1909 Movies

A short film in which every time a beggar sells his dog it returns to him.

Countryside lovers Hank and Cynthia plan to elope against the girl's father's wishes. A meddling tramp interferes with their secret meeting and, dress...

A newly discovered film showing Tamara Karsavina dancing Mikhail Fokine’s ‘La Danse du Flambeau’ (‘The Torch Dance’). This performance was filmed in 1...

In a mansion full of secret rooms and passageways, people are dying shortly after seeing the ghost of a woman in gray, as an old legend dictates. Call...

The Awakening of Bess is a silent short film of 1909 directed by Harry Solter . The protagonists of the film are Florence Lawrence (wife of the direct...

Set in antiquity, the drama follows a woman who helps another woman escape from captivity and is condemned to crucifixion, staging themes of coercion,...

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Renzo, a nobleman from Padua, is summoned by the Doge of Venice and leaves his beautiful wife, Nella, under the care of the Paduan governor, Ciano del...

A few of us have had the chance to read our own obituary notice, but it fell to the lot of John Goodhusband the rare privilege of viewing his own eleg...

This film recounts an episode in Eugène François Vidocq's life and the events that led him to escape from the Brest penal colony disguised in a unifor...

Directed by Roberto Omegna.

Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet unro...

The American Civil War is the setting for this film which portrays the efforts of a girl, with the aid of her boyfriend, to deliver a message to the C...

This story is based upon the celebrated drama of that title

The story of Sapho is laid in the Grecian era and Sapho is depicted as a wealthy woman of that period who has a host of admirers and a still greater h...

Max Linder is an ardent suitor for the hand of a somewhat rampageous young lady. The gentle Max suffers sadly from her rough treatment, but at length...

Schneider is trying to write a speech but he can't concentrate with all the noise around him. During the night, Schneider catches burglars in his hous...

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...