A early film adaptation of "The Rape of the Sabines" which is an episode in the legendary history of Rome, traditionally said to have taken place in...
The Rape of the Sabines
A talented painter spends his vacation in Arles, where he paints a portrait of a beautiful Arlesian woman with whom he falls in love. The young girl...
Le Portrait de Mireille
A man who no longer can afford his rent is forced to sell his beloved furniture. The furniture can not bear to be parted from their owner and decides...
The Faithful Furniture
At Megara, near Carthage (204 B. C.), the slave merchant Sahabalcar lusts after his roman slave Licia, who loves Terentius instead. Threatening her...
The Slave of Carthage
A Chinese mandarin named Chang is blind and finds his only happiness is the caresses of his wife and the adoration of his son. One day, while out...
The Veil of Happiness
The life and death of Alexander Pushkin is summarised in a 5-minute sequence of half-a-dozen scenes. The film's subtitles are in Russian.
Life and Death of Pushkin
Agamemmon returns to Argos from the Siege of Troy, bringing, as a prisoner and trophy of war and victory, Cassandra, the beautiful daughter of King...
Elektra
The film presents a drawing room meeting of enthusiastic puzzle workers. One gentleman has a new way of solving his puzzle. He puts a handkerchief...
The Master of a Fashionable Game
Captain Iris and Lieutenant Payne, brother officers in the British army, are commanded to report for duty in the Soudan. Hasty preparations are made...
Lost in the Soudan
An early adaptation of Henryk Sienkiewicz's landmark 1896 novel, Quo Vadis?
Au temps des premiers chrétiens
One evening, at a social gathering, a woman removes her valuable rings and place them on a table before she starts to play the piano. Another woman...
The Fault of Another
Edward Rose, owner of an independent sugar company, resists the "Sugar Trust". His partner, however, conspires with the Trust to force Rose into...
Little Angels of Luck
A series of seven short films of varying length demonstrating each of the seven deadly sins.
The Seven Deadly Sins
Napoleon in Russia
Bent on having a summer’s vacation, two working girls hire a tent and pitch their camp on the shore of a beautiful lake. As fate would have it,...
Jean the Match-Maker
The story of Canto V of the Inferno is briefly summarized. The film is a remake of The Two Brothers (a.k.a. Francesca di Rimini), and based on the...
Francesca di Rimini
A musketeer, whose sword has the power to transform objects at will, stays at an inn and amuses himself by mystifying his hosts. That night, a...
A Fallen Spirit
Ivi, the beautiful daughter of an Indian chief, has three suitors. A competition will decide who gets to marry her. The winner is not Panther, who...
The Navajo's Bride
The first cinematographic adaptation of the infamous Count Cagliostro. The alchemist Athlotas foretells that his student, Cagliostro, will meet a...
Cagliostro
A hybrid animation and live footage film from Émile Cohl about a painter.
Art's Infancy
During the French Revolution, the Lady of Trionville, Alaine, was left sole mistress of the castle; she marries Marquis Erneste de Tressailles, who...
A Wedding During the French Revolution
A scrappy lad from the skids attempts to court a well-to-do maiden. During his visits to her family estate, he upsets the Uplift committee that's...
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
