The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

A young woman is sexually assaulted by a powerful businessman, starting a public trial in which she will have to endure the abuse of those who do not want justice to be made.

Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down the street to a house fire. Inside a man sleeps, he awakes amidst flames and throws himself back on the bed. In comes a firefighter, hosing down the blaze. He carries out the victim, down a ladder to safety. Other firefighters enter the house to save belongings, and out comes one with a baby. The saved man rejoices, but it's not over yet.

When Jacob tells Jesus that Lazarus, his son, is dead, he goes to his house to raise him from the dead.

When a married couple become separated in the park, a tramp sits with the lady and is beat up when her husband rejoins her. He takes a room in their hotel, and chaos ensues.

Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.