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- A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- Here is a picture that is extremely laughable. An old man is indulging in a dream, which dream is demonstrated in the picture. It shows him in a restaurant partaking of a sumptuous meal and a bottle of wine with a soubrette. There is a sudden awakening, however, and in an apparently disgusted mood, he finds himself in his own bed and his wife endeavoring to induce him to get up and build the fire.
- Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges Melies', Porter uses animation, double exposure, and trick photography to illustrate the fairy's apparitions, Jack's dream, and the fast growing beanstalk.
- Short actuality film which documents the passage of a Ringling Brothers circus parade through a prosperous Black community in Indianapolis.
- When the picture first appears, a bald-headed man is seen seated back of a table on which a number of cosmetics are lying. He has tried them all without success. He knocks on the table and a maid appears, bringing with her a box containing a number of bottles. In one of the bottles is a certain liquid, which, it is presumed, will grow hair on a bald head. A few drops applied to the head produces a bunch or tuft of hair directly on top of his head. He continues to apply the magic liquid until his head is crowned with a luxuriant growth of black hair reaching to his shoulders. He resolves to grow whiskers at once, and, rubbing his wet hands on his face, he obtains his wish. He rings for the maid, who is astounded at the marvelous properties of the water, and he is so happy at the results obtained that he embraces the maid, who is immediately adorned with a growth of hair on one side of her face. Seizing the bottle in her rage, she throws the contents at him, and his arms and hands are covered with a thick growth, while she flees in terror, and the man grows frantic in his endeavor to rid himself from the surplus hair. Very funny.
- A poor young girl tries to sell matches in a snowstorm. After being robbed by bullies, she lights matches which illuminate visions of a far happier Christmas than the one she faces.
- Panoramic view taken from the Suspension Railway at Barmen and Elbefeld, Germany. A marvelous example of engineering work.
- A re-enactment using actors of the recent coronation of Britain's King Edward VII.
- Robinson Crusoe and Friday fight with hostile natives, and eventually retire to their jungle cottage to relax.
- A simple serpentine dance by Fuller.
- Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput, the inhabitants of which are no more than six inches tall. He later travels to Brobdingnag, a country populated by giants.
- An ancient tower, in which is seated the magician, occupies the centre of the stage. On either side of the tower is a statue. The magician waves his hands and the tower and both statues disappear. He then removes his coat and seats himself upon a chair. On one side of the chair, two figures, each an exact counterpart of himself, appear. On the other side a third figure, also an exact counterpart of himself, appears. The figures then run up the wall, one of them balancing itself upon the head of the magician, and the others stand on their heads in the palms of his hands. The figures are then turned into flags, which the magician waves and throws aside as he makes his exit.
- A woman performs a music hall act with her extremely well-trained dogs.
- Dissatisfied with his life, a desperate man decides to make an unholy pact with the Devil, ignoring the seven deadly sins.
- Probably one of the finest pictures yet secured of Kaiser Wilhelm. It was taken during the ceremonies of the launching of a German battleship. Kaiser Wilhelm with a large number of notables is seen walking up the wharf, accompanied by Admiral Von Tripets, Prince Henry, of Prussia, and others. The Kaiser shows up to good advantage, the picture being life size and very prominent.
- Country rube thinks what he sees on the movie screen is real. He jumps out of his seat to try to stop a kissing scene.
- An early adaptation of the Ali Baba tale.
- This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place during the eruption are plain to be seen. Thousands upon thousands of tons of molten lava, sand, rocks and steam are thrown high in the air and descend with crushing force upon the unfortunate inhabitants of the doomed city of St. Pierre. This is the worst calamity which occurred since a similar eruption by Mt. Vesuvius when Pompeii was destroyed.
- In this early adaptation of the Odyssey, three Olympian goddesses compete for beauty.
- A dude frightens a girl with a dead cat.
- A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into various faces and shapes. There is some experimental use of stop motion.
- An energetic Russian Cossack dancer who knows how to impress his audience with his extraordinary set of moves has a trick up his sleeve designed to capture applause.
- A happy family is brought to ruin when the father starts drinking.
- This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks all the eggs into a hat, and after having beaten them up after the manner of a cook, he extracts an egg as large as the hat itself. As soon as he sets this egg on the table there appears a tiny dancing girl, full of life, as big as a baby's doll, and who performs on the table some beautiful stage dances. All of a sudden she increases to the size of a ordinary woman, and jumping on the floor she delights the audience with her turns. The juggler and the dancing girl disappear in the most extraordinary way.
- Panorama of an interesting portion of this narrow gorge in the mountains. The picture was made about half a mile from hanging rock and shows the constricted gorge through which millions of dollars in gold, silver and lead are carried each year. Persons who have taken a trip over the Georgetown loop will remember this portion very readily, for the train swings around so many curves the engineer can almost reach the outstretched hands of those in the rear coach.
- We are the first to show this picture in the United States. The picture was procured at an enormous expense, as it is almost next to impossible to obtain a picture of this kind in Germany, owing to the stringent police regulations. But we succeeded in getting an excellent film of that imposing pageant and are pleased to offer it to our patrons. The cortege is seen descending a hill, both sides of which are lined with soldiers. After the carriage passes on which rests the body of the late queen the soldiers fall in and follow it to the grave. Very imposing.
- A young man standing beneath a portico is bidding a fond farewell to a damsel stationed in the portico above him. While he is thus busily engaged, a mischievous small boy ties a rope about the young man's ankles, resulting in a humorous fall as he tries to leave.
- A despondent-looking man sits behind a table that holds a drink and a gun. He hesitates, thinks things over, starts to take a drink, and then puts down the glass. Then he picks up the gun, raises it to his temple, and ...
- A perfect likeness of a pretty little Japanese girl engaged in a national dissipation, that of cigarette smoking. The picture is very amusing, as the young lady puffs the cigarette smoke and goes through a number of attractive facial expressions.
- A young couple go shopping for a baby.
- An amusing scene in which the giant, Constantin, interrupts a party of merry-makers in a cafe. He is so very tall that a woman standing on top of one of the tables does not reach his shoulder; and when he drinks he has a beer glass that holds a gallon.
- The wife gets up, runs to the clock and seeing the time, hurriedly awakens her husband. They will miss the train. In their hurry they cannot find their clothes, madam starts to put on her vest when it immediately changes to the husband's pants, the same happens to the husband. They quarrel and throw all the clothes upon the floor. During the struggle they both fall and upon rising again they are fully dressed, but as they go out, they discover that they are dressed in each others clothes. Another quarrel ensues, and they are again in their night garments. In desperation they run away followed by their clothes.
- Serpentine dance by Lina Esbrard, playing with all the layers of the costume.
- Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another young lady in bathing attire reclines on the bank. The latter suddenly discovers two hoboes coming toward the bathers and immediately gives the alarm. They throw water over the hoboes, who gather up the clothes of the fair bathers and make off, compelling the bathers to walk home in barrels. In order to conceal themselves as much as possible they hold the barrels rather high.
- A realistic panoramic view taken at Madison Square, New York City, on February 17, 1902. A portion of the New York Fire Department is seen trying to make their way to a fire through the immense snow drifts. A few pedestrians are bravely plodding through the immense piles of snow, and a snow plow is hard at work on the Broadway, underground trolley line, endeavoring to clear the tracks. Madison Square, Madison Square Garden, Broadway, the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and 23rd Street are all shown in succession.
- Shows a number of bathers enjoying a dip in the surf. A young lady is suddenly seized with cramps, throws up her hands, and goes down for the second time. A life boat approaches and one of the life guards seizes her by the hair as she sinks for the last time. She is pulled into the boat and rowed ashore. The picture then dissolves showing the beach, the half drowned girl being carried from the boat to the dry sand. A crowd gathers. The girl is finally restored, and is so overjoyed that she hugs the heroic life guard.
- A charming girl after undressing, jumps into bed and then blows out the candle.
- Two comical looking Germans are engaged in a bologna eating contest. The battle wages hot until one of the Dutchman discovers that his piece of bologna is bad, a trick evidently played on him by his opponent. The contest then ends in a mix up, in which, as usual, the victim gets the worst of it.
- A farmer comes to town and enters the office of a large well-known hotel. After having a heated argument with the room clerk, he is conducted to a room where he hides his pocket book under the pillow before going farther. After partially disrobing, he blows out the light and retires. He is annoyed by "the occupants" of the bed and arises to do battle with them. As he lights the gas, he notices a number of moving objects crawling up the wall. Seizing a lighted candle he holds it under each one of the "crawlers" when they immediately explode. He pulls the bed clothes to the floor and tries to obtain some rest in that manner, but to no purpose. A huge mosquito alights on his face, and scares him out of his wits. He endeavors in numerous ways to obtain rest. Failing to do so, he creates so much commotion that the porter of the hotel is sent to inquire the cause. Failing to give a satisfactory reason he is thrown bodily from the room. This is a funny picture all the way through, and will create roars of laughter.
- The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan, who has made his way into the chateau, puts the seven bags in a strong box, and makes with his hands some cabalistic motions. The miser comes into the hall and is greatly astonished to find his fortune missing. He opens the coffer and immediately the bags leap out. He gathers them up and puts them back into the coffer. When he opens it again he finds that they have been transformed into seven young girls, who rush out and chase after him, beating him unmercifully. They shut him up in the coffer from which his gold has vanished. The miser pushes open the lid of the coffer, and to his profound despair finds that both young girls and money have disappeared. (This view is most sensational in its mysterious scenes.)