Raja Harishchandra (1913)
Based on the eponymous legend recounted in the Sanskrit epics, this is the very first full-length Indian feature — the beginning of Bollywood….more
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Stop Driving Us Crazy! (1959)
A strange driver’s education film combining religion and sci-fi in the form of Rusty, a Martian who comes to Earth to explore the planet because his own is running …more
Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)
A short adaptation in nine scenes from the Edison Manufacturing Company of the popular fairytale “Jack and the Beanstalk”, directed by George S. Fleming and Edwin S…more
The Centaurs, a Fragment (1921)
The only surviving fragment of Winsor McCay’s now lost The Centaurs, produced in 1921 by Rialto Productions….more
Mary and Gretel (1917)
A fairy brings two dolls to life, part of a short lived stop-motion puppet series by animator Howard S. Moss, described as Alice in Wonderland meets the Garden of E…more
Georges Méliès’ Temptation of St. Anthony (1898)
Georges Méliès’ short retelling of the temptation of Saint Anthony (La tentation de Saint-Antoine), with the temptations taking the form of the unexpected and p…more
Life and Passion of Christ (1903)
From Internet Archive: La Vie et la passion de Jesus Christ is a 1903 French silent film directed by Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca, and is believed to be the f…more
The Night Before Christmas (1905)
1905 version directed by Edwin S. Porter of the poem first published anonymously in 1823 and generally attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. Porter’s version is the…more