Showing posts with label 1890's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1890's. Show all posts

October 02, 2015

A Morning Bath (1896)

A Morning Bath


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"Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds." - from the Edison Catalog

September 30, 2015

"After the Ball, the Bath" (1897)

Après le bal


After the Ball (French: Après le bal) is a short French silent film created and released in 1897 and directed by Georges Méliès.

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After the Ball (aka Après le bal) features a maid assisting a woman (Jeanne d'Alcy, who would later become the wife of Georges Méliès).

September 29, 2015

Santa Claus (1898)

Santa Claus


Santa Claus is a 1898 British short silent drama film, directed by George Albert Smith, which features Santa Claus visiting a house on Christmas Eve. 

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"In this picture you see Santa Claus enter the room from the fireplace and proceed to trim the tree. He then fills the stockings that were previously hung on the mantle by the children. After walking backward and surveying his work, he suddenly darts at the fireplace and disappears up the chimney. This film surprises everyone, and leaves them to wonder how old Kris disappears." 
Written by Lubin Films (1907)


September 28, 2015

King John (1899)

King John


King John is the title of the earliest known example of any film based on Shakespeare, a very short silent film made in black and white in 1899.

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The first known movie of a William Shakespeare work. Only this one of the four scenes survives -- King John's death. Alternate title: Beerbohm Tree, the Great English Actor.

November 23, 2013

Cuban Ambush (1898)

Cuban Ambush


Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park (1899)

Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park


Fishing smacks (1897)

Fishing smacks


Coaches arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs (1897)

Coaches arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs


Hockay Match on the Ice (1898)

Hockay Match on the Ice


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