The best movies 1903

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit...

On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn....

The peculiarity of this waterfall, with its narrow funnel-shaped opening, from which, on to the jagged rocks the torrent dashes, is here portrayed in...

The Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show introduces rough riders from all the world.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A short film from Peter Elfelt showing Dagmar Hansen.

This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch....

A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appears. Though driven off, the witch soon...

A gentleman is here shown partaking of a little lunch of bread and cheese, and occasionally is seen to glance at his morning paper through a reading...

One of the first Swedish sound films, the audio has been lost though.

Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted...

Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and...

Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with...

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

Two sports are seen drinking beer and arguing as to the qualities of certain prize fighters. They make a bet, and to prove it, each pulls his...

Interlaken, as its name implies, is dependent to a large extent on the two beautiful lakes for much of its popularity. An interesting short panorama...

Much nerve is required by those who participate in this sport as some of the curves of the course are most acute and dangerous, especially at the...

A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.

Likely an unethical appropiation of Georges Méliès's film from 1902. "Although [Gulliver en el país de los gigantes] has been...

Staging of a song by Miguel F. López.