quando chega tarde demais para impedir o casamento, ele se reconcilia com o novo genro.
À noite, no pátio de uma casa, o pobre Pierrot toca violão. Sai de casa um nobre a quem o palhaço pede esmola e que o ameaça porque se incomoda com o barulho de sua música. Sozinho, cansado e com fome, Pierrot adormece perto de uma parede: as nuvens no céu revelam uma lua gigantesca que assume a aparência de uma linda menina a quem o palhaço, ao acordar, decide dedicar uma música. Neste ponto o senhor reaparece com dois servos prontos para atacar Pierrot, que escapa pulando na lua bem ao lado da garota.
A French aristocrat, who has recently arrived in America, has placed a personal advertisement in the newspaper...