EARLY CINEMA (1890-1919)

Okay, I cheated and jumbled two decades of film together for this final post. But only because I admittedly haven't seen as many movies from those early early movie years. Too many shameful blindspots honestly. And many of the titles that have eluded me are either unavailable to see online, lost, or simply aren't printed on Dvd or Vhs. For the lack of variety, I apologize. But for now, these are the pieces from the period that I think really stick out as special. They're all interesting or influential in some way. 

 Make sure you take a gander at my previous posts in this DECADE series before continuing: 2000s, 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s

34.

THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE

                    ARRIVAL OF

33.       A TRAIN AT LA CIOTAT

32.          LA VIE DU CHRIST

31.     GERTIE THE DINOSAUR

30.

    THE INFERNAL CAKE-WALK

29.  BUMPING INTO BROADWAY

28.         SHOULDER ARMS

WINSOR MCCAY, THE FAMOUS CARTOONIST 

        OF THE N.Y. HERALD 

27. AND HIS MOVING COMICS

         GULLIVER'S TRAVELS AMONG THE 

26. LILLIPUTIANS & THE GIANTS

25.

  THE CAMERAMAN'S REVENGE

24.        THE MERMAID (1904)

24.    DANTE'S INFERNO (1911)

23.     FRANKENSTEIN (1910)

22.      A TRIP TO THE MOON

21.

THE MUSKETEERS OF PIG ALLEY

     INVENTOR CRAZYBRAINS &

20.  HIS WONDERFUL AIRSHIP

19.        DER GOLEM (1915)

18.  A BURLESQUE ON CARMEN

17.

THE FOUR TROUBLESOME HEADS

16.          FANTASMAGORIE

15.           LES VAMPIRES

14.             A DOG'S LIFE

13.      THE HAUNTED CASTLE

12.      THE TANTALIZING FLY

11. 

  THE MERRY FROLICS OF SATAN

10.                  CABIRIA

9.                 J'ACCUSE!

8.                 THE DOLL

7.        THE IMMIGRANT (1917)

6.      THE OUTLAW & HIS WIFE

5.                THE TRAMP

4.         TRUE HEART SUSIE

3.          BROKEN BLOSSOMS

2.

   THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

1.               INTOLERANCE

recap
1890-1919

1. INTOLERANCE 1916 (Griffith)
2. GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY 1903 (Porter)
3. BROKEN BLOSSOMS 1919 (Griffith)
4. TRUE HEART SUSIE 1919 (Griffith)
5. THE TRAMP 1915 (Chaplin)
6. THE OUTLAW & HIS WIFE 1918 (Sjöström)
7. THE IMMIGRANT 1917 (Chaplin)
8. THE DOLL 1919 (Lubitsch)
9. J'ACCUSE! 1919 (Gance)
10. CABIRIA 1914 (Pastrone)
11. 400 TRICKS OF THE DEVIL 1906 (Méliès)
12. THE TANTALIZING FLY 1919 (Fleischer)
13. THE HAUNTED CASTLE 1896 (Méliès)
14. A DOG'S LIFE 1918 (Chaplin)
15. LES VAMPIRES 1915 (Feuillade)
16. FANTASMAGORIE 1908 (Cohl)
17. FOUR TROUBLESOME HEADS 1898 (Méliès)
18. BURLESQUE ON CARMEN 1915 (Chaplin)
19. DER GOLEM: MONSTER OF FATE 1915 (Wegener)
20. INVENTOR CRAZYBRAINS AND HIS WONDERFUL AIRSHIP 1905 (Méliès)
21. MUSKETEERS OF PIG ALLEY 1912 (Griffith)
22. VOYAGE TO THE MOON 1902 (Méliès)
23. FRANKENSTEIN 1910 (Dawley)
24. L'INFERNO 1911 (de Liguoro/Bertolini/Padovan)
25. THE MERMAID 1904 (Méliès)
26. CAMERMAN'S REVENGE 1912 (Starewicz)
27. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS AMONG THE LILLIPUTIANS & THE GIANTS 1902 (Méliès)
28. WINSOR MCCAY, THE FAMOUS CARTOONIST OF THE N.Y. HERALD AND HIS MOVING COMICS 1911 (McCay)
29. SHOULDER ARMS 1918 (Chaplin)
30. BUMPING INTO BROADWAY 1919 (Hal Roach)
31. THE INFERNAL CAKE-WALK 1903 (Méliès)
32. GERTIE THE DINOSAUR 1914 (McCay)
33. LA VIE DU CHRIST 1906 (Alice Guy-Blaché)
34. ARRIVAL OF A TRAIN AT LA CIOTAT 1896 (Lumiere bros.)
35. CONQUEST OF THE POLE 1912 (Méliès)

I encourage all of you to post your favorite pics of this era (or films you think I've shafted) in the comments section below.