I am attaching links to a couple of articles of mine. You will probably not have the time to read those, but you might want to scroll through them to get an idea of how the database material can be applied to researching early cinema.
Kovalova, Anna. “Daydreams: Cinema of the Russian Empire and Beyond, a Database.” The Journal of e-Media Studies 7, no. 1 (2024): Article 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1938-6060.A.495
Kovalova, Anna. “Librettos As Source Material for Film History: The Case of Early Russian Cinema.” New Perspectives on Early Cinema History, edited by Daniël Biltereyst and Mario Slugan, 1st ed., Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022, pp. 145–64, https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350182004.ch-007.