1909 Movies

This remarkable ape, extraordinarily human-like in its manners and ways, gives a splendid exhibition. When first seen Adam appears to be in a rather morose mood in a chair. The weather is so hot that at the suggestion of the professor Adam removes his coat and...

A poor, destitute widow sends her two young children across the French border to earn a living by themselves. Along the way, they meet a priest who blesses them, then a traveling musician takes them under his wing, and our three nomads set off from cafés to ca...

The Youghal Clock Tower is a light-hearted and playful exploration of the possibilities of animation in its infancy. In this short, the well-known landmark is depicted dancing into frame as the clock gate comes to life, spinning and dancing through the main st...

Life and trade at the Cattle Market on May 5, 1909, in Trier.

Stencil-coloured hunting film.

1909 French short depicting a very soft core porno scenario.

Long distance runner John Svanberg runs a race against two horses on the Jägersro horse racing facility.

“A husband and wife quarrel violently in front of their little girl. The husband is having an affair with an actress. The child follows her father to a florists where he orders flowers to be sent to his mistress. She bribes the messenger to be allowed to deliv...

The first-released film to capture the ghostly legend of Sakura Sôgotô, the subject of numerous gruesome kabuki plays of spectral horror. Sôgorô (also known as Kiuchi),was a 17th century farmer who was tortured and crucified, along with his family, for daring...

A man is very nervous. His wife gives him some nerve powder which works. The man proceeds to give the nerve powder to everyone he meets.

A short love story about jealousy and deceit; a soldier is in love with a girl, but when he gets injured, a jealous rival in love tells this girl that the soldier has died. She jumps into a ravine but is saved, and everything turns out well.

A short on industrial hemp, locally sourced from the Philippines.

Silent film

Pathé film from 1909

Jenny's father, a crank and a spiritualist, wishing to obtain a medium to aid him in his researches, inserts an advertisement in the paper to the effect that he desires to marry his daughter to a medium. Jenny thereupon runs away with her lover, Reggie, and th...

A couple goes out, leaving their little girl in the care of the nanny, who takes the opportunity to meet her young fiancé. Leaving the child unattended in bed, the dog , jealous of the adults' attention, seizes the opportunity for revenge that night: it knocks...

Two hooligans attach lengths of sausage to a running motorcar, setting off a city-wide chase.