With Selig Polyscope Company (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. 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: 1,560
2. 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: 4,298
3. 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: 3,585
4. Where Love Is, There God Is Also (1912)
Short, Drama
This story is adapted from Tolstoi's story of Russian peasant life, the principal scenes of which are laid in the basement home of an old Russian shoemaker. Having recently lost his wife ... See full summary »
Director: Oscar Eagle | Stars: Frank Weed, Joseph Ransome, Thomas Commerford, Winifred Greenwood
5. 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: 14
6. 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
7. 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: 2,031
8. 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: 1,202
9. 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
10. In the Days of the Thundering Herd (1914)
48 min | Western
Tom and Sally are the only survivors when their wagon train is attacked by Swift Wing's braves. Starlight aids in their escape and they join a group of hunters. But there is more trouble when the tribe attacks again.
Directors: Colin Campbell, Francis J. Grandon | Stars: Tom Mix, Bessie Eyton, Wheeler Oakman, Red Wing
Votes: 36
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. Shooting an Oil Well (1910)
Short, Drama, Thriller
The film begins with a view of the derrick with busy workmen, each wearing a hopeful and triumphant look as the heavy steel bit plunges down and down until over sixteen hundred feet are ... See full summary »
13. 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: 466
14. A Mysterious Portrait (1899)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
A magician has a picture frame set up. He then proceeds to make a second version of himself appear inside it.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 556
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. 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
17. A Black Sheep (1915)
Comedy
To the town of Tombstone, in which Goodrich Mudd is known as the "Blacksheep," comes a burlesque company headed by Lida, a captivating woman. Mudd, the sheriff and Underdog, who works a ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas N. Heffron | Stars: Otis Harlan, Rita Gould, Grace Darmond, John Charles
18. 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: 86
19. Lieutenant Grey of the Confederacy (1911)
Short, Drama, War
Lieut. Grey, C.S.A., is sent to obtain plans of the Federal forts. He meets and is aided by Col. Carter's daughter, Elizabeth, a loyal Confederate. Later he is chased and wounded by a party... See full summary »
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: James Dayton, Alvin Wyckoff, Sydney Ayres, Herbert Rawlinson
20. 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
22. 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
23. Forked Trails (1915)
Short, Western
Moya Lantry, a belle of Cattleland. has captured the hearts of two bold cowboys, Bob Davis and Frank Scott. They arrange, a contest to decide which shall marry her and Scott wins out by a ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Mix | Stars: Tom Mix, Goldie Colwell, Sid Jordan, Pat Chrisman
24. 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: 934
25. A Crucial Test (1912)
Short, Drama
Bill Wildern and Jim Forster, partners in Klondike, failing to find pay dirt worthwhile, decide that Bill shall captain a prospecting party on a long trip. Lost on the trail, Bill is taken ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Montgomery | Stars: Tom Santschi, Hobart Bosworth, Herbert Rawlinson, Fred Huntley
26. 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: 69
27. The Magician (1898)
1 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
In a traditional "magician" attire, the wizard of illusion and jump cuts, Georges Méliès, says the magic words and conjures up wonders from a plain wooden box.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 917
28. The Lost City (1920)
300 min | Action, Adventure
Director: E.A. Martin | Stars: Juanita Hansen, George Chesebro, Frank Clark, Hector Dion
Votes: 32
29. The Girl from Montana (1907)
2 min | Short, Drama, Romance
As a young couple are courting, they are rudely interrupted and split up. The man is seized and is turned over to a gang of toughs who want to hang him. Though she is greatly outnumbered, ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Star: Pansy Perry
Votes: 44
30. The Girl and the Judge (1913)
Drama, Short
George Goff, the son of a wealthy city judge, goes to the country for a summer spell. He conceals his identity, but woos and wins Grace Green, the daughter of a stern and honest old farmer,... See full summary »
Director: Lem B. Parker | Stars: Kathlyn Williams, Herbert Rawlinson, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer
31. A Child of the Prairie (1915)
63 min | Western
In the wild west, Tom's wife, Nell, yearns to return to big city life. Slippery Jim offers her a way--and she takes the couple's young daughter with her. Will Tom ever see his child again?
Director: Tom Mix | Stars: Tom Mix, Louella Maxam, Norma Maxam, Ed Brady
Votes: 18
32. Ben's Kid (1909)
Short, Western
Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his little wife, Molly, whom all the camp ... See full synopsis »
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Tom Santschi, Harry Todd
Votes: 24
33. Cake Walk (1900)
Short
This film is one of the finest of its kind, portraying a number of swell darkies engaged in the popular pastime of walking for the cake. The dance is well executed by people who have a ... See full summary »
Director: F.S. Armitage
Votes: 79
34. The Man from Texas (1915)
Not Rated | 41 min | Short, Western
A cowboy gets a message that his sister's husband has left her and she is in trouble. When he gets there, he finds her dead. He sets out to track down the husband.
Director: Tom Mix | Stars: Tom Mix, Goldie Colwell, Louella Maxam, Ed Brady
Votes: 88
35. Lost in the Jungle (1911)
16 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Jan Kruga and his daughter Meta live on a farm in the Transvaal. The nearest neighbor, Sir John Morgan, lives 20 miles away, and it is only on rare intervals that she ever goes even that ... See full summary »
Director: Otis Turner | Stars: Kathlyn Williams, William V. Mong, Frank Weed, Charles Clary
Votes: 24
36. 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: 107
37. Temperance Town (1916)
Short, Comedy
Mink Jones of Jonesville, is the lord high executioner and everything else. When Booze and Souse send Jack Worth, salesman for demon rum to Jonesville, he is met at the depot by Mink Jones ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas N. Heffron | Stars: Otis Harlan, Grace Darmond, John Charles, James Bradbury Sr.
38. An Arizona Wooing (1915)
Short, Western
Manuel Paquito and Tom Warner are rivals for the love of Jean Dixon. Knowing that Paquito is an outlaw, Jean favors Warner. In difficulties with the cattlemen, Tom Warner is captured by ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Mix | Stars: Tom Mix, Louella Maxam, Pat Chrisman, William Brunton
Votes: 30
39. 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
40. A Milk White Flag (1916)
Short, Drama
Piggott Luce, a prominent citizen in a small town having two rival regiments, becomes a private in the Milk White Guards. Mrs. Luce makes it her business to domineer over Piggott. There ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas N. Heffron | Stars: Otis Harlan, Charlotte Mineau, Grace Darmond, Leslie King
41. Two Gay Dogs (1912)
Short, Comedy
Stevens and Dickens, two gay old dogs, somewhat henpecked and aching for a holiday, decide to send their wives to the country, in order that they may indulge in a secret hijinks of their ... See full summary »
Director: Chauncy D. Herbert | Stars: John Lancaster, Thomas Dixon Jr., Louise Reming Barnes, Louise Reming
42. Brown of Harvard (1918)
Drama, Sport
Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Tom Moore, Hazel Daly, Sidney Ainsworth, Warner Richmond
43. A Stranger in New York (1916)
Short, Drama
A. Stranger, who registers from any old place, calls on I. Collier Downe, a Chicago millionaire to sell the famous volume "Success Secrets." They reach an agreement by which A. Stranger, ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas N. Heffron | Stars: Otis Harlan, Robert Bolder, John Charles, Emma Glenwood
44. The Two Orphans (1911)
Short, Drama
REEL ONE: Diane Eleanor De Vaudrey secretly marries a man beneath her. A child is born, Louise, the blind girl. Diane's father kills her husband and forces her to marry the Count de ... See full summary »
Directors: Otis Turner, Francis Boggs | Stars: Kathlyn Williams, Winifred Greenwood, Thomas Carrigan, Charles Clary
45. The Shrinking Rawhide (1912)
Short, Western
In the carefree days of California, "before the Gringoes came," the blood of caballero and senorita ran hot and the little god of love was forever on the rampage in that tempting field. ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Montgomery | Stars: Herbert Rawlinson, Frank Richardson, Hobart Bosworth, Phil Stratton
46. 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
47. 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: 525
48. In the Sultan's Power (1909)
Adventure, Short
Jack Thornton, an American traveler, while touring Europe meets the daughter of an old French nobleman and falls in love with her. He is persistent in his suit for her hand, but outside of ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Boggs | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte, Tom Santschi, Stella Adams
49. The Last of the Stills (1915)
Short, Drama
To avoid a collapse, Benton, a business man, is ordered to the wilds just as energetic revenue officers start uncovering moonshiners' stills. Old Burt, a moonshiner, has a beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Burton L. King | Stars: Robyn Adair, Virginia Kirtley, Ed Brady
50. Bill Haywood, Producer (1915)
Short, Action, Comedy
Bill Haywood is ambitions to become a motion picture producer. He writes a scenario, which, considering the results, must have been awful, and sends same to a motion picture concern for ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Mix | Stars: Tom Mix, Goldie Colwell, Sid Jordan, George Fawcett