The best movies 1907 Pagina 2

A Breton enters the cave where the witch performs her magic and asks for advise. At the witch's command, he kisses her and becomes transformed into a...

A girl who works in a textile mill suffers unwanted advances from her boss. Her boyfriend, who also works there, sees it and knocks the boss down. In...

The legend of Ali Baba and the forty thieves: Ali Baba discovers a hidden cave where a band of thieves have stored their enormous treasure. Cassim...

A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the...

"Le Pied de Mouton" is an adaptation of an old French stage play titled "The Talisman" written by Alphonse Martainville and César...

This short burlesque film presents an anthropomorphic pig in elegant dress flirting and dancing with a woman, before being humiliated and compelled...

This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.

A mix of spectacle, animation and dance, the film reveals an early delight in the potential for creative fun with film form. Its director, Walter R....

A professor sprays people with 'galvanic fluid', and unleashes pent-up energy. Displays an early use of over-cranking and under-cranking.

An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.

A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he...

The short story tells of a young man who, after being rejected by the girl of his dreams, hangs himself from the tallest tree in the local park. He...

In an empty mansion's corridor, flames appear and form into a Mephistophelean magician who conjures a couple of women and then a fireworks display.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Two contortionists, dressed as devils, invade a kitchen.

Jim, a robber, is in love with the chief’s bride Clara, who firmly rejects his many advances. In revenge, he snitches on the entire gang of...

Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his...

“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their...

A policeman spots a dog stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and gives chase. Soon several more policemen have joined the pursuit. But the...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Short trick film

During the Paris Commune, a boy runs across trouble at the barricade. The film is now attributed to Alice Guy-Blaché by the Gaumont company,...