A.E. Weed

The Suburbanite

A family moves out to the 'peaceful' suburbs where everything goes wrong, including the mother-in-law moving in.

Kindergarten Ball Game

Basically, all we see is a group of kids of varying ages bouncing toy balls on the classroom floor then throwing them up in the air.

Filipino Scouts, Musical Drill, St. Louis Exposition

Exhibition by Uncle Sam's troops in the Filipino Concession at the St. Louis Exposition

Princess Rajah Dance

A woman stands in front of a building, a chair to her left, dressed in black, full skirt, quarter sleeves, and a scooped bodice. Her hair is piled high. She bows slightly, and, with finger cymbals, begins to dance the cooch.

Parade of Characters (Asia in America) St. Louis Exposition

A parade by denizens of one of the Oriental Concessions, The Pike, St. Louis.

Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup

Automobile Race for the Vanderbilt Cup

Basket Ball, Missouri Valley College

A womens' basketball game from 1904, documented.

Parade of Floats, St. Louis Exposition

A splendid picture showing a parade of decorated floats, representing various nations on one Grand Lagoon at the St. Louis Exposition-The Cascades, Festival Hall and it's picturesque surroundings in the background. This picture is remarkably fine photographically, and of unusual interest, inasmuch as the floats come very near to the camera and a very fair view of the occupants is given.

Mr. Jack in the Dressing Room

We see three pretty actresses in a surprisingly spacious and clean dressing room, backstage at a theatre. Their costumes indicate that the entertainment on offer here is something less than grand opera: one actress is dressed somewhat demurely, but another is in (by 1904 standards) a skimpy chorus-girl costume, whilst the third is dressed like the principal boy in a panto: fully covered, but in a form-fitting outfit that makes clear her feminine charms.

A Fire in a Burlesque Theatre

This short, otherwise unremarkable feature is of some interest because of the way that it unabashedly caters to the tastes that it perceived in its audiences. Besides combining the elements of the risqué 'blue' movies of the era with the popularity of movies about fires, it also attempted to use the combination to get extra mileage out of it. The movie's title summarises the setup, and most of the footage shows firefighters using ladders to rescue stage girls, clad in portions of their costumes, from an upper level. Although it all seems pretty tame by today's standards, it no doubt provided its male viewers with some brief moments of excitement as the various women hurried down the ladders with their costumes in disarray.

Kiss Me!

A high board fence is shown covered with theatrical posters. The one in the center shows the head and shoulders of a pretty girl. An old farmer and his wife are strolling along, the old gentleman being a little ahead. He looks at the picture of the girl and fancies he sees the eyes winking at him. He puts on his glasses to make sure that he is not dreaming, when the girl leans forward with an expression as if inviting him to have a kiss. (Biograph Catalog)

A Busy Day for the Corset Models

Several young women stand on a pedestal and remove one garment at a time until there is a large pile of clothing beside them.

The Way to Sell Corsets

A corset maker -- for those of you who don't know what that it, it was a tight of highly reinforced girdle which gave the wearer an 'hourglass' figure -- has her model come in and wear one of her wears. The well-dressed customers enter and examine the corset on a mannequin.

Pity the Blind, No. 2

A small stage has a backdrop of a city street, sidewalks, a park, and buildings. From stage right, a boy leads a blind man onto the stage, helps him kneel with his hat and cane in front of him. The boy hands a sign, "pity the blind" around the man's neck and leaves. A fellow in a bowler hat passes by, dropping a coin in the blind man's hat. Then two well-dressed women enter, talking.

Bubbles!

Three girls in evening costumes seated about a table blowing bubbles. As the bubbles are formed the young ladies drop them on the table and blow them across the surface.

Pull Down the Curtain, Susie

It's clearly set in a studio set and people are walking about on the "street" in front of a window. A woman enters the window frame, and pulls off her blouse, then a couple of other items of undergarments, while a young man pauses to look. At this point, as the title indicates, she pulls down the blinds.

Duel Scene, 'By Right of Sword'

[A]n excerpt from the novel by a chap named Marchmont in which the hero, a fellow with the heroic name of Hamylton Tregethner attempts to dissuade a fellow soldier from insisting on a sword duel for some unexplained offence.

The Escaped Lunatic

A deranged man who believes he is Napoleon escapes the asylum and leads his keepers on a wild chase.

The Story the Biograph Told

An office boy at Biograph learns how to operate a camera, and when he spies the boss kissing his secretary, he records their illicit act.

Next!

Alphonse and Gaston are in an American barber shop. They interrupt business with their exaggerated politeness, and the waiting customers throw them out of the window.

At the Foot of the Flatiron

It's a very windy day, and the pedestrians passing by the Flatiron Building are having considerable difficulty in keeping their hats from flying off.

Alphonse and Gaston, No. 3

Alphonse and Gaston are in a Western saloon and are forced to dance by a cowboy, who urges them on by shooting at their feet.

Seeing New York by Yacht

Seeing New York by Yacht.

From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen

The film opens on a dressing room set with a mirror, dressing table, and chair center stage and a folded dressing screen on the left. A smiling, dark-haired woman enters through the door on stage right, unbuttoning a full-length polka-dot costume. As she undresses, she frequently looks directly at the camera and smiles. She removes her sash or cummerbund, the top with its trailing sleeves, and her skirt, leaving her clothed only in a sleeveless chemise. Smiling directly at the camera, she mischievously slips a strap of the garment off one shoulder, then ducks behind the screen.

From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen

The film opens on a dressing room set with a mirror, dressing table, and chair center stage and a folded dressing screen on the left. A smiling, dark-haired woman enters through the door on stage right, unbuttoning a full-length polka-dot costume. As she undresses, she frequently looks directly at the camera and smiles. She removes her sash or cummerbund, the top with its trailing sleeves, and her skirt, leaving her clothed only in a sleeveless chemise. Smiling directly at the camera, she mischievously slips a strap of the garment off one shoulder, then ducks behind the screen.

Train Taking Up Mail Bag, U.S.P.O.

We see a man sporting a derby hat and walrus moustache hang a mail sack on one of those poles that stand beside a railway track followed by a second shot of the sack being snatched up by a passing train which also jettisons another sack onto the ground as it passes.

Down the Hudson

Film taken from a boat heading down the Hudson is shown at varying speeds, often giving a sense of rapid transit.