PICK AND SHOVEL 1923, USA, BW, 11'45, Slapstick by George Jeske with Stan Laurel, James Finlayson, Katherine Grant.

 

LITTLE TICH 1907, France, BW, 6'17, Music-Hall, with Little Tich, production Pathé. Little Tich, a music-hall artist very popular at the turn of the century, was one of the characters Charlie Chaplin was inspired by.

 

A TRIP TO MARS 1924, USA, Tinted, 4'59, Cartoon by Dave et Max Fleischer, with Koko. In the twenties, Max Fleischer, Popeye’s and Betty Boop’s creator, designs Koko’s character, a friendly clown. Here he goes once more out of his inkwell for another new adventure.

 

LA MARSEILLAISE 1907, France, BW, 2'39, Sound film, Directed by Georges Mendel. Film with sound synchronized from the original record sung by Opera singer Noté.

 

VIE ET PASSION DE N.S. JESUS CHRIST 1907, France, Hand tinted, Religieux by Ferdinand Zecca with Julienne Mathieu, production Pathé. One of the first versions of the Christ Passion, a very usual subject in early cinema.

 

MAKIN' 'EM MOVE 1931, USA, BW, 7'25, Cartoon by John foster, production Van Beuren. The “ Toons ” explain how to make a cartoon.

 

QUAND MADELON 1917, France, Tinted, 3'33, Song by Roger Lion, with Pierre Etchepare et Rachel Devirys. In 1917, there are no sound films. There have been attempts to use records as sound tracks, but unsuccessfully. G. Lordier offers to rent films with singers, thus creating the first karaokes.

 

WINSOR MAC CAY 1911, USA, BW, 6'17, Cartoon by Winsor Mac Cay, production Vitagraph. In 1910, Winsor Mc Cay makes his first cartoon: Little Nemo. As a prologue he shoots this little film explaining how the idea of Nemo germinated in his mind.

 

SYMPHONIE BIZARRE 1909, France, Pochoir, 4'22, Scène à Trucs, production Pathé. Melies-like hand tinted trick-film.

 

LE VOYAGE DE LA FAMILLE BOURRICHON 1913, France, BW, 12'44, Scène à Trucs by Georges Melies, production Star Film.

 

ARRIVEE D'UN TRAIN 1897, ARROSEUR ARROSE 1897, BW, France, Comic.

 

LECON DE BICYCLETTE 1897, BW, France, Comic. BATAILLE D'OREILLERS 1897, BW, France, Comic. USINES PEUGEOT 1896, France, Documentary, 1'01, BW.

 

CORTEGE DU TSAR 1896, BW, France, production Gaumont. PARTIE DE CARTES 1896. Pochoir, France. Programme made up of shorts copying the first subjects shot by the Lumiere Brothers.