Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

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.

Norma, a dancer, receives many presents from admirers. Among them she finds a peculiar looking box, out of which spring several poisonous snakes....

"Les Acrobats" is the second short film (out of 5) in the series "Les Malabares", which were filmed during the exhibition of the Malabari, an Indian...

Young Martha Redmond, a poor girl from a small town, leaves to find a singing career in New York City. She doesn't find success as a singer, but...

A bullfighter dances with a woman.

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

Despite his younger sister's remonstrances, a precocious schoolboy wants to smoke a cigarette he stole from his father. But he is soon punished for...

The kids of a game-keeper get into a chase with rifles.

Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.

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...

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

A group of kids play in a stream.

Recording of the dance Mesdemoiselles Lally and Juliette from the Olympia.

An abused young woman finds safety and love in the arms of a famous novelist.

When Kitty's family adopts a homeless dog they couldn't guess how much it would be of help in her fathers detective work.

Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.

Proud old Major Neal disowns his only child, a beautiful girl, because he considers her marriage a misalliance. Years pass. The old major becomes a...