Societe L Gaumont Et Compagnie Movies

In commercial sales catalogs from the Société L. Gaumont et Cie, this film (cataloged under "Vues animées") is credited to the...

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed,...

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

A fighting couple gets interrupted by the landlady.

Some men get into hijinks at a sidewalk cafe. There is no known credited director for this film, although the attribution usually goes for Alice Guy.

A pregnant woman steals things from others on account of her cravings.

A client has trouble listening to the photographer's instructions.

Silent film directed by Georges Demenÿ for Gaumont. An actual remake of the Lumiére brothers' "Démolition d'un mur" (1896).

A re-telling of the classic tale of Faust in all of two minutes by French filmmaker Alice Guy.

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...

A boy is fishing in a stream when some others see an opportunity for mischief.

Several dogs copiously "water" a rose on a lawn. A young lover arrives, delicately picks the flower and offers it to his beloved.

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...

Armand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu ("Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu", by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D'Orviet) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early...

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

Soldiers ambush a house. This is Gaumont's version, not to be confused with the less accessible Lumière of the same title from the same year....

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

1900 Gaumont version of the ubiquitous Serpentine dance, this one hand tinted. Filmmaker anonymous. (not to be mistaken with Alice...

Scene of the last supper.

Gentlemen get into a misunderstanding over absinthe. There is no known credited director for this film, although the attribution usually goes for...