1910 Movies

A 1910 Australian silent film about the bushranger John Vane, who was a member of Ben Hall's gang. The film starts with John Vane accepting a wager that he wouldn't bail up a Chinese man. Then Vane wins his bet by robbing a Chinese man, leading to headlines w...

Criticism of the events of the civilist campaign, the owners of national politics and customs.

Based on the poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.

The construction and launch of the SS Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic, at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

A discovery of Bahia’s capital Salvador through its people, its houses and its various means of transport.

"Black Bart," a western bad man, is much wanted by the county sheriff and a proclamation to this effect, offering a reward of $5,000 for the bad man's capture, has been posted.

Students at Uppsala University do their best to succeed in life and love.

A party of six hires a mountain guide to take them over increasingly vertical terrain in this one-reel short subject. When one of the men on the climb insists on playing amorous games with one of the woman, the guide orders him away, with ultimately tragic res...

A pioneering effort in bringing shadow puppetry to the cinema.

Max acknowledges his father-in-law's dinner invitation with a business memorandum to his horse dealer.

The versatile Max Linder heads a novel chase in this film, the pursuers being three dogs, the pets of the comedian's fiancée. Max was dreadfully afraid of dogs anyhow, and of these dogs in particular, because they were jealous when their mistress caressed Max....

A short silent film produced by Gaston Mèliès in San Antonio.

In 1910, the Parisian Albert Chapon and the Genevan Louis Arlaud filmed the ascent of Portjengrat (3,654 m) in the Penine Alps. The resulting film was a short 172 meters long produced by the Société Française des Films et Cinématographe Eclair. The film was re...

A 1910 bushranger film about Captain Moonlite, played by John Gavin, who also directed. It was also known as Captain Moonlite.

A girl's affections waver between the winner of a boxing match, and a greedy count.

After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.

Russian hunters on horse and a pack of borzois hunt down and kill a wolf.

Two hunters resort to the use of certain pills to invigorate their limbs, weakened by age and fatigue. The film stars Ferdinand Guillaume, who would eventually adopt the name Polidor in 1911.