Laura Bayley

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...

An old spinster receives an unexpected Valentine's letter.

Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the...

A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House. Despite the common belief, this is NOT the world's first Dickens' adaptation in cinema.

Mary Jane tries to light the oven. When she's unsuccessful, she plays around, getting black boot polish on her face. She mugs before a mirror. Then,...

Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

An adaptation of the folk tale.

A male and female clown drink, smoke, and flirt in this early Kinemacolor short.

Lovers are comically interrupted

17 self-taught directors come together to give new meaning to their work in the form of 20 new episodes that are part of the feature film "Noisy...