Inicios Cine Mudo

Workers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.

A train arrives at La Ciotat station.

Much to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.

An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.

A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.

A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

Four historical tales depict the ongoing human struggle against prejudice and inhumanity.

The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.

Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

A series of mishaps leads to a young man being chased by a big city's entire police force.

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.

A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

A nerdy college student will do anything to become popular on campus.

A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.

A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.

After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.

The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.

Hopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion-picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire.

The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.