04 December 1906 Fantasy 4 mins
A magician charms a caterpillar and turns it into a butterfly woman. This film is a blatant remake of Georges Méliès's "La Chrysalide et le Papillon d'or" (1901).
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El hechicero Trailer
The Magician and the Butterfly Trailer
France 04 December 1906
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18 March 1910
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster.
10 March 1911
A two-reel adaptation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno from the Divine Comedy by Helios Film. It is less well-known than the five-reel feature produced the same year by Milano Films, but it was released earlier in 1911.
13 October 1926
God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.
03 April 2006
A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather.
29 October 1920
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
29 October 1904
Using 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.
24 September 1924
A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
03 September 1926
Taken from The Arabian Nights, a wicked sorcerer and the beautiful prince Achmed battle one against the other during a series of wondrous adventures.
05 November 1919
A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.
14 January 1915
This mostly lost film is often confused with director Paul Wegener third and readily available interpretation of the legend; Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920).
24 December 2009
Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite unit.
22 February 1918
The navy captain Avanti Planetaros is inspired by his astronomer-father to travel through outer space to reach other worlds.
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06 March 1906
A crazy, rude musician gets some supernatural comeuppance.
06 September 1906
This Lubin actuality of the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake begins with a group of men, pans to the left, and the people vanish, leaving only the shattered landscape.
16 August 1906
A bunch of men on horseback gallop past people near a shack in this short shot by Robert K.Bonine.
05 July 1906
An old astronomer has been transfixed by a star for a long time. He had but one thought: to travel to it, to declare his love for it! But how? A simple but ingenious solution-- A giant bubble.
19 August 1906
Shepherds in Hawaii push a flock of sheep in line through a trough of water.
02 February 1906
Spanish short documentary about King Alfonso XII's return from his voyage to La Abufera (Valencia).
06 September 1906
A camera starts on a sloppy scene: people walking around, a building that's seen better days, palm trees, with fronds waving in the breeze.
19 August 1906
There's no harbor, and the ship lies some distance off shore..... then the camera pans and a tender has to be sent out amidst the rough water.
16 June 1906
A young woman becomes pregnant and attempts to provide for her child after the father leaves her.
16 November 1906
This one-reel documentary is pretty much what it says in the title. Cavalrymen ride their horses, first over low hedges, then over increasingly rough terrain, until by the end they are sliding down hills to cross a stream and going into caves.
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