- Director: James H. White
- Year: 1900
- Runtime: 1m
- Available on YouTube
Come for the world’s first camera tilt, stay for the delightful characters at the end.
1900
Let Me Dream Again
- Director: George Albert Smith
- Starring: Tom Green, Laura Bayley
- Year: 1900
- Runtime: 1m
- Available on YouTube
A poor wretch of a man wakes from a dream about partying with a pretty younger woman to find, in a hi-larious twist, that his arms are around his older, dowdier wife who wants nothing to do with his affections.
How his wife hates him so! Ha ha ha!
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Solar Eclipse
- Director: Nevil Maskelyne
- Year: 1900
- Runtime: 2m
- Available on BFI Player
This film is believed to be the first surviving astronomical film in the world. Magician and astronomy enthusiast Nevil Maskelyne had to design and build a special adaptor for his camera in order to capture this solar eclipse, an event that has fascinated us for all of human existence.
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Les Fredaines de Pierrette
(Pierrette’s Escapades)
- Director: Alice Guy
- Year: 1900
- Runtime: 2m
- Available on YouTube
Harlequin! We love that mischievous rogue, appearing in Columbine’s bedroom to frolic (and then “frolic”).
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Cyrano de Bergerac
- Director: Clément Maurice
- Year: 1900
- Runtime: 2m
- Available on Wikimedia
This short is a scene taken from Rostand’s play and featuring the celebrated lead actor, Benoit Constant Coquelin, from the Paris production.
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