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poster A Suffragette in Spite of Himself

A Suffragette in Spite of Himself

A gentleman who's opposed to and mocks women's suffrage goes for a walk and unknowingly becomes an advertisement for it.

poster Alice's Fishy Story

Alice's Fishy Story

11mn - Animation

Alice wants desperately to get out of practicing her piano so she can go have fun with her friends. She tricks her mother into thinking she's still playing by getting her dog to play for her, and then she…

poster Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

2mn - Documentary

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

poster Alice Loses Out

Alice Loses Out

7mn - Animation, Comedy

A rich garbage magnate Ima Hawg is being driven by his chauffeur to a hotel run by Alice and her cat Julius. The hotel has seen better times, and so the two are thrilled when they see the limousine roll u…

poster An Unsullied Shield

An Unsullied Shield

While their degenerate descendant sleeps, ancestral portraits come alive and admonish him.

poster The Red Chrysanthemum

The Red Chrysanthemum

15mn - Romance, Comedy

Two suitors bring flowers to their girl in hopes of winning her love.

poster Mrs. Pussy Loves Animals

Mrs. Pussy Loves Animals

Each time Mrs Babylas sees an animal, she just can't help herself bring it back home.

poster Au secours !

Au secours !

23mn - Comedy, Horror

Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he encounters strange and nightmarish visions, but he is never…

poster The Four Devils

The Four Devils

One out of three silent adaptations of the novella "Les quatre diables" written by Danish author Herman Bang. The most famous one, although unfortunately lost, is without any doubt F.W. Murnau's "4 Devils…

poster Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant

Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant

9mn - Comedy, Family

Bout de Zan is a young boy by description and a petty thief by vocation. In this short, he does indeed steal an elephant from a circus, parading it around town and using it to beg for money. Due to their …

poster Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder

Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder

A machine churns out sausages on one side and spits out hats on the other. The director of this film is not credited in any contemporary catalogues or trade publications, or attributed to anyone by schola…

poster His Wooden Wedding

His Wooden Wedding

A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend gives him an anonymous note stating that the bride has a wooden leg.

poster Clown, Dog and Balloon

Clown, Dog and Balloon

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.

poster How Monsieur Takes His Bath

How Monsieur Takes His Bath

A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes. There is no credited director for this film. Modern attributions go to either Alice Guy or Ferdinand Zecca…

poster Confidence

Confidence

Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her old colleagues finds her and tries to blackmail her. When the blackmail plot is exposed, Nellie's husband …

poster The Race for the Sausage

The Race for the Sausage

Chaos erupts when a dog steals a string of sausages from a butcher shop.

poster The Jack-Knife Man

The Jack-Knife Man

A dying mother left his child with an old man, but the village people want to take the child away from him because he is too old.

poster Ocean Studies

Ocean Studies

2mn - Documentary

Alice Guy films the sea.

Gypsies

The tale of the Venetian gondolier whose desire for revenge following a thwarted love affair leads him to Bohemia. The intricate plot also deals with destinies of other characters, who finally come togeth…

Jocelyn

Adaptation of a romantic Lamartine poem. A youth leaves a monastery where he has stayed, after the anti-religious terror of the Revolution. He befriends a youth who turns out to be a girl. But his former …

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