Films I Watched in 2019 Part One: 1887-1910

I completed my film viewing goal for 2019 by watching at least one film made in each year from the
beginning of film history until now. For the earliest years, I watched what was available and formative,
but starting with 1911, each film had to be full-length. This was an enjoyable and eye-opening
experience, and I hope to write blog posts about specific films that stood out. I will be posting my
top ten once I am done posting each part of my viewing list.

Man Walking Around Corner (1887), Louis Le-Prince


Round Hay Garden Scene (1888), Louis Le-Prince


Monkeyshines 1 and 2 (1889), William K.L. Dickson and William Heise, Edison Manufacturing Company

Trafalgar (1890)

 Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea (1890), William Friese-Greene

Dickson Greeting (1891), William K.L. Dickson, Edison Manufacturing Company

Pauvre Pierrot (1892), Charles Emile-Reynaud

Blacksmith Scene #1 (1893), William K.L. Dickson, Edison Manufacturing Company

Annie Oakley (1894), Thomas Edison Company

The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895), Alfred Clark, Edison Manufacturing Company

The House of the Devil (1896), Georges Méliès, Star Film

Peeping Tom (1897), American Mutoscope Company

The Astronomer’s Dream (1898), George Méliès

The Dreyfus Affair (1899), George Méliès, Star Film

The Beggar's Deceit (1900), Cecil Hepworth, Hepworth Manufacturing Company

The Man with the Rubber Head (1901), George Méliès

Fun in a Bakery Shop (1902), Edwin S. Porter



A Daring Daylight Burglary (1903), Frank Mottershaw, Sheffield Photo Company

Desperate Poaching Affray (1903), William Haggar, Gaumont

Girl Taking Time Checks, Westinghouse Works (1904), G.W. Bitzer, Cinemotographer, Biograph Company



The Bold Bank Robbery (1904), Jack Frawley, Lubin Manufacturing Company

The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach (1905), Willey Mullens, Albert Freres

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906), Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter, Edison



The Red Spectre (1907), Segundo de Chomon and Ferdinand Zecca, Pathe Freres

The House of Ghosts (1908), Segundo de Chomon, Pathe Freres

A Corner in Wheat (1909), D.W. Griffith, American Mutoscope and Biograph


As It Is In Life (1910), D.W. Griffith, Biograph


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