Just as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) is testimony to German silent film art, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolises both the birth of the Australian film industry and…

A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch’s revenge, and saves the beautiful princess.

A short film about a dirigible.

Two tunnel workers are fighting over the wife of one, who’s also involved with the other. Suddenly an explosion occurs. Instead of fighting, they help each other escape.

Haakon becomes King of Norway.

The Anarchist’s Mother-in-Law premiered on October 23, 1906. It featured director Viggo Larsen as the anarchist and Margrethe Jespersen as his wife. The movie is about a mother-in-law disturbing the…

The proud owner of a new car in 1907 gets behind the wheel for the first time and weaves down the street, hitting everything from lamp-posts to market stalls and…

Alice Guy films the sea.

The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marriage to a princess. But his rival, an evil magician, steals…

It’s a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?