Le guignolo

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poster Adiós Gringo
Adiós Gringo
(3/5)
100mn - Western
A cowboy falsely accused of cattle rustling and murder must flee from a lynch mob and journey to New Mexico to clear his name, but when he rescues a tortured young woman from ruthless kidnappers, he becom…
poster Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
3mn - Comedy
A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from …
poster Barrabas
Barrabas
489mn - Crime
Rudolph Strelitz, known as 'Barrabas', is the leader of a brutal underground gang causing chaos and destruction in the lives of civilized people. A lawyer, Claude Varèse, is strongly determined to bring S…
poster The Masquerader
The Masquerader
(3.0/5)
16mn - Comedy
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
poster Hypocrites
Hypocrites
(3.3/5)
54mn - Drama
The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.
poster Whimsical Illusions
Whimsical Illusions
5mn - Comedy, Fantasy
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…
poster Disorder in the Court
Disorder in the Court
(4/5)
17mn - Comedy
When their dancer friend is falsely accused of murder, nightclub musicians Moe, Larry, and Curly take the witness stand to clear her name. Their testimony turns the courtroom into complete chaos with slap…
poster The Knight of the Snow
The Knight of the Snow
16mn - Adventure, Horror, Fantasy
One of the last films Georges Méliès made. By now, he was under contract for his former rival Pathé, where he made a few of his most lavish productions, including this one. Here, Méliès performed in front…
poster The Artist and the Dummy
The Artist and the Dummy
1mn -
A very simple gag film as a young lady substitutes herself for a dummy in order to play a practical joke on an artist.
poster The Circus
The Circus
(4.1/5)
72mn - Comedy, Romance
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
poster The Marvellous Wreath
The Marvellous Wreath
3mn - Fantasy
A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.
poster The Gun and the Pulpit
The Gun and the Pulpit
(2.9/5)
74mn - Short, Western
A gunslinger on the run assumes the identity of a murdered preacher and arrives in a terrorized frontier town, where he must use both his quick draw and newfound faith to protect the townspeople from a ru…
poster The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man
(3.5/5)
100mn - Drama, Short
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the vic…
poster Algiers
Algiers
(3.3/5)
96mn - Drama, Action, Mystery
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture ar…
poster The Five Accursed Gentlemen
The Five Accursed Gentlemen
58mn - Drama
When five gentlemen humiliate a merchant in a Tunisian bazaar, the latter curses them, telling them the order of their deaths within a given time frame. The men begin to die in the order they were chosen…
poster The Magician's Cavern
The Magician's Cavern
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.
poster The Merry Gentleman
The Merry Gentleman
(3.2/5)
110mn - Drama
Fleeing her abusive husband, a vulnerable woman starts fresh in Chicago where she unknowingly befriends a suicidal professional killer who becomes torn between his dark mission and an unexpected chance at…
poster Rogues' Tricks
Rogues' Tricks
4mn - Comedy, Action
Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a trick film or something that he's known for, the directo…
poster The Scheming Gambler's Paradise
The Scheming Gambler's Paradise
3mn - Comedy
A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a mercantile establishment when the cops stage a raid.
poster Léonce Loves Morels
Léonce Loves Morels
(2.8/5)
14mn -
A photogenic Partie de campagne with Léonce looking for mushrooms! A nice prestation by Poupette Suzanne Le Bret and a nice little fantasy.
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