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- DirectorJames H. WhiteA team of three cowboys brand calves that have been roped by riders.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsA chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsFernande AlbanyJehanne d'AlcyUsing every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonLost film that is considered the first adaption of Jules Verne's 1869 novel by pioneer cinematographer Wallace McCutcheon Sr. - the actual existence of this film is highly debated as there is no proof that it was ever made.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothA British trick film in which a motorist ends up driving around the rings of Saturn.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónProving adept at every possible camera trick, Segundo de Chomón was brought by Charles Pathé to his studio at Vincennes, near Paris, to make trick films in imitation of Jules Verne (such as this one, inspired by A Trip to the Moon (1902)).
- DirectorWalter R. BoothAn inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.
- DirectorGeorges MoncaStarsAndré DeedA man behaves like a monkey after its brain is transplanted into him.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsMary FullerCharles OgleAugustus PhillipsThe first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.
- DirectorAshley MillerA scientist discovers reverse gravity and goes to Mars in the process.
- DirectorEnrico NovelliAn Earth astronomer meets a Martian astronomer via their telescopes. They agree to meet on the moon for a wedding ceremony.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothA robot chauffeur takes a newly married couple on their honeymoon to the planet Saturn and then on a trip under the sea.
- DirectorDavid AylottA.E. ColebyPirates in an airship bomb a bullion ship and kidnap a girl.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsFernande AlbanyAboard the futuristic flying machine of his own invention, Professor Mabouloff and his team of intercultural explorers set off on yet another impossible expedition to North Pole's vast landscapes. What wonders await the bold adventurers?
- StarsWilliam WestAlice WashburnMarion BrooksAn injection that can freeze cattle solid for later thawing is prepared by a woman's husband and nephew to be used on her. At her son-in-law's warning, she replaces the fluid with tap water and accepts the injection, faking the freezing, then tormenting them as a "ghost."
- DirectorO.A.C. LundStarsAlec B. FrancisBarbara TennantO.A.C. LundA professor of psychology succeeds in photographing members of the spirit world with a special apparatus he has invented.
- DirectorVincent WhitmanTwo members of the Never-Drop Aero Club claim that they can reach the moon by the aeroplane. They get an astronomer to get his telescope out and see how the conditions are on the moon. He comes on with a big telescope and looks through it, finds everything in fine condition from earth to moon, so the party start out. As they rise and turn upside down then right side up, they start on their journey to the moon. They pass over a busy city, knocking down buildings and chimneys. After passing over the city they come in contact with the planet Saturn. Bump it, encircle it, and then on their way to the moon they ride through the air and see an old man coming out of the planet Mars. The anchor on the aeroplane accidentally catches the old man by the neck and carries him off. The old man tries to get away, and he sees Halley's comet coming along and he grabs hold of the tail of the comet and goes away. One of the men in the aeroplane sees him and takes out a lasso. With a couple of swings he catches the old man around the neck and drags him behind. At last the moon is reached. The man in the moon opens his mouth and they all go in. The party drop from top of the moon all in a heap. They get up, look around and a large bird comes in and lays an egg larger than itself and flies off. The travelers put the egg on a fire, which is burning nearby. The egg cracks and a lot of little birds are hatched. Suddenly a strange animal comes on the scene and eats the little birds one by one. The animal fills up and bursts. Another enormous crazy-looking animal comes out of the cave and chases the men off the moon into the sea.
- DirectorCharles L. GaskillStarsHelen GardnerCharles KentMary CharlesonVain and ashamed of their poverty, Sylvia Gray, wife of unsuccessful playwright Henry Gray, elopes with Lennox, a wealthy young man, taking her daughter "Silvery" with her. The child is later taken away by Margy, an old servant, and brought up in another city. Lennox deserts Sylvia and she goes partly insane, finally killing him. Her daughter "Silvery" becomes an artist's model and falls in love with Vanveldt, her employer. Meeting Frankenstein, a hypnotist, whose wife Vivette is intensely jealous of him, Silvery falls under his influence. Meanwhile, Sylvia returns to Gray and finds he has become blind, with no recollection of the past. She uses her utmost endeavors to make reparation for the past in caring for him, and gradually his memory returns. He remembers he has received a large sum of money for one of his plays and hidden it. They find it and Frankenstein, who learns of the treasure's recovery, forces "Silvery" while under his power, to rob the old man. She is about to stab Gray when Frankenstein is killed by Vivette; the spell is broken and all ends happily in the betrothal of Silvery and Vanveldt and the reunion of Mr. Gray and Sylvia, who remorsefully and penitently admits the justice of all her punishment and determines that the past shall be forgotten in the happiness of the future.
- DirectorÉtienne ArnaudStarsCharles MorganWill E. SheererSimeon WiltsieMichael McCue is a billiard fiend. He arrives home nicely intoxicated and is greeted by a shower of knives, forks and plates, which he successfully dodges. The door is shut on him. He falls asleep on the sofa in the hall and has a most beautiful dream. He is back in the billiard parlor. He takes a shot at a ball and it turns into a turnip. He tries again and a picture of his wife looms up. Once more he shoots and instead of hitting the ball, smashes a bottle of whiskey. His friends chase him out. He enters a saloon. Still carrying his beloved cue, he attempts to shoot an apple off a friend's head; immediately a profuse growth of hair appears. He becomes hungry and enters a restaurant, accompanied by the cue. Scolded by the waitress, he shoots an apple in her mouth and she is unable to close it. The chef cuts the apple piece by piece, almost slicing her mouth off. An old maid above is enjoying a foot bath. He takes a shot at a picture on the wall and it moves forward. He shoots at it again and sticks the cue through the foot-tub. This awakens him and he is brought inside by his wife, sorry for her harsh treatment.
- StarsTod BrowningTammany YoungJoseph BelmontTwo "Knights of the Road" arrive in town, and, while making a survey of the surroundings, discover Dr. Speed experimenting with his radium. They decide it would be of great use as well as amusement to them, so while Dr. Speed is gloating over his wonderful discovery they steal his formula and start in to apply it to everyone they meet. During their exploits they find a paperhanger who is about to decorate a home, and decide he shall become inoculated and sent on his way. They then present themselves as paperhangers and start to decorate in their way. In the meantime Dr. Speed discovers the loss of his secret and after first notifying the police, he hastens out with an antidote to relieve those who have come in contact with his speed radium. Eventually they locate the miscreants who pay for their little joke in many ways.
- DirectorOtis TurnerStarsHerbert RawlinsonAnn LittleWilliam WorthingtonWith the help of futuristic technical inventions, a private detective investigates a bizarre murder case involving mysterious messages delivered in a small black box by the killer.
- DirectorTom MooreStarsTom MooreEthel CliftonRobert EllisA scientist tries to transfer the personality of a man into his mentally retarded son.
- DirectorAllen CurtisStarsWalter Frederick TrevallionMax AsherLillian PeacockProfessor Schultz invents a mechanical life-sized doll. By pressing the right button on its back it will dance or sing. Now little Lillian, the spoilt daughter of Heinie Gotrocks, reads a newspaper account of Prof. Schultz's invention. She will not let up on dad until he promises to buy this mechanical doll for her nursery. The family go to inspect the toy, and Gotrocks promises Prof. Schultz $20,000 for his invention, to be paid when delivered. Gotrocks and his family depart. Prof. Schultz and his helper, all flustered at the prospect of securing the $20,000, are carefully packing the big doll when the janitor, cleaning the toy shop, carelessly upsets the doll box and puts the manikin out of business. Schultz and his helper are enraged. Something must be done, or the twenty thousand is lost. They then notice that the offending janitor is exactly the same size as the injured manikin. They force him to imitate the doll and don its costume. He rebels to no purpose. They promise to relieve him as soon as the doll is repaired and carry him in the doll's place to the home of Gotrocks. Little Lillian is more than delighted with her new possession. The janitor's imitations of the actions of the real doll get by. It was all very fine at first, but as time passed, it ceased to be a joke. He was made to perform day and night at little Lillian's parties, and his stomach grew more and more empty. His frantic appeals over the telephone to Prof. Schultz only brought him the advice to stay on just a little longer as repairs were being rushed on the real doll. Now, Gotrock's butler had caught the janitor off his guard several times and had a well-founded suspicion that the supposed manikin was a fake. In fact, later events proved to him he was certainly right. The butler's endeavor to prove to Gotrocks got him "in bad," however, for Prof. Schultz arrived in the nick of time with the real mechanical doll, thereby allowing the mighty thankful janitor not only to escape his dreadful position but to get back on the butler for the indignities suffered at the latter's hands. When Gotrocks and his family are shown the mechanical doll is no fake, they put down the recent escapades of the janitor to the fact that the twenty thousand dollar doll must have slipped a cog.
- DirectorHenry MacRaeStarsWilliam CliffordMarie WalcampLule WarrentonAfter many years of hard labor and deep study, Coxheim, an inventor of renown and master of negative electricity, succeeds in inventing an electrical device that resists gravitation. His son Willard and daughter Laline, both expert aviators, have rendered their father valuable assistance in perfecting his invention through their knowledge of air currents. Laline suggests to her father that it be called the contragrav, that is, contrary to gravitation. Among the invited guests at the demonstration for government officials is a person named Laloud, who, unknown to the officials and the inventor, increases his income by selling government secrets to the highest bidder Laloud visits the agent of a foreign government and, for a consideration, informs him of the existence of the contragrav. Realizing the possibilities and value of such a device, the foreign agent loses no time in laying plans to obtain possession of the contragrav. Conferring with his confederate, it is decided to have Olga Belgram obtain the device. She contrives to get into the inventor's home by sending her machine over an embankment into the water below and by deftly leaping from the machine just as it is about to plunge over the precipice. Fortunately, she lands right at the feet of Laline, who, thinking her seriously injured, takes her into her mother's house. Olga's clever ruse enables her to ascertain the hiding place of the coveted invention more quickly and easily than she had hoped. She assures Laline that she feels no ill effects from her fall, and not long thereafter reaches the foreign agent's office with the desired information. Equipped with this information, the agent's confederates manage to steal the contragrav. With the prized invention in their possession, they hurry to a suburban villa to study its construction and duplicate it if possible. Upon discovering the theft, not wishing to make known to the public the loss of so valuable an invention, Coxheim engages private detectives. Upon questioning the inventor and his household, the detectives learn of Olga's visit. Laline, feeling that she is partly responsible for the disappearance of the invention, determines to do all she can to restore it to her father. By adroit maneuvering, she learns of Olga's visit to the suburban villa, and with her brother makes a flight in their aeroplane. They land almost at the door of the villa, offering as an excuse that they have run out of gas. A servant admits them to the house, where they meet. Olga, believing Olga and the servant are alone in the house, Laline straightway accuses her of the theft of the contragrav and demands to know its whereabouts. Olga presses a button, which summons the aid of the servant and a confederate. A light ensues in which Willard and his sister overpower Olga and her confederates, secure the contragrav and succeeds in reaching their aeroplane. Just as they begin to make their flight. Olga's confederate, also an aviator, hastens to his machine, places some bombs in it and starts after Willard and Laline. A lively chase through the air ensues. Realizing that he is being overtaken, Willard advises his sister to buckle on the contragrav and jump from the aeroplane, which she does and by manipulating the different currents of negative electricity, she floats through the air, landing safely on a hilltop. The foreigner pursues Willard, and just as he sails immediately over him, he drops a bomb which explodes near Willard's machine, completely destroying it, and killing Willard. Laline succeeds in reaching her home with the contragrav, and hurriedly explains her experiences to the detectives, who return with him to the villa. The villa is almost completely destroyed before Olga and her confederate are overpowered and made to suffer for their crime.