Societe L Gaumont Et Compagnie Movies

It was the first film version of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Alice Guy directed a now lost phonoscene (film that relied on a chronophone sound recording that the actors in the film lip-synced with) version of...

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.

Starring 'Les Omers' as a bunch of bricklayers causing trouble for the local cops.

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...

Scene of the last supper.

A man dancing at a party finds one of his socks has fallen down. Retreating where no one can see him, he removes the offending item. the consequences...

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

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

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...

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

Cops chase a pair of burglars on the rooftops of the city. Gaston Breteau filmed the original film in early 1898 for Lumiére, and also the...

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

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

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

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

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....

The fairy at a cabbage patch hovers over the babies. This is a remake of Guy's 1896 film on the same subject, this time shot in 35 mm.

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...