Historia del cine
by M30V | created - 05 Jun 2015 | updated - 25 Aug 2015 | PublicFrom the book "Historia del cine" by Román Gubern
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Not in IMDB:
"Passion Play" by Richard G. Hollman
"La Passion du Crist! (1896) by Léar
"Vinden och floden" (1951) by Arne Sucksdorff
"Vietnam" (1955) by Roman Karmen
"Blazing island" (1961) by Roman Karmen
"Femmine al neon" (1962)
"L'amore ne mondo" (1963)
"Sexy proibito" (1963)
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1. Passage de Venus (1874)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874.
Director: P.J.C. Janssen
Votes: 2,075
2. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878)
TV-G | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
The clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.
Director: Eadweard Muybridge | Stars: Gilbert Domm, Sallie Gardner
Votes: 3,673
3. La vague (1891)
1 min | Short
In this early film experiment a wave crashes against a jagged rock.
Director: Étienne-Jules Marey
Votes: 511
4. Dickson Greeting (1891)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
The very first American film shown to public audiences and the press. It depicts William K.L. Dickson taking off his hat and greeting the audience.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: William K.L. Dickson
Votes: 1,564
5. Men Boxing (1891)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Action
Two men wearing boxing gloves prepare to spar in the Edison Company studio.
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise
Votes: 1,111
6. Pauvre Pierrot (1892)
TV-PG | 4 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
One night, Arlequin come to see his lover Colombine. But then Pierrot knocks at the door and Colombine and Arlequin hide. Pierrot starts singing but Arlequin scares him and the poor man goes away.
Director: Émile Reynaud
Votes: 2,002
7. Leaving the Factory (1895)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Workers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 7,540
8. Blacksmith Scene (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Two blacksmiths work while the vapors rise in the air. Later, another man arrives and offers a drink.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 1,140
9. Baby's Meal (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short
As part of a maiden public film screening at the Salon Indien, on December 28, in Paris, Auguste Lumière pivots the centre of attention around his baby daughter, as he tries to feed her from a spoon.
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: Auguste Lumière, Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Andrée Lumière
Votes: 3,511
10. The Sea (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 1,503
11. The Waterer Watered (1895)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
An impudent child plays a prank on a gardener innocently watering his plants.
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: François Clerc, Benoît Duval
Votes: 5,832
12. Boat Leaving the Port (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Three men in a rowboat are leaving the harbor.
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière
Votes: 1,573
13. Serpentine Dance by Annabelle (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs her popular serpentine dance routine. She twirls around, and as she does so, she uses her long skirts to create a variety of patterns.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Annabelle Moore
Votes: 385
14. Bassin des Tuileries (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A short scene showing a small man-made pond and a number of boys playing with their boats.
Votes: 439
15. The Arrival of a Train (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A train arrives at La Ciotat station.
Directors: Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière | Stars: Madeleine Koehler, Marcel Koehler, Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière
Votes: 12,855
16. The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Two men play cards, as a third watches and a waiter brings drinks. The third man pours drinks as the waiter laughs.
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: Antoine Féraud, Antoine Lumière, Félicien Trewey, Alphonse Winckler
Votes: 1,604
18. Demolition of a Wall (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Lumière | Star: Auguste Lumière
Votes: 2,766
20. Coronation of the Emperor Nicholas the Second (1896)
2 min | Documentary, Short, News
The coronation of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II in Moscow.
Director: Camille Cerf | Stars: Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Grand Duchess Maria
Votes: 167
Filmed by Francis Doublier
21. The Kiss (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Romance
In a medium close-up shot of the first kiss ever recorded on screen, two fervent lovers cuddle and talk passionately at hair's breadth, just before the love-smitten gentleman decides to give his chosen one an innocent peck.
Director: William Heise | Stars: May Irwin, John C. Rice
Votes: 3,669
22. Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
The first moving shot, created by a stationary camera on a gondola in Panorama du Grand Canal vu d'un Bateau, was filmed by Alexandre Promio for Louis Lumiere. Filming Locations: Venice, Veneto, Italy. Release Date: 1896 (France).
Director: Alexandre Promio
Votes: 652
23. Salida de los alabarderos de palacio (1896)
Documentary, Short
Director: Alexandre Promio
Votes: 22
25. Coucher de la mariée (1896)
7 min | Short
A woman undresses on her wedding night.
Directors: Albert Kirchner, Eugène Pirou | Star: Louise Willy
Votes: 287
26. Card Party (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Biography
In what is considered to be the first remake in the history of cinema, the grand French director, Georges Méliès, directs his very first short film, influenced by the Lumière Brothers' original story in "Partie d'écarté (1896)".
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Octavie Huvier, Gaston Méliès, Georges Méliès, Georgette Méliès
Votes: 1,132
27. The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin (1896)
1 min | Short, Horror
As an elegant maestro of mirage and delusion drapes his beautiful female assistant with a gauzy textile, much to our amazement, the lady vanishes into thin air.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,048
28. Arrivée d'un train (1896)
Documentary, Short
The view represents the arrival of a train at Bel Air station (Paris). We witness the arrival of the train, then the travelers get off and on, the train leaves.
Director: Charles Pathé
Votes: 60
30. La fée aux choux (1896)
1 min | Short, Family, Fantasy
The first film directed by a female director, "The Cabbage Fairy" presents a brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. Gently ... See full summary »
Director: Alice Guy | Stars: Alice Guy, Germaine Serand, Yvonne Serand
Votes: 1,393
31. The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem (1897)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Alexandre Promio, Gabriel Veyre
Votes: 112
32. Constantinople, panorama des rives du Bosphore (1897)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Alexandre Promio
Votes: 120
33. Washington, défilé de l'artillerie du District Colombia (1897)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Mounted soldiers parade by decorated stands, towing cannon behind them. (Possibly part of William McKinley's 1897 inauguration parade.)
Director: Félix Mesguich
Votes: 42
34. Salida de misa de doce del Pilar de Zaragoza (1897)
Documentary, Short
Short documentary where people come out of a church in Zaragoza.
Director: Eduardo Jimeno
Votes: 156
35. Riña en un café (1897)
1 min | Short
Reconstructed by the director in 1952 from a 1897 version, this short film shows Gelabert sitting down at a bar terrace, playing with a walking stick. Several men are sitting down too. A ... See full summary »
Director: Fructuós Gelabert | Stars: José Amigo, Antonio Fino, Fructuós Gelabert, Antonio Masia
Votes: 138
36. Salida de los trabajadores de la fábrica España Industrial (1897)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Short documentary where workers come out of a factory.
Director: Fructuós Gelabert
Votes: 19
37. Salida del público de la iglesia parroquial de Santa María de Sans (1897)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Short documentary where people come out of a church in Barcelona.
Director: Fructuós Gelabert
Votes: 18
39. Workers Leaving Brighton Railway Station (1897)
Documentary, Short
Director: George Albert Smith
Votes: 22
40. Comic Face (1897)
1 min | Short, Comedy
An old man gets progressively livelier - and drunker - as he downs his bottle of beer. Finally, he cocks a snook - and doesn't bother to uncock it as he continues to drink.
Director: George Albert Smith | Star: Tom Green
Votes: 343
42. President McKinley's Address (1897)
Short, News
"Every gesture is clearly depicted as the President delivers his oration, April 27, 1897, at Riverside Park."
Director: James H. White | Star: William McKinley
Votes: 26
44. Kørsel med grønlandske hunde (1897)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A Danish factor ("colony manager") in Greenland drives a sledge with the help of some Greenlandic sledge dogs in Fælledparken in Copenhagen as an illustration of his life in Greenland in ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Elfelt | Stars: Johan Carl Joensen, Fischer
Votes: 239
45. Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (1898)
Not Rated | Short, War
The film consists of a single shot of a hand tearing down a Spanish flag.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 106
46. Bombardment of Matanzas (1898)
Short
Reenactment of a Spanish-American War naval bombardment, done with miniatures.
Director: Edward Amet
Votes: 36
48. La vie et la passion de Jésus-Christ (1898)
11 min | Short, Drama
The Lumière catalog sold this title as 13 individual, one-scene films - allowing exhibitors to choose which films they wanted to purchase and how to arrange them in their programs. Lumière catalog no. 933 through 945.
Directors: Georges Hatot, Louis Lumière | Star: Bretteau
Votes: 220
52. The Cave of the Demons (1898)
Short, Horror
A young woman stumbles across a cave that is populated by the spirits and skeletons of people who died there under mysterious circumstances.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 45
53. L'affaire Dreyfus (1899)
13 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Dramatized re-enactments of the events of the Dreyfus-affair from 1894 to 1899.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 704
54. Cinderella (1899)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Drama, Family
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out?
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Mlle Barral, Bleuette Bernon, Carmelli, Jehanne d'Alcy
Votes: 1,803
56. Les méfaits d'une tête de veau (1899)
Short, Comedy
A veal head escapes from the dish of butcher to the nail. A butcher returns her back. Then a head sits down on the shoulders of butcher. The head of butcher she decorates parsley and serves a dish.
Director: Ferdinand Zecca
Allegedly filmed by Alice Guy.
57. Le muet mélomane (1899)
Comedy, Short
Director: Ferdinand Zecca | Stars: Ferdinand Zecca, Charlus
58. Presidente de la republica despidiendose de los secretarios de estado en Chapultepec (1899)
Documentary, Short
Director: Salvador Toscano | Star: Porfirio Díaz
59. The Jeffries-Sharkey Contest (1899)
Documentary, Short, Sport
Director: James H. White | Stars: James J. Jeffries, Sailor Sharkey
60. Jeffries-Sharkey Contest (1899)
135 min | Documentary, News, Sport
Twenty-five round fight, with Jeffries the winner.
Stars: James J. Jeffries, Sailor Sharkey, William A. Brady, William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson
Votes: 75
61. Reproduction of the Jeffries and Sharkey Fight (1899)
Documentary, Short, Sport
Stars: James J. Jeffries, Sailor Sharkey
Votes: 18
62. De kongelige skal fotograferes (1899)
1 min | Short, News
Director: Peter Elfelt | Stars: Christian IX, Czarina Maria Fyodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana
Votes: 83
63. Grandma's Reading Glass (1900)
2 min | Short, Family
A boy looks through glasses at various objects, seen magnified.
Director: George Albert Smith | Star: Harold Smith
Votes: 1,365
64. Attack on a China Mission (1900)
4 min | Short, Action, Crime
The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and ... See full summary »
Director: James Williamson | Stars: Mr. James, Mr. Lepard, Florence Williamson
Votes: 680
65. The One-Man Band (1900)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Comedy, Music
A band-leader assembles an orchestra by mystifying means.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,499
67. Le Roi Victor Emmanuel III se rendant au Sénat pour la cérémonie du Serment (1900)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Votes: 70
68. The House of Mystery (1901)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Fantasy
In a mysterious cavern, a magician performs a magic show that includes a dancing skeleton and a woman who is levitated.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 365
69. L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc (1901)
TV-14 | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 3,174
70. Stop Thief! (1901)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A hungry vagabond snatches a wrapped leg of lamb and jumps into a large wooden barrel to hide. Will he get away scot-free?
Director: James Williamson | Star: Sam Dalton
Votes: 658
71. A Photographic Contortion (1901)
1 min | Comedy, Short
A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
Director: James Williamson | Star: Sam Dalton
Votes: 2,087
72. History of a Crime (1901)
5 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A burglar is arrested for a murder. He is condemned to death. Before his execution the murderer dreams of his past, of how he was a bank clerk, then turned to crime. The criminal is then ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Zecca | Stars: Jean Liézer, Bretteau, Ferdinand Zecca
Votes: 780
74. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet
Votes: 55,667
75. The Coronation of King Edward VII (1902)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, History
A re-enactment using actors of the recent coronation of Britain's King Edward VII.
Directors: Georges Méliès, Charles Urban | Star: Paul Méliès
Votes: 425
76. Alcohol and Its Victims (1902)
4 min | Short, Drama
A happy family is brought to ruin when the father starts drinking.
Director: Ferdinand Zecca
Votes: 196
77. The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1903)
45 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Jesus Christ from the proclamation of his Nativity to his crucifixion. Impressive scenes and dynamism of the actors prelude to the Italian colossal movies of the silent period.
Directors: Lucien Nonguet, Ferdinand Zecca | Stars: Madame Moreau, Monsieur Moreau
Votes: 671
78. Prolific Magic Egg (1903)
2 min | Short, Fantasy
A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his arms about and suddenly turns into a ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 294
79. The Music Lover (1903)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Music
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,938
80. Voyage of the 'Arctic' (1903)
10 min | Short, Drama
12 scenes: Cabin; deck; icebound; icefield; baffled; Jack Frost; foot of pole; compass; cave; foot of pole; top of pole.
Director: Walter R. Booth | Star: Fred Farren
81. Life of an American Fireman (1903)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Action
A fireman rushes into a carriage to rescue a woman from a house fire. He breaks the windowpanes and carries the woman to safety; after dangerous and uncertain moments he also saves the woman's son.
Directors: George S. Fleming, Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Edwin S. Porter, Vivian Vaughan, Arthur White, James H. White
Votes: 2,701
82. The Great Train Robbery (1903)
TV-G | 11 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, A.C. Abadie, George Barnes, Justus D. Barnes
Votes: 20,971
83. Uncle Tom's Cabin (I) (1903)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Drama
Based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Eliza, a slave who has a young child, pleads with Tom, another slave, to escape with her. Tom does not leave, but Eliza flees with her child. ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 532
84. The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor (1903)
4 min | Short, Drama
Mansion; father's car seen from lover's car; vice versa; church, ring; father arrives too late.
Director: Alf Collins
Votes: 50
85. Kissing in a Tunnel (1901)
Short
Director: Ferdinand Zecca | Stars: Ferdinand Zecca, Jean Liézer
Votes: 24
86. The Strike (1904)
5 min | Short, Drama
During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks for mercy, knowing that his father was wrong. Because of that the wife is freed.
Director: Ferdinand Zecca
Votes: 43
87. Faust and Marguerite (1904)
4 min | Short, Fantasy
Old and burdened Faust sells his soul to the Devil for the exchange of youth and pleasures. He seduces Marguerite and is finally condemned to hell.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jeanne Calvière, Georges Méliès
Votes: 270
88. An Impossible Voyage (1904)
Not Rated | 24 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Fernande Albany, Jehanne d'Alcy, May de Lavergne
Votes: 3,992
89. Capture of the 'Yegg' Bank Burglars (1904)
11 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A group of bank robbers meet at their campsite to plan a burglary. When everything is ready, they break into the bank and blow open the safe. Their getaway, though, is not a clean one. They... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 60
90. The Ex-Convict (1904)
Not Rated | 8 min | Drama, Short
A recently released prisoner struggles to support his family.
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 231
91. The Bold Bank Robbery (1904)
6 min | Crime, Short
A gang of criminals plans and executes the robbery of a bank in Philadelphia. However, the police are alerted and a chase through the city's streets ensues.
Director: Jack Frawley
Votes: 122
92. The Moon Lover (1905)
6 min | Comedy, Short
An inebriated man falls in love with the moon and climbs a rooftop to reach it. A sudden gust of wind sweeps him all the way to the moon.
Directors: Gaston Velle, Ferdinand Zecca | Star: Ferdinand Zecca
Votes: 125
93. The Kleptomaniac (1905)
Not Rated | 8 min | Crime, Drama, Short
A well-dressed woman steals several items from a department store. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two small children steals a loaf of bread out of desperation, and she is quickly caught and arrested. In court, what penalty will each face?
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Aline Boyd, Phineas Nairs, Jane Stewart, George Voijere
Votes: 414
94. The Little Train Robbery (1905)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Action, Crime
In this parody of 1903's _Great Train Robbery, The (1903)_, also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by police officers.
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 343
95. The Life of Charles Peace (II) (1905)
Short, Crime, Drama
A burglar shoots his mistress's husband and dons disguises to elude the police.
Director: Frank S. Mottershaw
96. La presa di Roma (20 settembre 1870) (1905)
6 min | Short, Drama
The Italian army captures Rome after refusal to surrender this unifying Italy.
Director: Filoteo Alberini | Stars: Ubaldo Maria Del Colle, Carlo Rosaspina
Votes: 360
97. Boireau déménage (1906)
7 min | Short, Drama
Director: Georges Hatot | Star: André Deed
Votes: 15
Allegedly filmed by Charles Magnusson
99. Ben Hur (1907)
15 min | Short, Drama
The scene opens with an assembly of citizens who are harangued by one of their number, whose words have great weight with the crowd, and their attitude of approval shows that Roman misrule ... See full summary »
Directors: Sidney Olcott, Frank Oakes Rose | Stars: Gene Gauntier, Harry T. Morey, William S. Hart, Herman Rottger
Votes: 755
100. Max Learns to Skate (1907)
5 min | Short, Comedy
Max causes havoc when he joins other skaters on a frozen lake.
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Star: Max Linder
Votes: 237
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