Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

Based on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo.

A shot of a busy street in Paris is shown in reverse.

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop. There is no known director for this film, although it is included in the filmography of Alice...

The husband of Mrs, Cranston is in tight quarters. He is caught both "short" in funds and in stock. In order that he may be able to cover up his...

"Les Acrobats" is the second short film (out of 5) in the series "Les Malabares", which were filmed during the exhibition of the Malabari, an Indian...

Melodrama with the trappings of a military firm

A young man of high social position sacrifices his home and family for a girl of the stage. Cast off by his family, the young man finds that he is...

Program of 13 short films by Alice Guy made between 1898 and 1907. She is the first fiction filmmaker in the history of cinema. It was she who...

The good people of the Solax community realize that they have cause to make merry before the New Year because the Almighty has guided their...

The kids of a game-keeper get into a chase with rifles.

A lost boy wandering through the city discovers counterfeiters operating in a cellar. He alerts the police, helps bring about their arrest, and is...

The boy Is a bachelor of thirty who by diligence and perseverance is on the road to success. The boy's success gains him introduction into...

The film was taken the 27th of May, 1906 during the Gran Corrida organized by the Press Association of Nîmes. Although lost, it should not be...

Unverified phonoscene (chronograph #7 in Gaumont catalogue?) showing a performance of the cake walk.

Noble born Mignon is stolen by a band of gypsies as a child. Her mother dies from grief and her father, unhinged by the double blow, gives up his...

Paul Wellard is leaving home for the city. He goes to say good-bye to his mother and finds her at the organ singing her favorite hymn. For a while he...

In a most picturesque setting, the priests of ancient Gaul sacrifice to the gods the victims designated in honor of the mistletoe cutting.

Cute one-trick doggie show. The backdrop is beautifully detailed, yet the illusion of depth is humorously broken by the balloon bouncing off the set.

Old Joel Smith is charged with murder in the first degree. At the trial he pleads in opposition to his own lawyers. He explains that he is now too...