Countess María

La Grande Passion

This is a love story, a story of rivalry and revenge but, above all, a story about sport. The great passion is about union rugby.

1928

Aankhijal

Aankhijal is a 1932 silent Bengali movie directed by Kalipada Das.

1932

Stop Thief!

A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as ne

1901

The Trick Cyclist

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 j

1901

That Fatal Sneeze

As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy ret

1907

Fräulein Lausbub

Daisy Baroness Eggloffsburg, a ball of energy, is a spoiled and rather lively, cheerful wild child who is always in the mood for pranks. Her uncle Ego

1930

Hogan Out West

After arriving in a hostile Western town, Hogan meets the Wild West head-on. A shack loaded with dynamite aids his return to urbanity. "Plenty of west

1915

Photograph

A photographer has his camera all set up to take a gentleman's picture. The subject checks his face in a hand mirror, and the photographer poses him.

1895

Come Along, Do!

Come Along, Do! is an 1898 British short silent comedy film, produced and directed by Robert W. Paul. The film was of 1 minute duration, but only fort

1898

The Countryman and the Cinematograph

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophistic

1901

The Chaplin Revue

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin pro

1959

The Miller and the Sweep

In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle. The other is a chimney sweep, and he's sw

1897

Let Me Dream Again

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into

1900

So's Your Old Man

Gregory La Cava directs this comedy of errors, starring W.C. Fields as a hen-pecked, inebriated inventor who triumphantly creates unbreakable windshie

1926

Comic Costume Race

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make thei

1896

Cupid at the Washtub

A playful variation on A Soldier's Courtship, producer Robert W. Paul's smash hit from the previous year, this film spies on a young man trying to tea

1897

Robbery

A robber forces a luckless stroller in the park to remove his hat, coat, waistcoat and trousers.

1897

Rosita

The King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too is thrown in jail. While Don Diego is sentenced to be

1923

Dogs of War!

The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.

1923

Little Old New York

An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.

1923