Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1905

3.00

The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.

1905

The Nihilists

The Nihilists 1905

4.50

A happy Russian family is broken up when their patriarch is arrested for treason. His distraught wife joins the secret society of nihilists and is assigned to commit an act of terror. Based on the play "Vera; or, The Nihilists" by Oscar Wilde.

1905

The Capture of Roma

The Capture of Roma 1905

5.53

The film recreates the final events leading to Italian unification in September 1870.

1905

Esmeralda

Esmeralda 1905

3.00

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

1905

Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room

Peeping Tom in the Dressing Room 1905

4.30

A young man leers through a peephole in the wall separating two dressing rooms, but he is caught, and is humiliated by his victims, two pretty ladies.

1905

New York Subway

New York Subway 1905

5.89

The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track. At the time of filming, the subway was only seven months old, having opened on October 27, 1904. The ride begins at 14th Street (Union Square) following the route of today's east side IRT, and ends at the old Grand Central Station, built by Cornelius Vanderbuilt in 1869. The Grand Central Station in use today was not completed until 1913.

1905

Dream of the Moon

Dream of the Moon 1905

6.20

A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth. When he wakes, still drunk, he is in his apartment.

1905

The Scheming Gambler's Paradise

The Scheming Gambler's Paradise 1905

5.70

A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a mercantile establishment when the cops stage a raid.

1905

A Funny Shave

A Funny Shave 1905

5.57

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

1905