08 July 1905 Comedy, Crime 6 mins
A burglar escapes from the apartment he's robbing by sliding down the clothesline, but in the end he's caught by the family dog.
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United States 08 July 1905
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1905:
01 January 1905
Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy.
03 June 1905
A poacher eludes a gendarme with the help of some trick photography.
27 July 1905
'Zandvoort in an uproar! On Saturday morning at roughly 10 o’clock, with beautiful weather and calm seas, a Frenchman sat in a beach chair to gaze upon the magnificent view that the sea always affords, until he slowly began to fall asleep’ So begins a report in the ‘Zandvoortsche Courant’ of July 25, 1905.
27 January 1905
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
23 May 1905
Nothing to do with potties... Baby gets a good wash. In this charming Hepworth actuality film, a crisply uniformed, no-nonsense nurse bounces a baby girl on her lap before submerging the unsuspecting infant into a tub of soapy water.
01 December 1905
It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
01 August 1905
The second Empire State Express, behind a 4-4-2 Atlantic locomotive, demonstrates how to take water on the fly by scooping it out of a pan set between the railroad tracks.
11 November 1905
Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera.
31 December 1905
1905 short film showing people walking down a Ljutomer street after mass.
05 June 1905
The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track.
01 August 1905
Short documentary about this Valencian tradition directed by Ángel García Cardona.
01 January 1905
Unverified phonoscene (chronograph #7 in Gaumont catalogue?) showing a performance of the cake walk.
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