Birth of the Pearl

Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle

A gin bottle is personified with a spirit. As the gin bottle changes hands the spirit of the bottle tempts the various possessors to take a drink. A p

1925

The Diabolical Saucepan

A cook and his assistant are seen preparing dinner. While cook leaves the room he cautions his assistant to watch the pot so that it will not boil ove

1904

The Turn-of-the-Century Barber

A barber's customer is not accustomed to the blade. Luckily, the coiffeur has a modern solution.

1896

The Witch and the Cyclist

A mischievous witch uses her dark magic on an innocent cyclist until he is all confused. He is forced to pedal backwards and at the same time, his bik

1909

The Frog

A frog hops around a magic fountain.

1908

Diabolical Pickpocket

A pickpocket manages to escape the police through a series of fantastic tricks. The director is this film is unknown.

1908

Elastic Transformation

A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.

1909

Tale of the Ark

A child dreams of the Bible tale, reenacted by toys.

1909

The Magic Purse

A young sailor dozes off in the grass in Frederiksberg Have and wakes up surrounded by supernatural fairylike creatures. They take him to the mermaid

1909

Into the Silver Ether

New York, 1927. An aspiring model goes to have her picture taken, but a camera can have a mind of its own.

2020

If One Could See Into the Future

A mother confronts Death as to why he has to take her young boy. And he shows her the future to explain why he need to be eliminated.

1911

Feral

A wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. Alienated by a strange new environment, the boy tries to adapt

2012

Frankenstein

Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Fr

1910

The Impossible Voyage

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes

1904

A Trip to Mars

The navy captain Avanti Planetaros is inspired by his astronomer-father to travel through outer space to reach other worlds. He becomes an aviator and

1918

The Golem: How He Came Into the World

In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect t

1920

Aelita: Queen of Mars

A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fal

1924

The Magic Mirror

A remarkable early short silent movie that shows what may be achieved with the technology of the day. A woman sits in front of her dressing table mirr

1908

The Force That Through the Green Fire Fuels the Flower

The Force That Through The Green Fire Fuels The Flower, a contemporary silent film follows a man through a journey of memories in the course of one ni

2011

The Pearl Fisherman

Captivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous

1907