1897 Movies

  • 1897
    The X-Ray Fiend

    The X-Ray Fiend

    The X-Ray Fiend

    5.41897HD

    A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

    The X-Ray Fiend
  • 1897
    After the Ball

    After the Ball

    After the Ball

    5.0961897HD

    A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

    After the Ball
  • 1897
    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    The Bewitched Inn

    6.2341897HD

    A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his room--be...

    The Bewitched Inn
  • 1897
    Serpentine Dance

    Serpentine Dance

    Serpentine Dance

    6.51897HD

    Angelic and demonic serpentine dance from dawn of cinema. Hand-colored frame by frame. Lumière no. 765 or 765.1 (colorized, different dancer?).

    Serpentine Dance
  • 1897
    Snowball Fight

    Snowball Fight

    Snowball Fight

    6.51897HD

    Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along th...

    Snowball Fight
  • 1897
    Washerwomen on the River

    Washerwomen on the River

    Washerwomen on the River

    5.31897HD

    Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.

    Washerwomen on the River
  • 1897
    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    5.9581897HD

    The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film "Alchimiste Par...

    The Hallucinated Alchemist
  • 1897
    Between Calais and Dover

    Between Calais and Dover

    Between Calais and Dover

    5.3551897HD

    A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

    Between Calais and Dover
  • 1897
    On the Roof

    On the Roof

    On the Roof

    5.0691897HD

    Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.

    On the Roof
  • 1897
    Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles

    Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles

    Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles

    3.6051897HD

    A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

    Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles
  • 1897
    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    5.71897HD

    A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

    The Haunted Castle
  • 1897
    Black Diamond Express, No. 1

    Black Diamond Express, No. 1

    Black Diamond Express, No. 1

    4.251897HD

    Black Diamond Express, No. 1
  • 1897
    Leaving Jerusalem by Railway

    Leaving Jerusalem by Railway

    Leaving Jerusalem by Railway

    61897HD

    Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train...

    Leaving Jerusalem by Railway
  • 1897
    Le goûter des bébés

    Le goûter des bébés

    Le goûter des bébés

    5.11897HD

    Le goûter des bébés
  • 1897
    The Nanny and the Soldier

    The Nanny and the Soldier

    The Nanny and the Soldier

    5.81897HD

    A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.

    The Nanny and the Soldier
  • 1897
    Partie de cartes

    Partie de cartes

    Partie de cartes

    5.51897HD

    Three people playing cards.

    Partie de cartes
  • 1897
    Bains en mer

    Bains en mer

    Bains en mer

    5.31897HD

    Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.

    Bains en mer
  • 1897
    Douche après le bain

    Douche après le bain

    Douche après le bain

    51897HD

    Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.

    Douche après le bain
  • 1897
    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    4.61897HD

    George Albert Smith's remake of Georges Méliès - Le Manoir du diable (The Haunted Castle) from 1896. This film is lost or never existed. Copies of it...

    The Haunted Castle
  • 1897
    Return of Lifeboat

    Return of Lifeboat

    Return of Lifeboat

    4.11897HD

    Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can just be seen as it returns to shore. Several men...

    Return of Lifeboat