The best movies 1904 Pagina 3

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

The heir of a rich family puts up a notice, where he says he is looking for a wife. As a result, he will soon find himself fleeing from a dozen women.

Arrival of the management and staff of the Koninklijk Nederlands Circus Oscar Carré at Amsterdam’s Weesperpoort Station. The train...

A location actuality filmed in Philadelphia (May 27–28, 1904) documenting the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association’s championships:...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and...

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

This series of tableaux-style vignettes taken from the much-storied life of France’s Louis XIV includes “Musketeers Fight”,...

The film depicts the assassination of the Russian minister in charge of the secret police. The bombing assault against the Chief of Police, Von...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.

A charming example of the Pathe stencil system of colour films, also using superimposition.

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer...

Only women are at a resort, until one man arrives. He woos a pretty young widow, and wins her.

A couple perform a acrobatic dance.

With a tree-lined river bank dominating the top and back of the frame, the Charles River flows toward a stationary camera. A flotilla of canoes...

The stages that a caterpillar goes through, from larvae to chrysalis, to become a butterfly.

Documentary about a hunting party.

The Lillywhites take on the Wolves at Deepdale, watched by a large crowd and the club mascot.

This film depicts the Biblical scenes when Joseph is sold by his brothers and taken to Egypt, where he finally landed in jail. He explains to his...