Unit+One+Films


 * A Trip to the Moon** - **1902: A film directed by Georges Melies. French Film from 1902. Was believed to be the first science fiction film ever made. Runs about 14 minutes long in duration and is 16 frames per second. which was about the average rate at thst time period.**


 * The Great Train Robbery** - **1903: A silent western film directed by Edwin S. Porter. It used early use of innovate techniques such as cross cutting, double exposures, camera movement, and location shooting. It is one of the earliest examples of narrative film.**


 * The Golden Beetle - 1907: A film directed by Segundo de Chomon. It starts off with a man and he finds a golden beetle along the wall. So he creates a fire and throws in the beetle, the beetle escapes the fire in the form of a fairy and she conjures a fountain shoots out water and boils the man.**


 * Policeman's Little Run - 1907: Directed by Ferdinand Zecca, this 1907 short comedy starts off by a policeman spotting a dog stealing a piece of meat. As he pursues the dog more and more policemen get in on the chase. No matter what the policemen do, the dog always seems to outsmart them. The film runs about 6 minutes long. Ferdinand uses physical humor to make the film one of the first examples of a slapstick comedy.**


 * Little Nemo in Slumberland - 1911:This film was directed and drawn by Winsor McCay. It took McCay four years to finish this film,he had to complete about 4,000 drawings. The main characters in this animated film are Nemo, Princess of Slumberland, and her father King Morpheus. This motion picture is about Nemo trying to get the girl.**


 * The Girl and Her Trust - 1912: A silent film directed by D.W. Griffith --the "Father of Film Grammar"-- in 1912. It popularized cross cutting. It had close-ups and ironic cutting.**


 * Nosferatu - 1922:** **Nosferatu, directed by F. W. Murnau, was a spin off from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Several names and details were changed because the studio was unable to obtain the rights to the novel. For example "Nosferatu" became the replacement for "vampire" in the film. It is a silent horror film and a masterpiece of the German cinema. Max Schreck starred in the movie as the vampire Count Orlok. The film was shot in 1921 and released in 1922.**


 * The Kid - 1921: A 1921 film starring, written and produced by Charlie Chaplin. It was Chaplin's first full length movie and became a huge success, being the second highest grossing film in 1921. The film follows a tramp, played by Chaplin, as he finds a child, who was abandoned by his unwed mother, and raises him. The movie ends with the boy eventually being reunited with his mother and the tramp comes to visit. "The Kid" is also notable for being one of the first full length films to mix both comedy and drama.**


 * The Gold Rush** - **1925: Another great by Charlie Chaplin, this was his own personal favorite film. There was 27 times more film shot than appeared. This is Chaplin's third feature-length film that blends comedy and drama like "The Kid". Charlie Chaplin travels to the Klondike gold rush, falls in love, and then becomes a millionaire with his partner Big Jim. Also another film that was starred, produced, and written by Charlie Chaplin. The scene where The Lone Prospector and Big Jim have a boot took three days and 63 takes to suit Charlie Chaplin. The boot that Chaplin and Big Jim ate was made from black licorice and Chaplin was hospitalized due to the quantities of licorice he had to eat over the 63 takes. Runs around 96 minutes long in duration and is 24 frames per second.**


 * Metropolis - 1927: A 1927 dramatic science fiction movie directed by Fritz Lang starring Bridget Helm, Alfred Abel and Gustav Fröhlich. It has 3 award winnings and 4 nominations. It's about** **a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners. The city mastermind's son falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts a savior will come who mediates their differences. Contains themes of Class Struggle and Man vs. Machine. Also created the image of a mad scientist with Dr. Rotwang.**


 * City Lights - 1931: The 1931 film starring, produced, and written by Charlie Chaplin. By this time, audio and dialogue were put into films, but worrying that talking would throw off his mime-like character, he decided to keep it as a silent film. The film follows a tramp, played by Chaplin, that falls in love with a blind girl, played by Virginia Cherrill. Her family is in financial troubles and the tramp's friendship with a wealthy man enables him to be the woman's benefactor and does anything to get money to help her. It is a combination of pathos, slapstick, and comedy to tribute the art of body language and pantomime. It is generally viewed as Charlie Chaplin's greatest film.**