Short Movies

A two-reel synchronized-sound dramatic playlet starring Una Merkel, made using the De Forest Phonofilm system.

A ten-minute musical Movietone short featuring dancer Ruby Keeler.

Cimes is a drama about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by Jean Vernet in 1941 and produced by Films de Cavaignac. It...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 15th, 1919.

A filmmaker begins making a film about another artist. She is there to observe, listen, and stay behind the camera. But keeping her distance becomes...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 8th, 1919.

In this ten-minute documentary experiment, director Herz Frank films a group of children watching a puppet show, keeping the camera fixed on their...

Ben Kinmont’s film Saints paradice (2024-25) draws on the 8mm film archive of artist Jilala Jet von Jalopy, among others, to portray the Angels...

Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands...

A Vitaphone musical performance featuring Xavier Cugat and his ensemble.

An early silent color film of Glacier National Park and Mount Rainier. The film is part of the 'Our Colorful World' series, produced by Bell &...

A Fox Movietone short featuring vaudeville monologist Charles "Chic" Sale in a filmed comedy routine.

A Yiddish-language short comedy directed by Sidney M. Goldin and starring Joseph Buloff.

An ascent of 'The Tooth' via the South-east Face. The film was made by Burge Bickford and Lyman Boyer. It features Jim Crooks leading Fred Beckey on...

A sound dramatic playlet in which a son confesses to the killing of his abusive father to protect his mother.

An early Tri-Ergon sound film depicting an idealized day in German village life through bells, animal calls, dialogue, music and a wandering singer.

"An early color film presented as 'Ascent to the Bernina Massif'. Two mountaineers break from the Forno hut and first climb the Punta Rasica and then...

Sound short featuring comedian Benny Rubin.

An early Vitaphone sound short featuring comedian Polly Moran as the Movie Chatterbox.

A Yiddish-language sound, two-reel filmed stage revue featuring comic performers Marty Baratz and Goldie Eisenman.