The best movies 1900 Pagina 8

Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.

Scene from the second act of The Prince of Wales Theatre production.

Panorama of the Quai de la Seine and the pavilions of the Exposition Universelle.

This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...

The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by...

The Prince of Wales reviews Paget's Horse, with black dog following.

This short film, along with other experimental sound films, is thought to have been recorded for the Paris 'Exposition Universelle' of 1900.

Visit of President Émile Loubet and his entourage. Lumière Catalogue #1153.

The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from...

A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.

Cléopâtre-Diane de Mérode (27 September 1875 - 17 October 1966) was a French dancer of the Belle Époque. She is seen here...

As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an...

This very dramatic scene appears to come from the heart of the Boer War action, but on closer inspection it is clear that Joe Rosenthal staged this...

Although we are led to believe that the ancient alchemists were all powerful, this picture somewhat reverses the order of things...

Here is another view on the Bund, with The Garden on the left, with its high arched conservatory. As in the former scene, the peculiar wheelbarrows...

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 Gaumont version of the ubiquitous Serpentine dance, this one hand tinted. Filmmaker anonymous. (not to be mistaken with Alice...

Filming of a character sketch by the well-known vaudevillian Charles E. Grapewin. On a bare stage backed by a dark curtain, a man dressed in a...

Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.

A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.