The Impossible Voyage

The Impossible Voyage 1904

7.20

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

1904

The Mermaid

The Mermaid 1904

5.60

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

1904

Girls Taking Time Checks

Girls Taking Time Checks 1904

5.63

Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.

1904

The Untamable Whiskers

The Untamable Whiskers 1904

6.30

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 on it a sketch of a novelist. Then, standing in the centre, he causes the living features of his sketch to appear in the place of his own, which is utterly devoid of whiskers. The change is made so mysteriously that the eye cannot notice it until one sees quite another person in the place of the first. Again another sketch is shown on the board, this one being that of a miser; then an English cockney; a comic character; a French policeman, and last of all, the grinning visage of Mephistopheles. It is almost impossible to give this film a more definite description; suffice it to say that it is something entirely new in motion pictures and is sure to please. (Méliès Catalog)

1904

The Cook in Trouble

The Cook in Trouble 1904

5.20

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

1904

Barnum's Trunk

Barnum's Trunk 1904

5.40

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.

1904

Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle

Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle 1904

5.00

A camera on an overhead crane travels down a large, long aisle where men are shown working on large machinery on either side. Carts carrying equipment are shown traveling on rails down the aisles. There are also men walking in the aisles. From Bitzer's Westinghouse Works series.

1904

The Widow and the Only Man

The Widow and the Only Man 1904

4.00

Only women are at a resort, until one man arrives. He woos a pretty young widow, and wins her.

1904

Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works

Testing Large Turbines, Westinghouse Co. Works 1904

3.80

On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine, tightening various parts with wrenches. On the right side, a few men appear to be testing the workings of what may be a turbine.

1904

Western Stage Coach Hold Up

Western Stage Coach Hold Up 1904

1

A band of robbers are playing cards in the foreground of the picture. Suddenly one of the gang who has been on the lookout for the stage coach rides up in great haste. They quickly dodge behind a clump of trees and lay in wait. Soon the coach appears and is stopped by the bandits. The occupants are compelled to come down from their hiding places at the point of the gun and after being relieved of their valuables, are allowed to continue on their way. As soon as the stage drives off the robbers make for their ponies and take to the woods.

1904

A Moonlight Serenade

A Moonlight Serenade 1904

5.20

Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and offers him something better.

1904

Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden

Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden 1904

6.00

Opens with a woman posing on a pedestal, dressed in a white body leotard with a sash tied at her hips. Marshall continues with various feminine poses, reminiscent of classic Greek statuary, to accentuate her figure. Film cuts to Treloar posed on the bare stage without a pedestal. He wears brief leopard-skin trunks or short tunic, wrist bands, and Roman-looking laced sandals. His poses accentuate the muscular development of his upper body, particularly that of his arms, and include movements that make the muscles jump. Treloar finishes with a slight nod to the camera.

1904

Japanese Varieties

Japanese Varieties 1904

5.30

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and superimposing/projecting images on top of one another.

1904

Burglary at Night

Burglary at Night 1904

5.90

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

1904

The Christmas Angel

The Christmas Angel 1904

5.40

A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father sends daughter out to beg. Rejected by other beggars, the girl collapses in the snow…

1904

Maniac Chase

Maniac Chase 1904

6.20

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

1904

The Devil's Dance

The Devil's Dance 1904

5.90

This is a mesmerising little short that employs a peculiar bird’s eye view of a mischievous devil who dances around, performing strange tricks and making sexy ladies appear out of nowhere. The colourful visual effects are very impressive for the time.

1904