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- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsFélicien TreweyA short black and white film which documents the performance of a juggler.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsCarmencitaPerforming on what looks like a small wooden stage, wearing a dress with a hoop skirt and white high-heeled pumps, Carmencita does a dance with kicks and twirls, a smile always on her face.
- DirectorRené LucotStarsMichel AumontSimon EineFrancis Huster
- DirectorTyrone GuthrieAbraham PolonskyStarsDouglas CampbellEleanor StuartRobert GoodierThe land ruled by King Oedipus is plagued by ill-fortune and the people are promised relief by the gods if the slayer of the former king is apprehended and punished. This does not bode well for King Oedipus and his Queen. (Performed in masks by the Stratford, Ontario, Shakespearean Festival Players.)
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsChocolatGeorge FoottitIn "Guillaume Tell", the duo Chocolat and George perform an amusing routine where one climbs the other on top of a chair and then later on they perform a William Tell sketch where George tries to fire a gun on an apple on top of Chocolat's head.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsCarl GoliathTopsyThe execution of Topsy, a female elephant, in a publicity stunt advertising the opening of Luna Park on Coney Island. Topsy was originally owned by Forepaugh Circus where she killed a drunken spectator who burned the tip of her trunk with a cigar. She was sold to Sea Lion Park in 1902 which was then sold to new owners who turned it into Luna Park. After they decided they could no longer handle her, the owners of Luna Park announced they would hang Topsy, leading to an outcry by the ASPCA. The owners then decided they would electrocute the elephant, with a backup plan of feeding her cyanide-laced carrots and strangling her with a cable.
- DirectorRaymond RouleauStarsDaniel GélinNicole CalfanJacques Toja