More Kittens (1936)
Género : Animación
Tiempo de ejecución : 8M
Director : David Hand
Sinopsis
Thrown out of the house into the backyard, the three kittens are sheltered by a giant Saint Bernard and are tormented by a turtle and a bluebird.
"L'Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat" es sin duda uno de los filmes más famosos de la historia. La imagen de un tren llegando a una estación, pasando muy cerca de la cámara mientras reduce la velocidad, se convirtió rápidamente en una escena absolutamente icónica de esa curiosidad de reciente invención llamada "cinematógrafo".
An experimental short film from Finnish director Eino Ruutsalo.
Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.
King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.
A man peeping through a keyhole at an attractive young woman gets his comeuppance. This film, presumed lost, is often mistaken for Ferdinand Zecca's "What Is Seen Through a Keyhole" (1901).
“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the action the pillows become torn, and the feathers fly over their heads and about the room in great numbers, producing with the white dresses and the black background a novel effect. Sharp, full of action, and popular in character.” (Edison Catalog)
Coming home from the grocery store Kate begins to casually put the food away in the safety of her apartment... but what she doesn't know is there is madman stalking the building. Don't lock the door. Don't close the windows. He's already inside! She's Not Alone! is a throwback to the slasher films of the late 70s and was featured in several horror film festivals, including winning "Best Exploitation Short" at the Pollygrind Film Festival.
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen engaged in a midnight frolic.
The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a classic style trying to contend with an opponent who uses a very unorthodox approach.
Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.
“Interior of Barber Shop. Man comes in, takes off his coat; sits down, smokes; is handed a paper by attendant, who points out a joke; both laugh. Meantime the man in the chair is shaved and has his hair cut. Very funny.” (Edison's Latest Wonders, 1894)
A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard. Most of the chickens stay nearby, but the doves occasionally fly off and then return to eat more.
A laundry man parks his horse-drawn cart to make a delivery. While he is inside, his horse sees a bag of oats and starts to eat them. By the time the man comes back outside, the horse has eaten a whole bag of oats, and has so much energy that he begins to race out of control.
Experimental color film that shows a magician and his assistant making objects and people appear and disappear. Then they stack up some blocks and a moving picture of a little girl appears on them.
In slow motion, a line of giddy, possibly drunk men dressed in Scottish highland outfits perform a disorderly dance routine in front of a sign advertising the product of the title. This film is often incorrectly described as the first filmed advertisement.
Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films made for Edison's kinetoscopes.
Vaudeville dancer Amy Muller performs a portion of her stage routine, which features dancing on her toes. She dances on one toe for part of the performance. Later, she also twirls and does cartwheels.
Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.
A man gets ready for bed and attempts to go to sleep. His bed magically disappears as he is about to lay down. Attributed to Segundo de Chomón.
Michael Paton is dead, with no recollection as to why. Separated by death, Michael's body and soul have to work together to escape the After-Life, and salvage what redemption they have left.