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Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.
Santa Claus
An elderly gentleman in a silk hat sits on a stool in front of a store on the main street of town. He has a telescope that focuses on the ankle of a...
As Seen Through a Telescope
Mary Jane tries to light the oven. When she's unsuccessful, she plays around, getting black boot polish on her face. She mugs before a mirror. Then,...
Mary Jane's Mishap
A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what...
Grandma's Reading Glass
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...
Let Me Dream Again
An old spinster receives an unexpected Valentine's letter.
The Old Maid's Valentine
Most movie fans know that the first filmmakers liked to shoot trains entering stations. This example by Sussex film pioneer George Albert Smith...
Train Entering Hove Station
A simple scene of two rather flamboyantly-dressed Edwardian children attempting to feed a spoonful of medicine to a sick kitten. The film is...
The Sick Kitten
An adaptation of the folk tale.
Cinderella
Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the...
The Kiss in the Tunnel
A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.
A Quick Shave and Brush Up
Lovers are comically interrupted
Hanging Out the Clothes
A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...
The X-Ray Fiend
Master kisses maid behind a blanket on the clothes line and is seen by his wife.
The Maid in the Garden
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...
The Miller and the Sweep
A butcher's crew make sausages from dogs and cats and old boots...
Making Sausages
Comic hijinks with a malodorous tramp
Weary Willie
Compilation of 7 short scenes: ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’; ‘Old Mother Hubbard’; ‘Little Miss Muffet’;...
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young. This is a lost film from George Albert Smith
Faust and Mephistopheles
Close view of legs and feet passing a basement window.
Photograph Taken From An Area Window