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A Turn of the Century Illusionist (1899) Georges Méliès

A magician and his assistant perform numerous magic acts including making a woman disappear.

The Waterer Watered (1895) Alice Guy, Louis Lumière

An impudent child plays a prank on a gardener, innocently watering his plants.

Vampyr (1932) Carl Theodor Dreyer

Allan Gray arrives in the village of Courtempierre and settles in a small inn. In the night, an old man enters Gray’s room to tell him “she must not die”. One of the old man’s daughters, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire. To break the curse, Gray and Gisele must find the vampire.

What Is Seen Through a Keyhole (1901) Ferdinand Zecca

As a janitor is cleaning a hotel, he decides to peek through the keyholes to observe some of the guests in their rooms. He can’t hide her confusion. There are some interesting things going on in the rooms.

Eldorado (1921) Marcel L’Herbier

Sibilla works as a dancer in El Dorado, a cabaret in Granada (Andalusia, Spain) trying to earn enough money to take care for her sick child.

Le brasier ardent (1923) Ivan Mozzhukhin

A woman named simply “Elle” is haunted by a dream in which she is drawn towards a man tied to a burning stake, and finds her real life resembling the dream.

The Faithful Heart (1923) Jean Epstein

Marie wants to escape from her job and also from her lover, Paul, an unemployed drunk. She dreams of going off with Jean, a dockworker. The two men quarrel and fight over Marie on two occasions, but Paul retains a hold over her.

L’inhumaine (1924) Marcel L’Herbier

Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. Young scientist Einar Norsen is in love with claire. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.

Six et demi onze (1927) Jean Epstein

A renowned doctor and his brother live and work together until the brother falls in love with Marie, a singer, and gives up medicine to be with her. After a time however, she misses her old life and goes back on the stage.

Mother (1925) Jacques Feyder

A man whose wife has died remarries, and his new wife has a daughter of her own from a previous marriage. The man’s young son, however, who loved his mother deeply and misses her terribly, resents his father’s new wife, not wanting her to take the place of his beloved mother, and makes life miserable for his new stepsister.