1897 Movies
- 1897
The X-Ray Fiend
The X-Ray Fiend5.41897HD
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...
- 1897
After the Ball
After the Ball5.0961897HD
A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.
- 1897
The Bewitched Inn
The Bewitched Inn6.2341897HD
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...
- 1897
Serpentine Dance
Serpentine Dance6.51897HD
Angelic and demonic serpentine dance from dawn of cinema. Hand-colored frame by frame. Lumière no. 765 or 765.1 (colorized, different dancer?).
- 1897
Snowball Fight
Snowball Fight6.51897HD
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...
- 1897
Washerwomen on the River
Washerwomen on the River5.31897HD
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
- 1897
The Hallucinated Alchemist
The Hallucinated Alchemist5.9581897HD
The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film "Alchimiste Par...
- 1897
Between Calais and Dover
Between Calais and Dover5.3551897HD
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
- 1897
On the Roof
On the Roof5.0691897HD
Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.
- 1897
Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles
Faust: Appearance of Mephistopheles3.6051897HD
A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.
- 1897
The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle5.71897HD
A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.
- 1897
Black Diamond Express, No. 1
Black Diamond Express, No. 14.251897HD
- 1897
Leaving Jerusalem by Railway
Leaving Jerusalem by Railway61897HD
Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train...
- 1897
Le goûter des bébés
Le goûter des bébés5.11897HD
- 1897
The Nanny and the Soldier
The Nanny and the Soldier5.81897HD
A maid is out walking with her young charge when a soldier takes the boy's place.
- 1897
Partie de cartes
Partie de cartes5.51897HD
Three people playing cards.
- 1897
Bains en mer
Bains en mer5.31897HD
Swimmers jump into the water from the docks, as a small boat passes by.
- 1897
Douche après le bain
Douche après le bain51897HD
Four young people throwing buckets of water at each other.
- 1897
The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle4.61897HD
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...
- 1897
Return of Lifeboat
Return of Lifeboat4.11897HD
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...