The Murder of General Gryaznov (1921)

"Pastor hipócrita e malévolo abusa da fé de pequena comunidade, sobretudo da irmã Martha Jane, cuja filha ela sonha ver casada com o ministro. Ele, porém, estupra a jovem inocente e a força a roubar as economias da mãe." - Sinopse retirada do catálogo da mostra Oscar Micheaux: Cinema Negro e a Segregação Racial.

A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

Durante a Guerra Civil na Russa, há muita fome na Sibéria. O estúpido camponês Sergei está à procura de cadáveres para alimento. Ele conhece uma misteriosa jovem na cidade de Novokursk . Ela pede a Sergei que diga a todos que encontrarem que ele é seu marido. Eles encontram uma casa abandonada, onde podem descansar ... Mas um estranho está escondido dentro dela...

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing skirts to create visual patterns.

“Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded onto a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad Docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds of coal dust rise as each car is unloaded.”

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

Armand and Marie survive in the streets until charitable (and wealthy) scientist Pierre Marcel takes Armand in after a botched robbery. Marie, a fiery Apache, swears revenge on Marcel for taking her lover away from her.

At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade falls to pieces, disclosing the devil. Juliet, frightened, runs to the window and calls Romeo. The latter attempts to enter and protect his fiancée, but at a gesture from the devil the window is instantly covered with a grating and Romeo makes frantic efforts to break it. The devil begins to dance a wild dance before Juliet, who is beside herself from terror. The devil gradually becomes the size of a giant (a novel effect). Juliet implores the statue of Madonna, which becomes animated, descends from its pedestal, and stretching out its arms orders the devil to disappear. (Méliès Catalog)

Na São Francisco do início do século, mulher choca a sociedade ao viver caso extra-conjugal. Desta vez Garbo era Arden Stuart, a mulher que leva seu chofer para dar um passeio de carro à noite. Ela foge da festa chatíssima que acontece naquela casa e de repente o espectador se encontra diante de uma Garbo apaixonada por seu motorista. Os dois estão em um lugar deserto, deitados, e se beijam

Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of Illusions. The highlight of the show is a reenactment of Salome's dance of the seven veils, replete with the beheading of Jokanaan. The performer portraying Salome is in love with Cock Robin. Jealous, sinister The Greek is determined to eliminate that competition.

We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures bounce around on the now white background.

Charley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for transport. He builds a Rube Goldberg contraption of parts stolen from his neighbors. Rival egg companies want his invention, one of them stooping to sabotage to get it.

When Charley asks a young woman whom he is in love with to marry him, she tells him that he needs to get her father's consent. But when Charley then goes to see her father, who owns a restaurant, he ends up getting hired as a dishwasher instead. The rest of the kitchen staff soon find out that Charley is not a member of their union, and they go on strike. Charley is left by himself, leading to a series of upheavals in the restaurant, and a great invention.

In this subject a "comique eccentric" enters the drawing room inhabited by spirits. He tries to take off his coat and hat, but these garments return to his head and shoulders as soon as he takes them off. The chairs, his umbrella, his hat, etc., fly away in different directions and by various methods. (Star Film Catalog)

Toda a história da época de Natal está aqui representado. A cena se abre em uma grande boudoir da casa de um homem aparentemente rico.

A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.