The Quiet Beyond

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience f...

Runtime

1m

Director

Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière

Cast

Madeleine Koehler, Marcel Koehler, Marguerite Lumière

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (19...

Runtime

30m

Director

François Truffaut

Cast

Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.

Runtime

29m

Director

Chris Marker

Cast

Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain

The roots of modern television situatuation comedy can be seen in this Beauty brand film. As American grew the Beauty brand was developed to feature actress Margarita Fisher. Her husband, Haryy Pollard, directed the Beauty films and occasionally acted in them. He plays the husband in this one.

Runtime

13m

Director

Harry A. Pollard

Cast

Margarita Fischer, Frank Cooley, Kathie Fischer

An account of the most important event in recorded history.

Runtime

2m

Director

Landon zakheim

Cast

Aaron Zachary Philips, Hartley Sawyer