1909 Movies

To a reception there is invited a celebrated professor of hypnotism, and during the evening he obliges with an exhibition of his wonderful powers. Sev...

A sheriff saves a Mexican from being hanged for horse theft. In a gesture of thanks, the Mexican writes the word "gratitude" upon a card. After rendin...

This story is based upon the celebrated drama of that title

An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.

A wife offers to support her artist husband by teaching piano. She can't find work at the conservatory, and ends up working in a laundry, without tell...

Five tinted views of the city and port of Algiers in the early 20th century.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Two boys find a pistol their father has hidden. While they're playing with it, they line up a target, not realizing their sisters are on the other sid...

A mischievous witch uses her dark magic on an innocent cyclist until he is all confused. He is forced to pedal backwards and at the same time, his bik...

Silent documentary about the Caracas Carnival.

Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

One of the earliest film adaptations of the Grimm Brothers' fairytale.

Fanny is the wife of Ben Webster, a trapper, and while he is an affectionate and dutiful husband, she yearns for something which appears better than h...

While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pl...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of h...

One of the oldest surviving films dramatizing elements of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoléon is played by Maximilien (Max) Charlier, but the dir...

A group of sworn Napoleon supporters decide to inform the emperor of the plans for his release from captivity on Elba. They send a messenger off to th...

Rome, June 1800. Floria Tosca is a celebrated opera singer, better known as La Tosca. Her lover is Mario Cavaradossi, a young artist and Bomapartist s...

A silent short film attributed to Louis Feuillade. This film from 1909 by Gaumont is currently lost. Do not confuse it with Pathé's film from 1905 of...