Cinematic Era: 1906 Vintage

When his father dies, two brothers inherit his property but because of a woman who loves one of them, the other becomes jealous and enmity arises.

Two soldiers appear at a private house and demand lodging.

On an elaborately decorated stage, the titular troubadour of the title bows. He then proceeds to pull several cards out of mid air and arrange them on the floor. Then, taking a banjo he multiplies himself into seven different troubadours, each playing a different musical instrument. A moment later, they all vanish and we are left with the troubadour who we were first introduced to at the beginning of the film. He explodes in a puff of smoke, and an enormous fan appears and unfolds. On it appears a vision of a castle tower with a maiden in it, and the troubadour outside the tower window, talking to her. The vision dissolves, and the troubadour bows, thus ending his performance.

A delightful and typical farce film, ending with the usual Gallic chase.

The subject is the movement of cut timber from the forest to the mill. The few scenes that make up the film are loggers performing the various operations necessary to prevent logs from jamming together. The men keep them headed with the flow of the water toward the lake on which the mill is located. The activities of approximately a dozen men were photographed.

The Anarchist's Mother-in-Law premiered on October 23, 1906. It featured director Viggo Larsen as the anarchist and Margrethe Jespersen as his wife. The movie is about a mother-in-law disturbing the house peace. (Stumfilm.dk)

A young couple conducts a series of robberies, followed by a chase, in which they are shot and killed.

A short film documenting the wedding ceremony of Princess Ena to King Alfonso XIII of Spain. Showing the royal carriage, the royal procession through the streets to the palace steps, etc.

The candidate at home to callers. Double bribery. An interrupted meeting. the rival bill-stickers. A small coin makes a big row. Nursing baby, and the consequences. A very fine pig, and nice-tasting food he is fed on. A visit to a laundry. A quarrel ends in a ducking. Black-balled. Meetings. Persons who greeted a prospective member enthusiastically now change sides, and the candidate has a very unpleasant time. Eventually he arrives home with a black eye and his clothes torn, and altogether in a very deplorable state. (The Era, London, June 9, 1906, p. 30.)

The Life of an American Cowboy is a Western short film.

View of the Lerfossen near Trondhjem.

Dance from the Opera ‘Il Trovatore’ (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Choreography by August Bournonville, 1865. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen). (Stumfilm.DK)

The kids of a game-keeper get into a chase with rifles.

A woman loses her only child. She turns to drink and begins to hallucinate an image of her beloved child.

Lost film version of a novel (or scenes from a novel) written by Paul Siraudin.

This is, for 1906, a strikingly ambitious prototype-documentary travelogue filmed in and around the cities now called Kolkata and Mumbai. It's full of precious, occasionally startling images, from an extended 'phantom ride' down busy Calcutta streets to thronging port life, street trading, even the cremation of a human body and the ritual decapitation of lambs on a Bombay street – a scene some viewers may find upsetting. This is a French production but, like many of the 'exotic' travel films so popular in early cinema, it travelled widely itself – hence this version, with English language intertitles.

King Haakon on the boat of Crown Prince Christian.

The film starts with a lovely long shot of the Artist at work in a dappled glade, where he first meets the Miner's Daughter. The Artist asks the Miner for his daughter's hand in marriage, but is denied, so the young couple elope. Years pass, and the Artist becomes known for his talent, providing a good life for his wife and young child. Meanwhile, the old Miner has been crippled in an underground explosion - the flash of which is marked onscreen by two frames tinted bright red, a subtle yet effective trick conveying the shock of the blast. While in the hospital, though he has been gravely injured, the Miner still refuses to forgive the daughter he disowned.

With contraband strapped to the backs of their dogs, smugglers set off to cross the Spanish-French border. Having been spied upon and betrayed to customs officers, a fierce skirmish results and only the dogs and a single smuggler reach their destination.

All the fun of the Whitsuntide Fair in Edwardian Preston.

Short film by Albert Capellani.

The title reads "Hailing Drags". You'd expect some sort of travois affair, but it turns out to be mules hailing sugar cane loaded onto wheeled flats. Considered the ground they are on is very rough, it helps.

A young woman is out shopping and buys a new hat in the latest fashion. Unfortunately, the hat is so huge that it leaves a trail of destruction wherever she goes. A quite ordinary stroll suddenly becomes deeply problematic.

A tram ride through Vienna. Actuality of Pathe Freres.

Two statues come to live and start to sing.

The proud owner of a new car gets behind the wheel for the first time and weaves down the street, hitting everything from lamp-posts to market stalls and baby carriages. An ever-increasing crowd of incensed pursuers chases after him.

TR became the first President in office to visit a foreign country while on an inspection tour of the Panama Canal. On November 15, 1906, in Panama City there are views of the processional, including a marching band and escorts on horseback, as spectators gather; long shot of TR, accompanied by Manuel Amador Guerrero, first President of Panama, and two unidentified men standing on a platform on the steps of the Cathedral; President Amador Guerrero delivers welcoming address as dignitaries look on; TR then speaks.

Short film showcasing a circus clown act.

Two tunnel workers are fighting over the wife of one, who's also involved with the other. Suddenly an explosion occurs. Instead of fighting, they help each other escape.

This shows an arranged fight between a terrier and an alley cat. During the length of the film, the spectators harass the animals to a point where they are forced to attack one another.

Christian IX (b. 1818) died 29 January 1906. He was king of Denmark for 42 years. With his many family ties to the royal houses of Europe, he was known as 'Europe's father-in-law'. After castrum doloris in Christiansborg church, the coffin was transported by train to Roskilde cathedral, where Danish monarchs are laid to rest.

A drunk man is going to buy more drink at his wife's expense, which he takes advantage of to get more drunk.

A short comedy about a park bench with a Love's Thermometer on it.

An artist is painting the portrait of a young woman dressed in a country costume in his attic studio. The landlord demands the rent, but the artist has no money. The model tries to comfort him, but he throws her out. Dancing safes appear and he takes bags of gold coins out of them. A woman fairy appears and she transports them to a palace. Soldiers march in and a troupe of women dancers perform. The artist's model attempts to pawn her jewelry to help pay the rent. A rain of what appears to be fire begins to fall and the artist awakens in his studio, bent on suicide.

A conjurer makes furniture return from the bailiff's.

A father forbids his daughter to marry her fiance and orders him out of the house, so the fiance arranges for the couple to elope--and with angry dad hot on their tail, for an unorthodox wedding ceremony.

Clowns on bicycles: that pretty much sums up this short Pathe comedy. They dress in various costumes. The bicycles are in varying states of disrepair. They ride along various places, occasionally falling off the bicycles, or being unable to get the bicycles moving. A dog appears to yap at the effort.

A farmer's son, family facing foreclosure, goes to the city and bets everything on a horse race. When he wins big, he goes back to the country and prevents the landlord from evicting his parents.

Kong Frederik VIII of Denmark vists Kristiania (aka Oslo) in 1906.

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited India from November 1905 to March 19, 1906.

A camera starts on a sloppy scene: people walking around, a building that's seen better days, palm trees, with fronds waving in the breeze. As the camera pans to the left, the busy people continue, but the audience sees the devastation left by the San Francisco Earthquake.

Scenes of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Young lovers separate, she to a career on the stage and he to remain in the small village in which they grew up. Years pass and he is hired to be a porter for a theater company and finds her, a far different woman who does not recognize him.

This early film offers a snapshot of what became known as the Interim (or Intercalated) Games of 1906. Having hosted the first modern Games in 1896, Athens felt that it should be the permanent venue, but the International Olympic Committee disagreed, wanting the event held in different cities around the world. The compromise was this separate event, to be held in Athens between the official Games every four years.

Dancing Procession in Echternach, 1906.

A trip through Vienna on a tram.

The King and Queen travels to and from Trondhjems Domkirke.

People traveling by horse carriage to a party.

An old man takes his new bride on a disastrous honeymoon.

A man owes his life to a marketplace melon.

Lost short film

Lost short film

Flower Parade in Luxembourg City, July 15, 1906.

In a chase which literally encompasses the entire globe, a detective follows the path of an apparent embezzler through various foreign nations, exotic cultures and dangerous situations.