Those Awful Hats

Those Awful Hats 1909

6.20

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.

1909

A Corner in Wheat

A Corner in Wheat 1909

6.20

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.

1909

The Lonely Villa

The Lonely Villa 1909

6.10

A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior room, but the criminals are well-equipped for breaking in. When the father finds out what is happening, he must race against time to get back home.

1909

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe 1909

5.20

As Poe's lover is slowly dying, he struggles to make money to care for her.

1909

A Strange Meeting

A Strange Meeting 1909

4.50

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds.

1909

The Sealed Room

The Sealed Room 1909

5.10

The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But unbeknownst to the Count, his wife has set her eyes on the court minstrel. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's “The Cask of Amontillado” and Honoré de Balzac's “La Grande Breteche”.

1909

The Light That Came

The Light That Came 1909

5.00

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?

1909

The Cricket on the Hearth

The Cricket on the Hearth 1909

3.90

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man.

1909

Her First Biscuits

Her First Biscuits 1909

4.00

A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the rest to his office. But one bite of these biscuits makes you violently ill, and soon all his visitors (he runs a theatrical booking agency), plus the workmen at home, are ill; when she shows up at the office, they all go after her.

1909

The Golden Louis

The Golden Louis 1909

4.90

An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a 'sure thing' borrows the coin and wins a fortune, but he can't find her again to repay her.

1909

Whimsical Illusions

Whimsical Illusions 1909

6.11

In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assistant.

1909

The Voice of the Violin

The Voice of the Violin 1909

4.80

A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he joins an anarchist group who plan to blow up a rich capitalist's house. When he realizes it's Helen's house, he tries to stop the plan.

1909

The Curtain Pole

The Curtain Pole 1909

4.70

An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to discover that the pole has already been replaced.

1909

The Diabolic Tenant

The Diabolic Tenant 1909

6.80

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

1909

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor 1909

6.30

While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.

1909