# 1909 E7 - A Funny Year

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Podcast: [The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-5-best-films-of-every-year-ever-6929535)
Published: 2026-01-07T07:00:09+00:00
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One of the most diverse lists of films selected for any season so far defines this brief conclusion to 1909. The unique array of selections does ultimately lead into a universal appreciation for comedy, rising above some of the efforts to “legitimize” the cinematic medium as has been discussed at the tail end of the first decade of the 20th century. Films mentioned: The Mill (1909) - Alfred Machin Mr. Flip (1909) - Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson Why Girls Leave Home (1909) - unknown First International Competition for Airplanes in Brescia (1909) - unknown The Man in the Moon (1909) - Étienne Arnaud and Émile Cohl To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909) - F. Percy Smith Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909) - J. Stuart Blackton The Spider and the Butterfly (1909) - Georges Méliès A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1909) - Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton The Airship Destroyer (1909) - Walter R. Booth

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