1896-1914

1896

Unknown day 1896 - Une nuit terrible (A Terrible Night)
Starring Georges Méliès

1897

Unknown day 1897 - L'auberge ensorcelée (The Bewitched Inn)
Starring Georges Méliès

1898

Unknown day 1898 - Le squelette joyeux (The Cheerful Skeleton)
Starring a skeleton puppet

1899

Unknown day 1899 - Cendrillon (Cinderella)
Starring Georges Méliès, Jeanne d'Alcy, Barral, Bleuette Bernon

1900

January 11, 1900 - Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) - Historical Film Drama
Starring Georges Méliès, Jeanne d'Alcy, Bleuette Bernon

1901

Unknown day, 1901 - What Happened on Twenty-Third Street - Historic Edison Short
Starring Alfred Abadie, Florence Georgie

1902

July 15, 1902 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Fantasy Adventure
Starring Thomas White as Jack, produced by Thomas Edison

October 2, 1902 - Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) - Sci-Fi Adventure
Starring Georges Méliès, Henri Delannoy, Bleuette Bernon, Jeanne d'Alcy

1903

December 1, 1903 - The Great Train Robbery - Crime Adventure
Starring Justus D. Barnes, A.C. Abadie, Walter Cameron, Frank Hanaway

1905

December 16, 1905 - The Night Before Christmas - First Movie of the Famous Poem
Starring unknown actors of the Thomas Edison Manufacturing Company

1906

April, 1906 - A Trip Down Market Street - Historic San Francisco Short
A Streetcar Ride Down Market Street Just Before the Great Earthquake

1909

July 8, 1909 - The Country Doctor - Silent Drama Short
Starring Kate Bruce, Frank Powell, Florence Lawrence, Mary Pickford

September 2, 1909 - The Sealed Room - Macabre Murder Short
Starring Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Pickford

1910

March 18, 1910 - Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - Sci-Fi Horror Classsic
Starring Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle, Augustus Phillips

March 24, 1910 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Classic Fantasy Adventure
Starring Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer

August 1, 1910 - An Arcadian Maid - Traveling Salesman Drama
Starring Mary Pickford, Mack Sennett, George Nichols, Kate Bruce

December 23, 1910 - "A Christmas Carol" - Christmas Classic Drama
Starring Marcus "Marc" McDermott, Charles Ogle, William Bechtel, Viola Dana

1911

April 21, 1911 - Troublesome Secretaries - Silent Comedy Short
Starring John Bunny, Mabel Normand, Ralph Ince, James Morrison

September 12, 1911 - Her Crowning Glory - Silent Comedy Short
Starring John Bunny, Flora Finch, Helene Costello, Mae Costello

1912

January 5, 1912 - The New York Hat - Short Relationship Drama
Starring Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, Charles Hill Mailes, Lillian Gish

January 16, 1912 - Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde - Silent Short Horror Drama
Starring James Cruze, Florence La Badie, Marie Eline, Harry Benham

February 15, 1912 - The Mender of Nets - Silent Short Drama
Starring Mary Pickford, Mabel Normand, Charles West, Charles Hill Mailes

March 28, 1912 - The Girl, Her Trust - Railroad Crime Thriller
Starring Dorothy Bernard, Wilfred Lucas, Edwin August, Christy Cabanne

May 13, 1912 - The Furs - Farce Comedy Short
Starring Mabel Normand, Dell Henderson, Kate Bruce, Mack Sennett

June 25, 1912 - Katchem Kate - Private Detective Comedy Short
Starring Mabel Normand, Fred Mace, Jack Pickford, Vivian Prescott

July 23, 1912 - The Portrait of Lady Anne - Romantic Ghost Story
Starring Florence La Badie, William Russell, Carl M. Leviness, Harry Benham

October 24, 1912 - The Painted Lady - Romantic Murder Drama
Starring Blanche Sweet, Madge *******by, Charles Hill Mailes, Joseph Graybill

October 31, 1912 - The Musketeers of Pig Alley - First Motion Picture Gangster Adventure
Starring Elmer Booth, Lillian Gish, Walter Miller, Harry Carey

1913

January 6, 1913 - The Telephone Girl and the Lady - Silent Crime Short
Starring Mae Marsh, Harry Carey, Lionel Barrymore, Claire McDowell

January 10, 1913 - The Evidence of the Film - Silent Crime Short
Starring Edwin Thanhouser, Florence La Badie, Marie Eline, William Garwood

March 10, 1913 - A Strong Revenge - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Nick Cogley

March 27, 1913 - That Ragtime Band - Silent Slapstick Comedy Short
Starring Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Edgar Kennedy, Nick Cogley

April 24, 1913 - Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life - Girl tied to Railroad Tracks Drama
Starring Barney Oldfield, Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling

July 23, 1913 - Granddad - Civil War Veteran Drama
Starring William Desmond Taylor, Mildred Harris, Frank Borzage

August 28, 1913 - Mabel's New Hero - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Mabel Normand, Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Inslee, Edgar Kennedy

November 13, 1913 - Fatty Joins the Force - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Fatty Arbuckle, Dot Farley, Billy Gilbert, Edgar Kennedy

1914

January 12, 1914 - A Flirt's Mistake - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Fatty Arbuckle, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Virginia *******tley

February 2, 1914 - Making A Living - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Virginia *******tley

February 7, 1914 - Kid Auto Race at Venice - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Henry Lehrman

February 9, 1914 - Mabel's Strange Predicament - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand

February 15, 1914 - The Squaw Man - First Hollywood Feature Film
Starring Dustin Farnum, Princess Red Wing, William Elmer, Slim Whitaker

February 28, 1914 - Between Showers - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Ford Sterling

March 2, 1914 - A Film Johnnie - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

March 16, 1914 - His Favorite Pasttime - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

March 26, 1914 - Cruel, Cruel Love - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Minta Durfee

April 4, 1914 - The Landlady's Pet - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Minta Durfee

April 11, 1914 - The Spoilers - Silent Gold Mine Adventure
Starring William Farnum, Kathlyn Williams, Paul William "Tom" Santschi, Bessie Eyton

April 14, 1914 - The Kiss - Silent Relationship Short
Starring Patricia Palmer, William Desmond Taylor, Myrtle Gonzalez, Jane Novak

April 20, 1914 - Twenty Minutes of Love - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Minta Durfee

April 27, 1914 - Caught in a Cabaret - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand

May 7, 1914 - A Busy Day - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Phyllis Allen

June 11, 1914 - The Knockout - Silent Cornball Comedy
Starring Fatty Arbuckle, Minta Durfee, Charles Chaplin, Edgar Kennedy

September 7, 1914 - The Virginian - Cowboy Western Adventure
Starring Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Jack W. Johnston, William Elmer

September 7, 1914 - The Rounders - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Phyllis Allen, Minta Durfee

September 12, 1914 - Mabel's Blunder - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, Charley Chase, Eve Nelson

September 28, 1914 - The Patchwork Girl of Oz - L. F. Baum's Whimsical Fairy Tale
Starring Violet MacMillan, Raymond Russell, Bobbie Gould, Marie Wayne, Hal Roach

October 26, 1914 - Dough, Dynamite - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Slim Summerville

November 14, 1914 - Tillie's Punctured Romance - Silent Slapstick Comedy
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Milton Berle

December 5, 1914 - Getting Acquainted - Silent Comedy Short
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Edgar Kennedy, Mack Swain

December 28, 1914 - Cinderella - Silent Fantasy Drama
Starring Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, Isabel Vernon, Georgia Wilson