We are officially in the twentieth century! At least, according to our little project of reviewing films that are a century-and-a-quarter old and things are really starting to heat up. The early 1900s don’t get quite as much attention as the 1890s, with notable exceptions, but it was a time of innovation and a lot of techniques we now take for granted, from edited closeups to reverse shots, were likely pioneered in the first few years of the new century.
I have gathered a small collection of these films for your enjoyment and will be reviewing them throughout the month. Be ready for actualities, fantasies, good humor and horror. Here are some 1900 films I have already covered:
The Cabbage Patch Fairy: Alice Guy’s fantasy about the origins of babies.
Cyrano de Bergerac: Likely the earliest publicly screened talkie! (Told you they were innovative.)
Sherlock Holmes Baffled: A trick film and unauthorized Holmes picture.
I hope you will enjoy what I have in store!
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Movies Silently 
I’ve seen many treatments of Cyrano, including the 1900 talkie and even the Magoo version (which is better than you might expect, though brutally compressed). The 1925 one is excellent but runs into a fundamental problem as a silent film: Cyrano’s strongest asset, practically his defining characteristic, is his skill with words. It’s very appropriate that he was the first character to speak in a movie.
I am quite partial to the 1950 adaptation myself