1909 Movies

Man decides to crosss-dress to compete in a beauty pageant, for the 100 pound first prize.

A two-reel film about George Washington.

People arrested by the gaze of the camera.

A woman says good evening through moving flowers in stop motion animation.

An adaptation of Ivan Nikitin's poem 'Ukhar-kupets' for Pathé.

Song from Operetta "Die Fledermaus"

Moses uses his last pennies to help a friend in need. 25 years later the men meet again.

Directed by Robert W. Paul.

A shipwrecked captain's dog swims ashore to fetch help.

Short slapstick comedy set in a hotel.

In the vaults of the Film Museum is a short film which, when it arrived in the 1950s, was given the title Bloemenvelden in Haarlem (The Flower Fields...

Duck archery is not the same as duck hunting. This is a Pordenone moment I will never forget – in actuality short Distraction et Sport à Batavia (1909...

A dance demonstrated by Emma Meissner & Rosa Grünberg.

An Indian cares for a dead white man's child, protecting him from a thieving fur trader.

Short released in 1919.

Another version of the Momotarô legend.

Directed by Roberto Omegna.

German film released in 1909.

A jewel thief eludes a detective by changing clothes with a Negress at a public bath.