Following D.W. Griffith's Those Awful Hats for 1909, the program proceeds in chronological order with many of the shorts separated by vintage hand-painted slides created for use in movie theaters a century ago. The selections are A Trip to the Moon (by Georges Méliès, with his original narration), Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (Edwin S. Porter), The Red Spectre (Segundo de Chomon), The Acrobatic Fly (Percy Smith), The Thieving Hand and Princess Nicotine (Vitagraph Studios), Artheme Swallows His Clarinet (Eclipse Films), The Cameraman's Revenge (Ladislas Starewicz), The Pet (Winsor McCay), The Play House (Buster Keaton, in a beautiful copy with all original titles), Filmstudie(Hans Richter), The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich and Gregg Toland), and Clay, or the Origin of Species (Eliot Noyes, Jr.)

Actors: Buster Keaton, Georges Melies
Directors: Buster Keaton, Georges Melies, Ferdinand Zecca, Segundo de Chomon, Winsor McCay
Format: Dolby, NTSC, Silent, Surround Sound
Subtitles: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Run Time: 140 minutes