1909 Movies

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The Indian Trailer is a Western short.

A parlor full of bon vivants pass around an enchanted pair of spectacles that “reveal the personality and pleasures of the one who wears them.”

A woman says good evening through moving flowers in stop motion animation.

After being chased off private property, Boy Scouts rescue the land-owner's kidnapped daughter.

This subject portrays in a vivid manner the operations of a puppet in his efforts to see the sights.

Moses uses his last pennies to help a friend in need. 25 years later the men meet again.

French short silent comedy film by Georges Méliès, which is presumed to be lost. The film was a skit on the popular topic of hypnotism; it featured a...

The funeral of Princess Marie who died on December 4th, 1909.

Documentary footage of folk-dancers.

Harry's rich old bachelor uncle thinks Harry is still single. When Uncle announces a visit, Harry's wife has to play the part of the housekeeper so Un...

Another version of the Momotarô legend.

In the vaults of the Film Museum is a short film which, when it arrived in the 1950s, was given the title Bloemenvelden in Haarlem (The Flower Fields...

Made by the Gaumont Cinematograph Company of the Politeama Theatre.

Documentary footage shot around Naples. Coastline around Lake Fusaro (Pozzuoli). Wheat threshing. Fishermen. Hunting lodge used for oyster farming. Pe...

Directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro.

A documentary drama about people who live by the sea.

Napoleon's laundress and her sergeant husband save Napoleon's life. Through their heroism, they become Duke and Duchess of Danzig.

Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.