William Nicholas Selig
1896
The Tramp and the Dog
A tramp steals a housewife's pie, and is pursued by her bulldog, which latches onto his re…
1898
Something Good – Negro Kiss (Alternate Version)
Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen. This version is shot with a…
1898
Something Good — Negro Kiss
Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.
1898
Wash Day in Camp
Representing soldiers in camp washing their clothing and a general cleaning up
1902
Ringling Bros. Circus Parade
Through special arrangements with Ringling Brothers, we have obtained the finest circus pa…
Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek
A tramp kills a generous woman. In revenge, her husband tracks down and lynches the tramp.
The Roller Skate Craze
More than a dozen shots, some less than a second, of people wearing roller skates in vario…
The Wooing and Wedding of a Coon
The opening shows a colored nursemaid in the park with baby carriage, and seated on a benc…
1908
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of m…
1908
The Count of Monte Cristo
Adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas
1909
Ben's Kid
Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and…
Making It Pleasant for Him
A comedy drama which clearly portrays the adventures of a country chap who falls into the…
1909
Mrs. Jones' Birthday
If all husbands have had similar experiences, it is too bad to harrow them up with the tel…
1910
Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz
Dorothy and the Scarecrow are now in the Emerald City. They have become friendly with the…
Go West, Young Woman, Go West
Mrs. Kelly runs a hoarding-house in the western foothills, having principally as her clien…
1910
The Land of Oz
The Emerald City in all its splendor with all the familiar characters so dear to the heart…
1910
The Sanitarium
A young man transforms his uncle's palatial residence into a sanitarium only to end up pay…
1910
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original…
1911
Blackbeard
Pirates attack the town of Martinique and capture the governor. But the townspeople rally…
1911
The Man from the East
Jack Manning is a young man, one year out of college. His father, recently died, leaving h…
The Still Alarm
John Bird and Franklyn Fordham were once business partners, but because of Bird’s shady de…
The Vows
The story depicts a youth at the crossroads of life, listening to the call of the church,…
1911
The Witch of the Everglades
White Cloud, the war chief of the Seminoles of the Everglades, in the beginning of the las…
1912
Bounder
Ruby Blackwell, typical young girl of Arizona, lives with her brother Tom, and their widow…
1912
Monte Cristo
An unauthorised adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Produced by Selig with the in…
Tempted by Necessity
Jim is tasked with taking the daily deposit to the bank. On his way, he happens to overhea…
1912
The Hobo's Rest Cure
Bill Grogan, a happy hobo, having successfully eluded all sorts of allurements to go to wo…
1913
Alas! Poor Yorick!
A mentally deranged sanatorium patient imagines that he is the world's greatest actor.
1913
In the Long Ago
A picture which illustrates an Indian myth, a poetic love story of the long ago, in which…
1913
Indian Summer
A Confederate soldier battles with amnesia, vagrants, and tramps as he makes his way back…
1913
The Ainus of Japan
The Ainus of Japan represent the aborigines of Japan, the oldest existing people of the wo…
The Millionaire Cowboy
During a wonderful exhibition of horsemanship and cowboy skill. "Dud," the foreman of the…
1914
Marian, the Holy Terror
Marian, in truth a quiet and reserved girl from the East, in the new tonic atmosphere of A…
A Matrimonial Boomerang
A couple of rowdy gamblers, a cowboy, and a woman undercover.
The Awful Adventures of an Aviator
Amateur aviator Harold McNutt's hopes of taking flight result in an escalating series of h…
The Black Leopard
Sportsman Donald Lee is disfigured while procuring a rare black leopard skin for spoiled d…