With Selig Polyscope Company (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Astronomer's Dream; or, the Man in the Moon (1898)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 4,354
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
Not Rated | 13 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Short
An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
Director: Otis Turner | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z. Leonard
Votes: 1,572
3. Honk (2022)
47 min | Documentary
The power of love shines in this heart-warming tale of friendship and inspiration between an unlikely duo. Cheryl inadvertently befriends a mourning goose, Honk, while recycling in the ... See full summary »
Director: Cheryl Allison | Stars: Cheryl Allison, Honk, Kathy Rogers, Mary Beth Purdy
Votes: 15
4. Tossing a Nigger in a Blanket (1898)
1 min | Documentary, Short
"Company F, 1st Ohio Volunteers, initiating a new man. Nineteen times he bounces in the blanket, and each toss is funnier than the last one."
Director: William 'Daddy' Paley
Votes: 2,036
5. Four Heads Are Better Than One (1898)
1 min | Short, Comedy
Much to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 3,614
6. The Garden of Allah (1916)
100 min | Drama
When her mother elopes with a lover and her father dies cursing the name of God, Domini Enfilden attempts to forget her pain in Beni Mora, an oasis in the Sahara. At the desert hotel, she ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Helen Ware, Tom Santschi, Will Machin, Matt Snyder
7. The Count of Monte Cristo (1908)
Not Rated | 14 min | Action, Short, Drama
A complete performance of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO filmed as a stage play with curtains between the five acts: Act I. "The Sailor's Return," Act II. "Twenty Years Later," Act III. "Dantes ... See full summary »
Directors: Francis Boggs, Thomas Persons | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Francis Boggs
Votes: 53
8. Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1911)
Comedy, Short
Two staid judges, Hay and Holt, are close friends. They have but one child each, an attractive daughter. These old fellows are very dignified and old-fashioned in their ideas, and they ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Nick Cogley, George Hernandez, Herbert Rawlinson, Roy Watson
9. Across the Plains (1910)
Short, Western
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte, Tom Santschi
10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)
16 min | Short, Horror
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Director: Otis Turner | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte
Votes: 62
11. The Crisis (1916)
100 min | Drama, History, War
Stephen Brice, a young lawyer in Civil War-era St. Louis, falls in love with Virginia Carvel, the daughter of his benefactor. But she is loyal to the South and Brice is committed to ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: George Fawcett, Matt Snyder, Bessie Eyton, Tom Santschi
Votes: 26
12. The Sign of the Cross (1899)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Satan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he is causing all manner of perturbation and despair.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,210
13. The Delights of Automobiling (1900)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
As two couples enjoy their evening promenade in a nice but rickety open motor car, without notice, an explosion blows the vehicle to smithereens.
Director: Cecil M. Hepworth | Stars: Cecil M. Hepworth, Henry Lawley
Votes: 941
14. The Cowboy Millionaire (1909)
22 min | Short, Western
Bud Noble, a handsome specimen of manhood, is foreman on the Circle "D" ranch outside of Circle City, Idaho, and our opening scene pictures Bud as the cowboy roping and tying a steer. With ... See full summary »
Directors: Francis Boggs, Otis Turner | Stars: Mac Barnes, William Garwood, Adrienne Kroell, William Stowell
Votes: 57
15. The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)
120 min | Fantasy, Adventure
L. Frank Baum would appear in a white suit and present his live actors, slide shows and films as a live travelogue presentation of his popular fantasies. Highlights include Dorothy being ... See full summary »
Directors: Francis Boggs, Otis Turner | Stars: L. Frank Baum, Frank Burns, George E. Wilson, Wallace Illington
Votes: 67
16. Le chevalier mystère (1899)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Fantasy
The conjurer appears at a blackboard and shows the head of a knight on it. He seizes the picture of the head, removes it from the blackboard, and it turns into life and bows and smiles ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 531
17. The Dawn of Freedom (1910)
Short, Drama, History
Cuba was fighting for the liberty and love, for the life unburdened by the yokes of bondage. She was striving to free the poor and oppressed and Col. Maceo was leading his people against ... See full summary »
18. Little Orphant Annie (1918)
57 min | Drama
Surrounded by a group of children, poet James Whitcomb Riley narrates the story of Little Orphant Annie, who loses her mother at an early age and is sent to an orphanage. Annie charms the ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Colleen Moore, Tom Santschi, Harry Lonsdale, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 71
19. A Crowded Hotel (1910)
Short, Comedy
Every train brought the sightseers, the city hotel had out the S.R.O., but the delegates with the long ribbons had to be served. The last arrival at the tavern was Ben Smith and the ... See full summary »
20. The Mystic Swing (1900)
1 min | Fantasy, Short
The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady disappear from the swing, to the surprise ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 228
21. Something Good - Negro Kiss (1898)
1 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A burlesque on the John Rice/May Irwin kiss in "The Kiss" (1896).
Director: William Nicholas Selig | Stars: Gertie Brown, Saint Suttle
Votes: 476
22. The Old Captain (1911)
10 min | Drama, Short
The old Captain returns from his voyage and is welcomed by his faithful wife. The mate, a young husky man, is jealous of the Captain, and goes straight to the ship owner's office to knock ... See full summary »
Stars: Fred Huntley, Anna Dodge
Votes: 18
23. The Spoilers (1914)
110 min | Drama, Western
The first of many filmed adaptations of Rex Beach's adventure novel of the Alaskan gold-rush.
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: William Farnum, Kathlyn Williams, Tom Santschi, Bessie Eyton
Votes: 89
24. Eugenics at Bar 'U' Ranch (1914)
Short, Comedy, Western
Martha, an old maid, prim, precise and determined, comes to the ranch to reside, armed with a letter of introduction to Boss, stating that she has a fad for eugenics and believes she "can ... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Farnum | Stars: Hal Le Sueur, Barney Furey, Lester Cuneo, Charles Wheelock
25. The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913)
300 min | Adventure
The daughter of an adventurer in India is kidnapped by a native king, whom she is forced to marry. She has several adventures battling natives and wild animals.
Director: Francis J. Grandon | Stars: Kathlyn Williams, Charles Clary, Horace B. Carpenter, Lafe McKee
Votes: 45
26. The Lost City (1920)
300 min | Action, Adventure
Director: E.A. Martin | Stars: Juanita Hansen, George Chesebro, Frank Clark, Hector Dion
Votes: 32
27. A Texas Steer (1915)
Passed | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Urged on by his wife and daughter and against his better judgment, Texas cattle-baron Maverick Brander, finds himself in Washington D. C. as an elected congressman. However, when the ... See full summary »
Director: Giles Warren | Stars: Tyrone Power Sr., Grace Darmond, Frances Bayless, John Charles
Votes: 31
28. The Stagecoach Guard (1915)
Short, Western
When the stagecoach is about to pull out on its daily trip, Jack, the driver, finally locates Tom, the coach guard, in a saloon where a fight is in progress and Jack helps Tom whip several ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Mix | Stars: Tom Mix, Victoria Forde, Sid Jordan
29. The Wooing and Wedding of a Coon (1907)
Comedy, Short
The opening shows a colored nursemaid in the park with baby carriage, and seated on a bench receives the attention of several smart colored men who admire her greatly and endeavor to make ... See full summary »
Votes: 40
30. The Living Wage (1914)
Short, Drama
An investigating board learns from a factory girl that the average weekly wage is $4.00, and summons the reputed owner, Albert Dorn, before them. Gertrude Mason, an heiress, and her fiancé,... See full summary »
Director: Willard Newell | Stars: Alma Russell, Jack Nelson, William Walcott, Palmer Bowman
31. The Vampire (1910)
Short, Drama
A picture dramatization from Sir Ed Burne-Jones' famous painting, with suggestions from that world famous poem by Rudyard Kipling, each conceded a peer in the literary and world of art. ... See full summary »
Stars: Charles Clary, Margarita Fischer
32. The Inner Mind (1911)
Drama, Short
Prof. Locksley, the famous hypnotic detective, unravels a mystery through his knowledge of the "Indian mind." The story tells of how a thug of the lowest order holds in his power a ... See full summary »
Director: Otis Turner | Stars: Charles Clary, Marshall Stedman, Frank Weed, William Stowell
33. The Sergeant (1910)
16 min | Short, Western
A story laid in the Great Yosemite Valley during the eighties. Col. Westley has an only daughter who is the one softening influence in his rugged nature. She is fond of taking morning rides... See full summary »
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Iva Shepard, Tom Santschi, Frank Clark
Votes: 52
34. The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917)
60 min | Western
Colonel William Ryan, a ranch owner, in the Lone Star State, has named his only daughter Texas. Jack Parker, a devil-may-care cowpuncher, loves only two things, one is his horse and the ... See full summary »
Director: E.A. Martin | Stars: Tom Mix, Bessie Eyton, Frank Campeau, George Fawcett
Votes: 108
35. Greater Wealth (1913)
11 min | Drama, Short
John Sharon, a steel magnate is immensely successful from the worldly point of view, while Ed Young, his humble employee, views himself as a failure because his income shrinks as his family... See full summary »
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Wheeler Oakman, Tom Santschi
36. Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1911)
Drama, Short
In the quaint and happy little village of Cedarville there lives a prosperous miller names Morgan, who had inherited the property from his father before him. He was a kind and indulgent ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: William Stowell, Charles Clary, Frank Weed, Rex De Rosselli
37. The Carpet from Bagdad (1915)
Adventure
The Pasha's servant Mohamed, is entrusted to guard the Sacred Carpet of Bagdad with his life. In New York, after banker Arthur Wadsworth forces his brother Horace to give up his inheritance... See full summary »
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Kathlyn Williams, Wheeler Oakman, Guy Oliver, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 21
38. Miracles of the Jungle (1921)
Action
The adventures of two U.S. Secret Service men sent to Africa to bring back a man wanted for murder.
Directors: James Conway, E.A. Martin | Stars: Ben Hagerty, Wilbur Higby, Al Ferguson, Frederick Peters
39. In the Great Northwest (1910)
10 min | Adventure, Short
Told 'mid the swerving pine and snow-clad hills in the great Northwest, one of the most intense and dramatic stories we have had the pleasure to offer. We find the beautiful daughter of the... See full summary »
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte, Tom Santschi, George L. Cox
40. The Millionaire Baby (1915)
Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Who stole "The Millionaire Baby?" Did the plotting Doctor Pool finally accomplish his bold determination? Did Valerie Carew, former Burlesque Queen conquered by Mother-Love seize an ... See full summary »
Directors: Lawrence Marston, Thomas N. Heffron | Stars: Frederick Hand, Mrs. A.C. Marston, Grace Darmond, Harry Mestayer
Votes: 21
41. The Land of Oz (1910)
Short, Fantasy
The Emerald City in all its splendor with all the familiar characters so dear to the hearts of children - Little Dorothy, the scarecrow, the woodman, the cowardly lion, and the wizard ... See full summary »
Director: Otis Turner | Star: Marcia Moore
Votes: 35
42. Mazeppa, or the Wild Horse of Tartary (1910)
Short, Drama
Mazeppa, the infant son of a Tartar chief, was captured by the Poles and grew into manhood in the Polish land, never knowing his true parentage. Through his bravery and gallantry, he became... See full summary »
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Kathlyn Williams, Tom Santschi
43. The Moonstone (1909)
Short, Drama
The Taking of the Moonstone. This scene for artistic realism has never been surpassed. It transports the audience from the commonplace of this workaday world into the mystic pagan symbolism... See full summary »
44. The Curse of the Redman (1911)
Short, Drama, Western
A college-educated Indian finds himself rejected by both white men and his own tribe.
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Tom Santschi, Kathlyn Williams
45. The Mission Worker (1911)
Drama, Short
Helen, Reverend Henry Maitland's only child, opens a Mission School in the Chinese quarter of a large city to uplift the poor Chinese workers and bring them to a realization of what true ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph A. Golden | Stars: Winifred Greenwood, Thomas Carrigan, Leighton Stark, May Treat
47. Summoning the Spirits (1899)
1 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
A magician presents a wreath which in turn transforms into other things.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 445
48. Cinderella (I) (1912)
Fantasy, Romance, Short
(First Reel) Cinderella's mother dies and her father marries a cruel widow with two ugly daughters of her own disposition. The father leaves on a long journey and poor Cinderella is soon ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Mabel Taliaferro, Winifred Greenwood, Frank Weed, Josephine Miller
49. Friends in San Rosario (1912)
Short, Comedy, Drama
Everybody in the world of finance understands the usual disturbance that ensues coincident with the coming of the bank examiner. Banking is a highly developed sort of housekeeping, and ... See full summary »
Director: Hardee Kirkland | Stars: Carl Winterhoff, William Stowell, Harry Lonsdale, Thomas Commerford
50. Two Men and a Woman (1913)
Short, Drama
Raphael Salvator, one of artistic New York's youngest and most highly famed portrait painters, is commissioned by Banker Hargrave to paint the portrait of his daughter from a photograph. ... See full summary »
Director: Lem B. Parker | Stars: Harold Lockwood, Kathlyn Williams, Henry Otto