NYPL holds more than 1100 individual titles from the Silent Film era, often in different physical media formats. These links will take you into the NYPL's catalog to see more complete information about each title and individual media format. Most of these media are from our circulating collections and can checked out for home viewing. A few media are part of our research collections and can be requested to view onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Title | Date | Media | Media |
A history of hats / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Art's infancy / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Bébé's masterpiece / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Childish dreams / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Cohl fantasy program / directed by Émile Cohl. | 1910 | 16mm | |
Early advertising films: The stenographer's friend | 1910 | DVD | |
En route / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Floral frameworks / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
House with closed shutters / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1910 | DVD | |
In the border states / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1910 | DVD | DVD |
King Lear / directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio | 1910 | VHS | |
Master of a fashionable game / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Merchant of Venice / directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio | 1910 | VHS | |
Mr. Crack / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Music-mania / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Nothing is impossible for man / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Petit chantecler / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Petit Faust / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
Princess Tarakanova / directed by Kai Hansen and Maurice Maître | 1910 | VHS | |
Rusalka / directed by Vasili Goncharov | 1910 | VHS | |
The four little tailors / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
The fugitive / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1910 | DVD | |
The mind of the café waiter / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
The mysterious fine arts / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
The neo-impressionist painter / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
The persistent salesman / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
The police force of New York City / directed by R.A. Walsh | 1910 | VHS | |
The queen of spades / directed by Pyotr Chardynin | 1910 | VHS | |
The smile-o-scope / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
The twelve labors of Hercules / directed by Émile Cohl | 1910 | DVD | |
The unchanging sea / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1910 | DVD | |
The unchanging sea / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1910 | DVD | |
The usurer / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1910 | DVD | |
The vicar of Wakefield / directed by Theodore Marston | 1910 | VHS | |
The wonderful Wizard of Oz / directed by Otis Turner | 1910 | 16mm | DVD |
Twelfth night / directed by Charles Kent | 1910 | VHS | |
What the daisy said / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1910 | VHS | DVD |
Title | Date | Media | Media | Media |
Alice Guy Blaché: mixed pets / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1911 | DVD | ||
Battle / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | DVD | ||
Bobby the coward / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | 16mm | ||
Calino wants to be a cowboy / directed by Jean Durand | 1911 | DVD | ||
Calino's baptism / directed by Jean Durand | 1911 | DVD | ||
Cinderella / directed by George O. Nichols | 1911 | VHS | ||
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / directed by Lucius Henderson | 1911 | 16mm | VHS | |
Enoch Arden / directed by D.W. Griffith. | 1911 | DVD | ||
Get rich quick / produced by the Thanhouser Company | 1911 | VHS | ||
Greater love hath no man / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1911 | DVD | ||
Her awakening / Biograph. | 1911 | 16mm | ||
His trust fulfilled / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | DVD | ||
His trust: the faithful devotion and self-sacrifice of an old Negro servant / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | DVD | DVD | DVD |
Le vitrail diabolique = The diabolical church window / directed by Georges Méliès | 1911 | DVD | ||
Little Nemo / directed by Winsor McCay | 1911 | DVD | ||
Lois Weber: from death to life / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley | 1911 | DVD | ||
Max and the Quinquina / directed by Max Linder | 1911 | DVD | ||
On the brink (fragment) / directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber | 1911 | DVD | ||
Only in the way / produced by the Thanhouser Company | 1911 | VHS | ||
Richard III / directed by Frank R. Benson | 1911 | VHS | ||
Romance with a double bass / directed by Kai Hansen | 1911 | VHS | ||
She / directed by George Nichols | 1911 | VHS | ||
Swords and hearts / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | DVD | ||
The barges / directed by George-André Lacroix | 1911 | DVD | ||
The coffin ship / produced by the Thanhouser Company | 1911 | VHS | ||
The colleen bawn / directed by Gene Gauntier and Sidney Olcott | 1911 | DVD | ||
The dream / directed by Thomas H. Ince and George Loane Tucker | 1911 | DVD | ||
The last drop of water / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | DVD | ||
The Lonedale operator / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | 16mm | ||
The miser's heart / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | DVD | ||
The primal call / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | 16mm | ||
Tramp strategy / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1911 | DVD | ||
What shall we do with our old? / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1911 | DVD | ||
Zigoto and the affair of the necklace / directed by Jean Durand | 1911 | DVD |
Title | Date | Media | Media | Media |
A fool and his money / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1912 | DVD | ||
A Vitagraph romance / directed by James Young | 1912 | 16mm | ||
Algie the miner / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1912 | DVD | ||
An unseen enemy / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | 16mm | DVD | DVD |
Burning heart: an Indian tale / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD | ||
Calin, station master / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD | ||
Cameraman's revenge / directed by Ladislaw Starewicz | 1912 | DVD | ||
Canned harmony / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1912 | DVD | ||
Children who labor / directed by Ashley Miller | 1912 | DVD | ||
Cleopatra / directed by Charles L. Gaskill | 1912 | 16mm | ||
Factory drama / anonymous | 1912 | DVD | ||
Falling leaves / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1912 | DVD | DVD | |
Fine feathers / directed by Lois Weber | 1912 | 16mm | DVD | |
For his son / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | DVD | ||
Friends / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | DVD | ||
His official appointment / directed by Charles Kent | 1912 | VHS | ||
How a mosquito operates / directed by Winsor McCay | 1912 | DVD | ||
Japanese idyll / directed by Lois Weber | 1912 | 16mm | ||
Juggling for love / produced by Pathé Frères | 1912 | DVD | ||
La Marseillaise / directed by Etienne Arnaud | 1912 | DVD | ||
Little girl next door / directed by Lucius Henderson | 1912 | VHS | ||
Making an American citizen / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1912 | DVD | ||
Man's genesis / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | 16mm | ||
Max and his dog / directed by Max Linder | 1912 | DVD | ||
Max and his mother-in-law / directed by Max Linder | 1912 | DVD | ||
Max and the statue / directed by Max Linder | 1912 | DVD | ||
One is business, the other crime / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | DVD | DVD | |
Onésime goes to hell / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD | ||
Onésime vs. Onésime / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD | ||
Onésime, clockmaker / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD | DVD | |
Oxford vs. Martigues / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD | ||
Petticoat camp / produced by Thanhouser Company. | 1912 | VHS | ||
The baby and the stork / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | 16mm | ||
The ball player and the bandit / directed by Francis Ford | 1912 | DVD | ||
The Brigand brothers / directed by Vasili Goncharov | 1912 | VHS | ||
The burglar's dilemma / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | DVD | DVD | |
The Copper beeches / directed by Georges Treville | 1912 | 16mm | ||
The cry of the children / directed by George O. Nichols | 1912 | VHS | ||
The female of the species / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | DVD | ||
The girl and her trust / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | 16mm | DVD | DVD |
The high cost of living / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1912 | DVD | ||
The invaders / directed by Francis Ford and Thomas H. Ince | 1912 | DVD | ||
The lesser evil / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | DVD | ||
The little rangers (fragment) (aka Two little rangers) / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1912 | DVD | ||
The massacre / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | 16mm | DVD | |
The musketeers of Pig Alley / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | 16mm | DVD | |
The musketeers of Pig Alley / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | DVD | ||
The New York hat / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | 16mm | DVD | DVD |
The painted lady / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | 16mm | DVD | DVD |
The pavements of Paris / Anonymous director | 1912 | DVD | ||
The peasants' lot / directed by Vasily Goncharov | 1912 | VHS | ||
The railway of death / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD | ||
The reincarnation of Karma / directed by Van Dyke Brooke | 1912 | VHS | ||
The star of Bethlehem / directed by Lawrence Marston | 1912 | VHS | ||
The sunbeam / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1912 | DVD | DVD | |
Ukhod velikogo startsa = The departure of a great old man / directed by Yakov Protazanov | 1912 | VHS | ||
Under the claw / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD | ||
Wedding day / directed by Yevgeni Slavinsky | 1912 | VHS | ||
Zigoto drives a locomotive / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD | ||
Zigoto's outing with friends / directed by Jean Durand | 1912 | DVD |
Title | Date | Media | Media | Media |
A drama of the air / directed by René le Somptier | 1913 | DVD | ||
A house divided / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1913 | 16mm | ||
Bangville police / directed by Henry Lehrman | 1913 | DVD | ||
Broncho Billy's capture / directed by Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | 1913 | 16mm | ||
By man's law / directed by Christy Cabanne | 1913 | 16mm | ||
Le voyage de la famille Bourrichon = The Voyage of the Bourrichon Family / diredted by Georges Méliès | 1913 | DVD | ||
Child's play / directed by Henri Fescourt | 1913 | DVD | ||
Christmas Eve / directed by Władysław Starewicz | 1913 | VHS | ||
Death's marathon / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1913 | 16mm | DVD | DVD |
Evidence of the film / directed by Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser | 1913 | VHS | ||
Fantômas: Le mort qui tue = Murderous corpse / directed by Louis Feuillade |
1913 | DVD | ||
Ingeborg Holm : a modern tragedy in four acts / directed by Victor Sjöström. | 1913 | DVD | ||
Insects' Christmas / directed by Ladislaw Starewicz | 1913 | DVD | ||
Just a shabby doll / produced by the Thanhouser Company. | 1913 | VHS | ||
Marble heart / produced by Thanhouser Company | 1913 | VHS | ||
Matrimony's speed limit / directed by Alice Guy Blaché | 1913 | 16mm | DVD | |
Max plays at drama / directed by Lucien Nonguet | 1913 | DVD | ||
Merchant Bashkirov's daughter / directed by Nikolai Larin | 1913 | VHS | ||
Onésime and the heart of a gypsy / directed by Jean Durand | 1913 | DVD | ||
Onésime gets married... so does Calino / directed by Jean Durand | 1913 | DVD | ||
Onésime loves animals / directed by Jean Durand | 1913 | DVD | ||
Onésime, trainer of men and horses / directed by Jean Durand | 1913 | DVD | ||
Onésime, you'll get married... or else! / directed by Jean Durand | 1913 | DVD | ||
Onésime: Calino's inheritance / directed by Jean Durand | 1913 | DVD | ||
Onésime's theatrical debut / directed by Jean Durand | 1913 | DVD | ||
Red and white roses / directed by William Humphrey | 1913 | VHS | ||
Suspense / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley | 1913 | 16mm | DVD | |
The battle at Elderbrush Gulch / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1913 | 16mm | DVD | DVD |
The dachshund and the sausage / directed by John Randolph Bray | 1913 | VHS | ||
The dragonfly and the ant / directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz | 1913 | VHS | ||
The gusher / directed by Mack Sennett | 1913 | DVD | ||
The house in Kolomna / directed by Pyotr Chardynin | 1913 | VHS | ||
The house of darkness / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1913 | DVD | ||
The lady and the mouse / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1913 | 16mm | ||
The mothering heart / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1913 | DVD | ||
The mothering heart / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1913 | DVD | ||
The rosary / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley | 1913 | DVD | ||
The telephone girl and the lady / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1913 | 16mm | ||
The tiniest of stars / produced by the Thanhouser Company | 1913 | VHS | ||
The web / directed by Ralph Ince | 1913 | VHS | ||
Traffic in souls / directed by George Loane Tucker | 1913 | 16mm | VHS | |
Twilight of a woman's soul / directed by Evgeni Bauer | 1913 | DVD | ||
Uncle's namesakes / produced by the Thanhouser Company. | 1913 | VHS |
Title | Date | Media | Media | Media |
A child of the big city / directed by Evgenii Bauer | 1914 | VHS | ||
A fool there was: a psychological drama / directed by Frank Powell. | 1914 | DVD | ||
Active life of Dolly of the dailies: Episode 5: The Chinese fan / directed by Walter Edwin | 1914 | DVD | ||
Between showers / directed by Henry Lehrman | 1914 | DVD | ||
By the sun's rays / directed by Charles Giblyn | 1914 | VHS | ||
Cabiria / directed by Giovanni Pastrone | 1914 | VHS | DVD | DVD |
Caught in a cabaret / directed by Mabel Normand | 1914 | DVD | ||
Cinderella / directed by James Kirkwood | 1914 | DVD | ||
Gertie the Dinosaur / directed by Winsor McCay | 1914 | VHS | DVD | |
Getting acquainted / directed by Charles Chaplin | 1914 | 16mm | ||
Hearts and diamonds / directed by George D. Baker | 1914 | DVD | ||
Lost by a hair (fragment) / directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalle | 1914 | DVD | ||
Mabel's blunder / directed by Mabel Normand | 1914 | DVD | ||
Max and the lady doctor / directed by Max Linder | 1914 | DVD | ||
New York, the world's greatest city / produced by the Sterling Film Company | 1914 | VHS | ||
Onésime's family drama / directed by Jean Durand | 1914 | DVD | ||
Shep's race with death / directed by John Harvey | 1914 | VHS | ||
Silent witnesses / directed byYevgeny Bauer | 1914 | VHS | ||
The active life of Dolly of the dailies: Episode 5: The Chinese fan / directed by Walter Edwin | 1914 | DVD | ||
The decoy / produced by the Thanhouser Company | 1914 | VHS | ||
The Egyptian mummy / directed by Lee Beggs |
1914 | DVD | ||
The masquerader / directed by Charlie Chaplin | 1914 | 16mm | ||
The perils of Pauline: Aerial wire / directed by Louis Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie | 1914 | VHS | ||
The perils of Pauline: Broken wing / directed by Louis Gasnier, Donald MacKenzie. | 1914 | VHS | ||
The perils of Pauline: Deadly turning / directed by Louis Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. | 1914 | VHS | ||
The perils of Pauline: Floating coffin / directed by Louis Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. | 1914 | VHS | ||
The perils of Pauline: Goddess of the Far West / directed by Louis Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. | 1914 | VHS | ||
The perils of Pauline: Hidden voice (from The exploits of Elaine) / directed by Louis Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. | 1914 | VHS | ||
The perils of Pauline: Pirate treasure / directed by Louis Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. | 1914 | VHS | ||
The perils of Pauline: Reptile in the flowers / directed by Louis Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. | 1914 | VHS | ||
The perils of Pauline: Through air and fire / directed by Louis Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. | 1914 | VHS | ||
The perils of Pauline: Tragic plunge / directed by Louis Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie. | 1914 | VHS | ||
The rounders / directed by Charlie Chaplin | 1914 | 16mm | ||
The squaw man / directed by Cecil B. DeMille | 1914 | DVD | ||
The Virginian / directed by Cecil B. DeMille | 1914 | DVD | ||
The wishing ring: an idyll of old England / directed by Maurice Tourneur | 1914 | VHS | ||
The wrath of the gods, or, The destruction of Sakura-Jima / directed by Reginald Barker | 1914 | DVD | ||
Universal studios / produced by Thunderbird | 1914 | 16mm | ||
What the daisy said / directed by D.W. Griffith | 1914 | VHS | ||
Won in a cupboard / directed by Mack Sennett | 1914 | DVD |