Cinematic Discoveries Following the Footsteps of Loetoeng Kasaroeng...

Dir: Winsor McCay

A female centaur (a creature half-human and half-horse) enters a clearing in the woods, and picks some flowers. She is soon met by a male centaur, and the two then romance each other. They then seek parental consent for their union.

Dir: Edward F. Cline

After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Play House perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Jan S. Kolár

Richard Bor brings his neighbor, the landowner Drazicky, an old book. The latter tries in vain to persuade his wife Dagmar to leave. In the book Drazicky finds the story of the Mystery of the Black Tower and he falls asleep. He goes into the tower and finds an alchemist's laboratory and the body of a man holding instructions describing how he can be revived. Drazicky successfully carries out the experiment and finds out that the man is his ancestor Jesek Drazicky who lived during the time of Rudolf II. He had become the apprentice of the alchemist Borro who had entrusted him with the mystery of the elixir of life.

Dir: Gustav Adolf Olsen

In the most beautiful Telemark a young boy grown up on a rich farm wanting to be a fiddle player like the son at the poorer neighboring farm, to his father's dislike. One day the father is found dead.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Arrival from the Darkness perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Urban Gad

A loose and unofficial silent adaptation of H. G. Wells' The Island Of Dr. Moreau.

Dir: Joe May

Irene saves Herbert and the two help Princess Savitri flee the palace.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Kaksen på Øverland perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Charles Swickard

A young Egyptian goes to the rescue of his employers, a wealthy European family, when they are menaced by a local strongman and his gang.

Dir: Joe May

The unfaithful wife of a cruel Indian prince attempts to escape from his domination.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Island of the Lost perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: John Cosgrove

The Films centers around a family who is plagued by a mysterious pultergeist. Basesd on true events

Dir: Viktor Tourjansky

Story of the adventures of the resourceful Scheherazade. Newly married to Shahryar, a deranged monarch who murders his brides after the wedding night, Scheherazade manages to keep her head by entertaining her husband with exciting stories.