Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

A spoof of Sherlock Holmes. Directed by Alice Guy-Blache for Solax Film Company.

Felix Mayol performs Théodore Botrel's 'Lilas-blanc'.

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.

Some men get into hijinks at a sidewalk cafe.

A wonderful midwife helps a rich couple pick out a baby from her cabbage patch.

A young girl is trying to live an honest life in a crooked city. Caught up with a crook that might be the son of a millionaire and other crooked...

A bunch of people run an obstacle course all around town.

A parson arrives in the midst of a bunch of wild cowboys. Expecting a male parson, the boys set out in full force to receive him, but on the road...

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

The stations of Christ's life are segmented into a series of performative tableaux.

A client has trouble listening to the photographer's instructions.

A hypnotist tricks his patients.

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

Scene of the last supper.

A re-telling of the classic tale of Faust in all of two minutes by French filmmaker Alice Guy.

A piano entices anyone who comes near.

A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes.

A rich man rewards a tramp for defending him from muggers with a large sum of money in the form of a single bank note. Nobody can cash the big bill...

Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.