The Witch

The Witch 1906

6.20

A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and saves the beautiful princess.

1906

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend 1906

6.30

A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the established theme: the “Rarebit Fiend” gorges himself on rarebit and thus suffers spectacular hallucinatory dreams.

1906

A Mix-Up in the Gallery

A Mix-Up in the Gallery 1906

5.10

A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.

1906

Tit-for-Tat

Tit-for-Tat 1906

6.20

An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.

1906

Deadly Idyll

Deadly Idyll 1906

4.00

Young lovers separate, she to a career on the stage and he to remain in the small village in which they grew up. Years pass and he is hired to be a porter for a theater company and finds her, a far different woman who does not recognize him.

1906

A Funny Shave

A Funny Shave 1906

5.60

A man is trying to shave, but grotesque faces keep appearing in his mirror.

1906

Madame's Cravings

Madame's Cravings 1906

5.80

A pregnant woman steals things from others on account of her cravings.

1906

Bathing Forbidden

Bathing Forbidden 1906

5.30

Three young women are smiling and playing in a lake, their nude bodies reflecting in the water, when a forest watcher appears from the wood, and chases them away. They get out of the water, pick their clothes from tree branches, and move away before putting them on. The bearded man seems to be shy, but he is chasing after them through the wood, anyway.

1906

The Parish Priest's Christmas

The Parish Priest's Christmas 1906

4.80

The parish priest looks to create a Nativity scene for his church, but his congregation is too poor to afford the statuary dealer's price for a statue of baby Jesus. The miracle, then, is that the faithful's prayers are answered by the appearance of angels and the Virgin Mary, who present them with a statue.

1906

The Story of the Kelly Gang

The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906

5.30

Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity. Even more significantly, it heralds the emergence of the feature film format. However, only fragments of the original production of more than one hour are known to exist, preserved at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra; Efforts at reconstruction have made the film available to modern audiences.

1906

The '?' Motorist

The '?' Motorist 1906

6.40

A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.

1906

A Desperate Crime

A Desperate Crime 1906

6.50

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

1906

A Winter Straw Ride

A Winter Straw Ride 1906

4.80

Two groups of young women get into a pair of horse-drawn carts, and go off for a straw ride through the snowy streets. As they pass by a group of children, the children throw snowballs at the riders, and they and other persons begin to join in the fun. Then one of the carts tips on its side, spilling some of its occupants into the snow. Everyone soon decides that they enjoy playing in the snow even more than riding.

1906

The Troubadour

The Troubadour 1906

4.20

On an elaborately decorated stage, the titular troubadour of the title bows. He then proceeds to pull several cards out of mid air and arrange them on the floor. Then, taking a banjo he multiplies himself into seven different troubadours, each playing a different musical instrument. A moment later, they all vanish and we are left with the troubadour who we were first introduced to at the beginning of the film. He explodes in a puff of smoke, and an enormous fan appears and unfolds. On it appears a vision of a castle tower with a maiden in it, and the troubadour outside the tower window, talking to her. The vision dissolves, and the troubadour bows, thus ending his performance.

1906

Poor Mother

Poor Mother 1906

5.00

A woman loses her only child. She turns to drink and begins to hallucinate an image of her beloved child.

1906