The best movies 1904

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

The heir of a rich family puts up a notice, where he says he is looking for a wife. As a result, he will soon find himself fleeing from a dozen women.

Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.

Klingsor seeks admission to the Holy Grail. Evil summons Kundry. Herzeloid appears with the child Parsifal. Crowning of Amfortas. Wounding of...

1904 journalistic actuality.

A location actuality filmed in Philadelphia (May 27–28, 1904) documenting the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association’s championships:...

A singing "baby" backed by a chorus line of fellow "babies".

During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks...

A remake of Edwin S. Porter's film of the same title.

A true-crime short of a bank robbery and chase and capture.

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and...

Scene II of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a millinery store in the shopping district, and Mrs. Brown with a lady friend, admiring the hats displayed...

A fairly venturesome piece of filmmaking for the era: Based on the Jules Verne story, the film utilizes a dozen cuts, irised lenses, panning shots...

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.

Dreamland was a theme park at Coney Island, Brooklyn that opened in 1904. One of its major attractions was the stunt spectacular "Fighting the...

An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....

A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

The title of this early US film is something of a con really. Another rube couple had appeared in an entertaining movie set at Coney Island the...

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

A married couple faces the demands of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'the strenuous life'.

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

The heir of a rich family puts up a notice, where he says he is looking for a wife. As a result, he will soon find himself fleeing from a dozen women.

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

View of the exit of the "La Sin Bombo" cigarette and tobacco factory, one of the oldest in Argentina. Employers, workers and workers. At the end a...

Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.