A boy spreads glue all over town.

An extremely clumsy man tries to clean a woman’s house with disastrous results.

A dog runs away with a length of sausage. Chaos erupts as the butcher chasing the dog collides with bystanders who angrily follow. According to ...

Behind-the-scenes footage showing Alice Guy directing an early sound film.

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.

A woman performs the tango.

A living statue causes trouble for unsuspecting bystanders.

This is a compilation of some of the films that Alice Guy filmed in Spain from mid-October to the end of November, 1905 (catalogue numbers 1371 ...

Starring ‘Les Omers’ as a bunch of bricklayers causing trouble for the local cops.

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.

An early short from Gaumont by Alice Guy-Blanché. A woman becomes slowly visible in front of a black space. She points a wand and spells the word ...

Armand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu (“Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu”, by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D’Orviet) in this ...

A bullfighter dances with a woman.

Saharet performs the bolero for Alice Guy.

Felix Mayol performs Théodore Botrel’s ‘Lilas-blanc’.

Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.

Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early ...

Polin performs a song.

Alice Guy experiment with visuals and sound by Félix Mayol.

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

“Danse excentrique” (Gaumont #587) is part of the “Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine” series of 4 ...

“Danse serpentine” (Gaumont #588) is part of the “Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine” series of 4 ...

A woman shows off her trained dogs.

Silent film

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