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68
60
7.1
/6351/
64
/175/
67
/267/
3.5
/14859/

The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895)
A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the original, filmed by Louis Lumière.
poster
66
58
6.7
/4510/
66
/174/
64
/202/
3.4
/18297/

Le manoir du diable (1896)
In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.
poster
67
48
6.7
/2178/
65
/53/
65
/79/
3.7
/5865/

Snowball Fight (1897)
Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along the road becomes the target of opportunity. He falls off his bicycle. He's not hurt, but he rides back the way he came, as the fight continues.
poster
62
41
6.0
/1568/
61
/41/
62
/81/
3.4
/5069/

Grandma's Reading Glass (1900)
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 he is doing. The child looks next at grandma's eye, then at a kitten.
poster
59
39
6.2
/1660/
57
/55/
57
/74/
3.1
/4263/

Le château hanté (1897)
A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.
poster
61
38
6.4
/1165/
57
/30/
58
/55/
3.4
/2441/

Mary Jane's Mishap (1903)
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, it's back to work. When the stove still won't light, she pours in paraffin, winks at the camera, and lights a match. Kaboom! Is there any rest for the foolish, even in the grave?
poster
57
34
5.8
/902/
53
/32/
57
/55/
3.1
/2335/

Let Me Dream Again (1900)
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 a clear image of the man waking up to his nagging wife.
poster
55
32
5.6
/989/
54
/25/
53
/45/
3.0
/1922/

As Seen Through a Telescope (1900)
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 young woman who is a short distance away. Her husband catches the gent looking. What will the two men do now?
poster
58
27
5.8
/770/
55
/22/
58
/38/
3.1
/1048/

A Chess Dispute (1903)
A stationary camera looks on as two dapper gents play a game of chess. One drinks and smokes, and when he looks away, his opponent moves two pieces. A fight ensues, first with the squirting of a seltzer bottle, then with fisticuffs. The combatants wrestle each other to the floor and continue the fight out of the camera's view, hidden by the table. The waiter arrives to haul both of them out.
poster
54
27
5.5
/770/
53
/23/
50
/32/
3.0
/1653/

Attack on a China Mission (1900)
The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and paddles. He's over-matched. What will become of the mission, its defenders, and its occupants?
poster
61
24
6.2
/754/
60
/13/
61
/28/
3.2
/934/

The Night Before Christmas (1905)
On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.
poster
56
21
5.6
/644/
53
/11/
53
/26/
3.1
/909/

The Miller and the Sweep (1897)
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 swinging what may be a bag of flour, but when it breaks open, it's clearly something else. Well into the havoc, spectators gather and give chase to the flour-covered sweep and the "well-sooted" miller.
poster
53
18
5.6
/752/
48
/11/
49
/22/
3.0
/754/

New York: Broadway at Union Square (1896)
N/A
poster
55
15
5.3
/489/
54
/9/
52
/20/
3.1
/521/

The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899)
A train heads for a tunnel. In one car, a restless man smokes, and a woman is reading on the seat opposite him. In the darkness of the tunnel, he rises, crosses over to her seat and the two share a willing embrace and kiss. The train steams out of the tunnel toward us and past us. A Bamforth Films remake of George Albert Smith's The Kiss in the Tunnel (I) (1899).
poster
49
12
5.0
/403/
42
/14/
46
/14/
3.0
/641/

From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen (1903)
The film opens on a dressing room set with a mirror, dressing table, and chair center stage and a folded dressing screen on the left. A smiling, dark-haired woman enters through the door on stage right, unbuttoning a full-length polka-dot costume. As she undresses, she frequently looks directly at the camera and smiles. She removes her sash or cummerbund, the top with its trailing sleeves, and her skirt, leaving her clothed only in a sleeveless chemise. Smiling directly at the camera, she mischievously slips a strap of the garment off one shoulder, then ducks behind the screen.
poster
48
10
4.8
/421/
38
/7/
50
/12/
2.9
/501/

Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896)
A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about 20 persons in the party, walk past; the dignitaries are in front, attended by men with horns and drums. Coming in the other direction are local Swiss, who pay little attention, and a group of native-garbed Africans. The dozen or so well-dressed denizens of Geneva who are sitting on the steps of the Divan take it all in.
poster
42
?
4.4
/162/
38
/6/
46
/5/

Scarecrow Pump (1904)
A pump stands outside a farmhouse, just inside a picket fence. A boy comes out of the house and dresses up the pump handle and its post as a scarecrow, so that he can play a practical joke on a drunken acquaintance when he passes by. The boy then hides and waits for him, but things do not turn out quite as he planned.
poster
43
?
4.7
/156/
36
/6/
46
/5/

The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide (1904)
A married couple faces the demands of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'the strenuous life'.
poster
37
?
4.5
/175/
30
/5/
37
/7/

"Weary Willlie" Kisses the Bride (1904)
A tramp gets involved in mischief on a train.
poster
37
?
4.3
/256/
31
/6/
39
/8/

Troubles of a Manager of a Burlesque Show (1904)
Facing a stationary camera, sitting at a desk, a man works busily. Posters of burlesque queens are on the wall behind him. A single woman, followed later by later two others, comes into the office seeking a job. The manager hands each a box with a costume in it and points to dressing rooms. Each of the women has a different reaction when she discovers the nature of her costume, and the busy manager has a distinct response to each of the women as well.


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