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Dir: Roy William Neill

An inventor succeeds in making contact with Mars via television.

Dir: Ashley Miller

After years of testing, a professor who is intent on building a ship that can travel into space finally succeeds and finishes a working model. After he launches himself into space, he realizes that he had forgotten to take into account that aerodynamic controls have no effect in outer space. He drifts through space and lands on a planet 50 light years away, and proceeds to build a giant telescope with which he can see Earth.

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

Dir: Marcel L'Herbier

Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.

Dir: Wallace Worsley

In return for money and medical aid for his invalid mother, struggling author Robert Sandell agrees to subject himself to experiments by Dr. Lamb, who claims he is trying to extend the human lifespan. Despite warnings from the doctor's wife and a hunchbacked assistant, Robert allows himself to be strapped to an operating table, whereupon he learns the true nature of the surgeon's experiments: To prove the theory of evolution by devolving his human subjects into an approximation of their simian ancestors. However, before Dr. Lamb can proceed, the hunchback un-cages another victim, an ape-man, who crushes Dr. Lamb to death.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of L'inhumaine perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Bruno C. Becker

It is the year 1950; women have taken over men's jobs and have become the aggressors in romantic situations. Lizzie Hap stuffs the ballot box, defeats her opponent, Minnie Fish, and is thereby elected Fire Chief of the all female fire department, and succeeds in winning the hand of her fair loved one, Willie Wart.

Dir: Rasanjana Madhusanka

Yahangala Z50: The Classified Mission In 2050, the R2X Black-Ops team, led by Hansa and Rasanjana, enters the "Yahangala Z50" abyss to recover a lethal extraterrestrial cell. In a zone where physics fails and time warps, they must secure this infinite energy source-or witness the end of the world. Coming May 28 to Jana 13.

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

Dir: Maxwell Karger

Horace Parker is a wealthy young man who is exceedingly selfish and self-centered. He is engaged to Minnie Talbotr who has discovered his selfishness and she is on the brink of calling off the engagement. On Christmas Eve, a messenger from Mars comes to Earth to show Parker the error of his ways.

Dir: Harry A. Pollard

A scientist discovers a death ray and locks it in a box, giving the key to his daughter, who soon finds herself hunted by criminals looking to steal the deadly mineral.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Her First Flame perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

Engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los travels to Mars where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.

Dir: Luitz-Morat

A crazed scientist planning to rule the world decides to destroy the city of Paris with his lightning/ray gun.