Category:1901, Top Films

1897 -- 1898 -- 1899 -- 1900

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1902 -- 1903 -- 1904 -- 1905

Notable 1901 films

• {en} [The] Big Swallow (GBR 1901 Williamson) <YouTube> -- A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.

• {en} Bluebeard (FRA 1901 Melies) <YouTube> -- A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

• {en} Boys Diving, Honolulu (USA 1901 Bonine) <YouTube> -- An unusually well laid out picture of native youngsters of Hawaii diving for coins.

• {en} Fire! (GBR 1901 Williamson) <YouTube> -- Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it.

• {en} Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (GBR 1901 Mitchell & Kenyon) <You Tube> -- An amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century.

• {en} Scrooge; or, Marley's Ghost (GBR 1901 Booth) <YouTube> -- It's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home.

Critical Reception

Paste Magazine, Best Films

• #21. Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #300+. The Man with the Rubber Head -- The Artist’s Dilemma -- Bluebeard

External links

• 1901 in film -- Wikipedia