The best movies 1900

The movie consists solely of a saber fight. Bernhardt plays a cross-gender Hamlet, and Pierre Magnier is her fellow duelist, Laertes. A few...

Parody of an unknown melodrama of the period.

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with...

Cléo de Merode dancing the gavotte in 1900.

“A marvelously clear picture taken from the top of the elevator of the Eiffel Tower during going up and coming down of the car. This wonderful...

Produced by Casa Lepage, it is the first appearance of tango in the cinema, as it contains brief scenes in which the dancer El Negro Agapito...

Four men each hold a large slice of watermelon, and have a race to see who can finish eating first. All four move quickly, but one man seems to be...

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...

A man and a child are washing a small dog in a tub, while a large dog is circling around them, barking.

A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.

The film is a panorama shot-scene lasting just under a minute. The panorama film, as coined by Lumière, is a moving-camera shot--usually...

In a charming dining room a very attractive young lady is seen seated at the table, evidently waiting for the caller who is to share a quiet little...

Panorama of the Swiss city.

Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian busses are passing.

Chinese passengers make their way down the wharf. Two chair bearers are soliciting fares, but without any success.

Excursions in the mountains of a group of riders.

Shots of the panorama, filmed from the winding railroad tracks that stretch along the coast, from Beaulieu to Monaco, including tunnel passages.

An old spinster receives an unexpected Valentine's letter.