The best movies 1901 Pagina 3

1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an...

Released in 1901

Shot at the intersection of Holy Corner in Liverpool, this street is a hive of people and traffic. Arguably during the first part of this century...

Released in 1901

Comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

Documentary from 1901

Troops parade past the camera.

To the modern viewer, it may seem peculiar that there are several movies in which a man sneaks a kiss off a young woman in a darkened railway car,...

A convicted criminal dreams about his past the night before his execution.

It shows a garden wall in the background. Two lovers appear and lean over the garden gate where the moon throws a shadow upon the ground. The young...

French Count Boni de Castellane, objecting to Figaro editor M. F. De Rodays's front-page accusations, rushes to the office of the Paris newspaper,...

A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House. Despite the common belief, this is NOT the world's first Dickens' adaptation in cinema.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.

Released in 1901

A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at...

Four black minstrels turn into white clowns and back again when they hit or kick each other.

Mephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.

Released in 1901

A most perfect picture of the Pan-American Exposition buildings, including the Electric Tower and Temple of Music, as they appear at night.

“One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are...