01 November 1902 Fantasy, Comedy 10 mins
Compilation of 7 short scenes: ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’; ‘Old Mother Hubbard’; ‘Little Miss Muffet’; ‘Goosey Gander’; ‘Jack and Jill’; ‘Old Woman in a Shoe’; ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’. Only the last one is known to have survived and to be available to watch.
Watch the official Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes 1902 trailer in HD below.
George Albert Smith Director
Hey, Diddle Diddle, The Cat and the Fiddle Trailer
United Kingdom 01 November 1902
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1902:
01 January 1902
This journey down the Avon gorge was filmed from the riverbank, from a boat and from the Portishead railway.
22 May 1902
These slightly weary-looking soldiers, just back from South Africa, were perhaps only temporarily housed in their Cork barracks before a well-earned return home.
01 March 1902
The bicycle was still a novelty at the beginning of the 20th century. At the Villa Belle Rive in Cannes, the Lavanchy-Clarke family engage with it cyclically, with gaps in the film in order to convey a sense of the laps.
11 August 1902
A thief named Barabbas and Jesus are brought before Pilate, Pilate says Christ innocent. People say "Crucify him and deliver us Barabbas!
24 February 1902
A fire has swept through Durland's Riding Academy in Manhattan. The fire has mostly died down, but firefighters are still at the scene, hosing down the smoking remains of the buildings.
20 December 1902
Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by hand to colour it.
02 June 1902
Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is played.
01 January 1902
A pioneering mountaineering film made by Frank Ormiston-Smith for the Warwick Trading Company in 1902.
05 September 1902
A two year old baby in a rage at being deprived of his favorite playthings.
11 April 1902
The Washington Star of April 1st, 1900, gave the following account of the ceremony: "Over 40,000 women and children passed through the White House Gates to-day during the hours set apart for the great National show of Egg Rolling, and when the President stepped on the south front gallery at 4:15 P.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1902 George Albert Smith Films.
