Most Viewed Year 1896

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

Genre: Drama

Cast: May Irwin

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Georges Méliès

A male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a uniformed zoo attendant toss small morsels of food into the...

Genre: Documentary

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In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Georges Méliès

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Eugen Sandow

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Georges Méliès

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alphonse Winckler

A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost or never existed. Copies...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Alice Guy-Blaché

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Georges Méliès

Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Auguste Lumière

Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.

Genre: Documentary

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Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gaston Méliès

A newlywed couple in front of their wedding-bed after their wedding. The woman undresses in front of her husband. A French erotic short film...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Louise Willy

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

Genre: Romance

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Pedestrian, trams, carriages and carts traffic at the intersection of two streets on La Canebière in Marseille.

Genre: Documentary

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A butcher puts a full-grown live pig into his large box-like machine. Moments later, he draws out a full range of pork products, many already...

Genre: Comedy

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Women and infants do laundry in this promotional film for Sunlight soap.

Genre: Documentary

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Alice Guy-Blaché's third film for Gaumont.

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The first travelling shot.

Genre: Documentary

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Circulation of passers-by and cars in the paved street on the occasion of the Tsar's coronation.

Genre: Documentary

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