Robinet, the lead in this Italian slapstick comedy, wants to be an aviator in the worst way, and this being an Italian slapstick, that’s how he does it. Italian slapstick…

An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.

Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance League. But Oh! the…

A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

Three woman playing a game of catch leads to one of them exposing herself as she gets stuck whilst peering out the window… (film.thedigitalfix.com)

A cheeky female jester uses the smoke of her cigarette to make things appear and disappear. After showing her talents by playing with a chair or a dog, she lets…

A woman goes to the dentist for a toothache and is given gas. On her way home on the subway she can’t stop laughing, and every other passenger catches the…

The Anarchist’s Mother-in-Law premiered on October 23, 1906. It featured director Viggo Larsen as the anarchist and Margrethe Jespersen as his wife. The movie is about a mother-in-law disturbing the…

The proud owner of a new car in 1907 gets behind the wheel for the first time and weaves down the street, hitting everything from lamp-posts to market stalls and…

It’s a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?

Cute one-trick doggie show. The backdrop is beautifully detailed, yet the illusion of depth is humorously broken by the balloon bouncing off the set.

A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.

A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.

A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side of the picture, he draws…

A comedic short about taking unpleasant medicine.

Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.

The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth…

“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant’s mouth. He breaks all the eggs into a hat,…

Shows a tramp enter and try to ride a wheel, from which he makes some very ludicrous falls and gives up in despair, after which an artist enters and jumps…

As a janitor is cleaning a hotel, he decides to peek through the keyholes to observe some of the guests in their rooms. In room 8, a woman is busy…

Shows a bedroom in a hotel. On the wall of the room is a conspicuous sign “Don’t blow out the gas.” A hayseed enters the room, accompanied by a bellboy….

Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, the only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand’s famous play performing a scene from his…

A client has trouble listening to the photographer’s instructions.

A gardener is watering a garden. A prankster stands on his hose halting the flow until he looks at the nozzle and gets a stream of water to the face….