American Mutoscope Biograph Filmes

A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines...

A series of short black and white films from director William K.L. Dickson which chronicle the adventures of Rip Van Winkle.

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.

To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a stylish hat, and gossip spreads through the town.

In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident....

A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an...

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple folks places them in a rather embarrassing position....

A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, his faithful Negro servant. After the officer is...

Strong-man Eugene Sandow flexes his muscles and strikes a few poses in front of a black background. This was a short film shot by William K.L....

An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is considered too old. On his way home from the...

When the double wedding takes two daughters away from the old man at once, the youngest, now the only one left, in outraged spirit promises never to...

The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.

A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice cream social, she meets a young man you seems...

The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially...

Two young girls are sent away to live with their uncle, which sets off a chain of events resulting in an Indian attack on the town.

Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks...

While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's...

The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But...

Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.