Selig Polyscope Company Movies

  • 1910
    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    5.41910HD

    An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  • 1898
    Something Good — Negro Kiss

    Something Good — Negro Kiss

    Something Good — Negro Kiss

    6.11898HD

    Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

    Something Good — Negro Kiss
  • 1902
    Ringling Bros. Circus Parade

    Ringling Bros. Circus Parade

    Ringling Bros. Circus Parade

    6.21902HD

    Through special arrangements with Ringling Brothers, we have obtained the finest circus parade caught by a moving picture camera.

    Ringling Bros. Circus Parade
  • 1896
    The Tramp and the Dog

    The Tramp and the Dog

    The Tramp and the Dog

    6.3331896HD

    A tramp steals a housewife's pie, and is pursued by her bulldog, which latches onto his rear as he scrambles over a fence.

    The Tramp and the Dog
  • 1916
    An Angelic Attitude

    An Angelic Attitude

    An Angelic Attitude

    5.61916HD

    Pa is becoming increasingly crotchety, and has been crabby with Tom and with everyone else on the ranch. Then he gets a letter telling him that a...

    An Angelic Attitude
  • 1907
    The Roller Skate Craze

    The Roller Skate Craze

    The Roller Skate Craze

    5.251907HD

    More than a dozen shots, some less than a second, of people wearing roller skates in various settings: a young man in skates sits on a low guardrail...

    The Roller Skate Craze
  • 1898
    Something Good – Negro Kiss (Alternate Version)

    Something Good – Negro Kiss (Alternate Version)

    Something Good – Negro Kiss (Alternate Version)

    6.71898HD

    Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen. This version is shot with a wider view and shows more of the vaudeville stylings of...

    Something Good – Negro Kiss (Alternate Version)
  • 1916
    The Crisis

    The Crisis

    The Crisis

    5.31916HD

    Stephen Brice, a young lawyer in Civil War-era St. Louis, falls in love with Virginia Carvel, the daughter of his benefactor. But she is loyal to the...

    The Crisis
  • 1918
    Little Orphant Annie

    Little Orphant Annie

    Little Orphant Annie

    5.31918HD

    Annie, left orphaned after the death of her mother, goes to live in an orphanage where she tells her fellow orphans stories of ghosts and goblins....

    Little Orphant Annie
  • 1907
    His First Ride

    His First Ride

    His First Ride

    51907HD

    A nicely-dressed man is riding on a bicycle. When he parks it a hobo quickly steals it, but he is clearly new at riding. He cannot manage to steer...

    His First Ride
  • 1914
    The Spoilers

    The Spoilers

    The Spoilers

    6.21914HD

    The Spoilers is a 1914 film directed by Colin Campbell. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister,...

    The Spoilers
  • 1910
    Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz

    Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz

    Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz

    31910HD

    Dorothy and the Scarecrow are now in the Emerald City. They have become friendly with the Wizard, and together with the woodman, the cowardly lion,...

    Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz
  • 1920
    The Jungle Princess

    The Jungle Princess

    The Jungle Princess

    3.51920HD

    Feature version of The Lost City (1920), a fifteen episode serial.

    The Jungle Princess
  • 1909
    The Cowboy Millionaire

    The Cowboy Millionaire

    The Cowboy Millionaire

    51909HD

    Bud Noble, a handsome specimen of manhood, is foreman on the Circle "D" ranch outside of Circle City, Idaho, and our opening scene pictures Bud as...

    The Cowboy Millionaire
  • 1907
    The Wooing and Wedding of a Coon

    The Wooing and Wedding of a Coon

    The Wooing and Wedding of a Coon

    6.751907HD

    The opening shows a colored nursemaid in the park with baby carriage, and seated on a bench receives the attention of several smart colored men who...

    The Wooing and Wedding of a Coon
  • 1910
    The Sanitarium

    The Sanitarium

    The Sanitarium

    3.51910HD

    A young man transforms his uncle's palatial residence into a sanitarium only to end up paying back the money his patients gave him.

    The Sanitarium
  • 1917
    The Heart of Texas Ryan

    The Heart of Texas Ryan

    The Heart of Texas Ryan

    41917HD

    To get in the good graces of his rancher boss’s daughter, cowboy Single Shot captures a cattle raider but then gets kidnapped by his gang of...

    The Heart of Texas Ryan
  • 1915
    The Poetic Justice of Omar Khan

    The Poetic Justice of Omar Khan

    The Poetic Justice of Omar Khan

    01915HD

    Betrayal and duplicity in the deserts of the Pasha before a happy resolution.

    The Poetic Justice of Omar Khan
  • 1909
    Ben's Kid

    Ben's Kid

    Ben's Kid

    61909HD

    Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his...

    Ben's Kid
  • 1909
    In the Sultan's Power

    In the Sultan's Power

    In the Sultan's Power

    31909HD

    Jack Thornton, an American traveler, while touring Europe meets the daughter of an old French nobleman and falls in love with her. He is persistent...

    In the Sultan's Power