Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

Impressionism and expression of a view, Mavy uses fragments of the ocean landscapes of Alice Guy's studies through fluctuations of bright nuances and...

It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the...

"Les Fredaines de Pierrette" is the collective name of four short films of 20 meters each ("Arrivée de Pierrette et de Pierrot",...

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

Bob Burton is a misogynist who spends time with other men who share his views, but Bob's friends play a role when he shows that he's not completely...

Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.

A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost. Copies of it online are...

Who, apart from moviegoers, knows Alice Guy (1873-1968) today? However, she was the first woman behind the camera and the first female director and...

A group of kids play in a stream.

A hypnotist tricks his patients. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed, Gaston Breteau, Alice...

The story involves a man who goes to a gambling den regardless of the protestations of his wife. He is extremely lucky and his luck attracts...

The parish priest looks to create a Nativity scene for his church, but his congregation is too poor to afford the statuary dealer's price for a...

Ragna "Rags" Jansen has found local success and acclaim in her small town as an actress, but dreams of stardom on Broadway.

Sam the white-washer pines for the affluent Lindy, but she has dumped him in favor of another. Sam finds a large sum of money, and goes to New York...

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

In this story the hero is haunted by a beautiful young woman who tries to stab him to death with a knife. This fantasy recurs on each of his...

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.

"Wild Bill" Gray is a renegade and a wife-beater. He is about to start on some expedition of crime and his wife implores him to stay at home. She...

A turn-of-the-last-century hand-tinted short, which features two women, Miss Lally and Miss Julyett, dancing at a ball. By the legendary French...

Serpentine dance.