Silent Film Movies

In a twist on the “Baby Incubator” phenomenon of the age, a fall into a slop pit gives a heavyweight farmer the power to incubate chicken eggs on his...

A jungle travelogue looking for monkeys.

An early silent film, made before intertites became common (which is why very early silent films are narrated, at best). This was filmed in 1907 but r...

A series of trick film hallucinations and scary doubling effects result when Patachon smokes an opium cigarette.

The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the bidding...

A little girl's caretaker is distracted by her suitor and in her absentmindedness fails to look after the child, who happily went after a butterfly…

Made in 1903, Eccentric Waltz showcases an exhibition by dancers Boldoni and Solinski, residents at the famous Eldorado cabaret in the Boulevard de St...

The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint...

One of the most fascinating exhibits on the Midway at the Pan-American Exposition is the Japanese Village. This space occupies about one and one-half...

This is a film produced by and starring German comedienne Wanda Treumann, and co-written and co-directed by Rosa Porten. Rosa Porten made films in the...

A bear tamer is hired by a traveling circus and soon gets married to a snake charmer. Not long after the wedding, the snake charmer gets involved in a...

German silent film

2 grave robbers find a town put under a curse by a witch, which causes the residents to have weak immune systems.

In 1902, Emery and Ellsworth Kolb opened a studio in the Grand Canyon and began making photographs of mule parties, landscapes, river adventures, and...

Silent film about a young girl and her pet dog.

A silent version of the Sinbad story, with a cast solely made up of children.

Made by a group of 6 teenagers, this ode to early 20th century film follows the tragic tale of Eurydice who must navigate through a bizarre world in o...

King James' agent saves a Dutch princess and marries her as the King's proxy.

British adaptation of Trilby filmed in Kinemacolor. Presumed lost.