Alice Guy-Blaché

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 brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost or never existed. Copies...

This is a compilation of some of the films that Alice Guy filmed in Spain from mid-October to the end of November, 1905 (catalogue numbers 1371 to...

Behind-the-scenes footage showing Alice Guy directing an early sound film.

An early Kinora demonstration film.

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first...

A biodoc about the first female filmmaker and her relative disappearance from the history of cinema.

The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances...

Lost short film

A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost or never existed. Copies...

A 3 Part Collection of More Than 75 Early Films by Alice Guy, Louis Feuillade and Léonce Perret. The invention of cinema—and its growth...

Silent, b&w, 35 mm.

Remake of the 1895 by the Lumière Brothers. A similar scene is filmed from a different angle, and a young man has replaced the prankster child.

A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.

An early sound-synchronized short of a rooster crowing.

Early "photoscene" (chronograph #7 in Gaumont catalogue) showing a performance of the cake walk. Also known as "Cake-walk nègre" by many...

Saharet performs the bolero for Alice Guy.

Polin performs a song.

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...

Dranem performs "Five O'Clock Tea" for Alice Guy.

Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.

Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early...

Felix Mayol performs Théodore Botrel's 'Lilas-blanc'.

The stations of Christ's life are segmented into a series of performative tableaux.

A bunch of people run an obstacle course all around town.

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

A lady uses her maid to lick her stamps, when an overtly excited man notices the maid, forcibly kisses her, and they wind up stuck to each other.

A pretty maid is out walking and encounters a series of military men, starting with a private, who lose her to higher ranks.

A poor boy is mistreated by his stepmother when his father isn't present.

An alcoholic is inadvertently sewn into a mattress.

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...

A balding man drinks a whole bottle of hair tonic. The unexpected surplus of hair promises a successful showbiz career for him and his wife.

It's a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?

Alice Guy films the sea.

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

A dog runs away with a length of sausage. Chaos erupts as the butcher chasing the dog collides with bystanders who angrily follow.

A boy spreads glue all over town.

A four-year-old saves the day.

An impecunious chap is unable to pay his rent, whereupon he is ejected, but all his furniture is retained and he is allowed to remove only his...

A piano entices anyone who comes near.

During the Paris Commune, a boy runs across trouble at the barricade.

A short film about a dirigible.

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

Silent film

A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.

A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost or never existed. Copies...

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...

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

A group of kids play in a stream.

Mme. Bob Walter performs the serpentine dance.

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop.

A hypnotist tricks his patients.

Cops chase a pair of burglars on the rooftops of the city.

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

Some men get into hijinks at a sidewalk cafe.

Gentlemen get into a misunderstanding over absinthe.

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

A machine churns out sausages on one side and spits out hats on the other.

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

A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow.

A landlady is taunted by neighborhood kids.

George Mélies made a version of this a few years later, often titled Une Indigestion, but Guy-Blaché’s earlier film Chirurgie Fin...

Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favour of Harlequin in this hand-coloured short by Alice Guy.

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...

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.

"Danse excentrique" (Gaumont #587) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be...

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

A fighting couple gets interrupted by the landlady.

A woman shows off her trained dogs.

A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes.

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

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

A living statue causes trouble for unsuspecting bystanders.

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

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.

This is a compilation of some of the films that Alice Guy filmed in Spain from mid-October to the end of November, 1905 (catalogue numbers 1371 to...

Serpentine dance.

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

A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."

The Professor will not allow his daughter to marry a non-musician, but Billy, her would-be suitor, cannot play a single note. When he is about to...

Butterfly dance.

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...

Actuality film of miners entering a mine.

Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.

"This funny individual will make you laugh until your sides ache. He is funny in all his actions, yet when he puts on his shoes you can imagine the...

Alice Guy's version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum. This film is partially lost.

A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.

A woman wearing dragonfly wings performs a romantic dreamlike dance.

The stations of Christ's life are segmented into a series of performative tableaux.

A lady uses her maid to lick her stamps, when an overtly excited man notices the maid, forcibly kisses her, and they wind up stuck to each other.

Heroine Stella is not a "tigress" at all, but instead a loving wife and mother. All this changes when the despotic and rapacious Governor of Euturia,...

Scene of the last supper.

Peggy Wilson has recently become an orphan and a ward of the Waston family. She’s also inherited the late Robert Wilson’s vast fortune,...

Inspired by a Robert W. Service poem, the story concerns a Parisian demimonde named Lucille who becomes the model of an aspiring artist named Robert....

Inspired by a Robert W. Service poem, the story concerns a Parisian demimonde named Lucille who becomes the model of an aspiring artist named Robert....

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...

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

A bullfighter dances with a woman.

Georges Hatot and Gaston Bretaeau with Henri Vallouy, a Gaumont employee, acting as cinematographer. Breteau himself seems to have taken the main...

Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.

A remake for the US market of Alice Guy's Les Résultats du féminisme. The film is considered to be lost.

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

When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.

Alice Guy-Blaché's second film for Gaumont.

Alice Guy-Blaché's third film for Gaumont.

A rich man rewards a tramp for defending him from muggers with a large sum of money in the form of a single bank note. Nobody can cash the big bill...

"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...

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...

It's a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?

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

Unable to pay his rent, the lodger tries moving out his goods along a board through a nearby window.

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...

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...

1914 silent film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché

When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.

During the Mexican Revolution, a female spy for the Mexican guerrilla fighters falls in love with an American lieutenant. When he is captured and...

A young couple is trying to get together while the girl's father is trying to break them up.

Charlotte Baker is drugged and taken to a brothel by Paul, her fiance, who in reality is a pimp. To find her, Charlotte's family contacts the...

Charlotte Baker is drugged and taken to a brothel by Paul, her fiance, who in reality is a pimp. To find her, Charlotte's family contacts the...

The Vampire is a surviving 1915 silent film drama directed by Alice Guy and starring Olga Petrova. It is one of Petrova's and Guy's few surviving...

The Vampire is a surviving 1915 silent film drama directed by Alice Guy and starring Olga Petrova. It is one of Petrova's and Guy's few surviving...

A woman plans to dress her fiancé as a heroic tramp in order to impress her father, but a real tramp intervenes in his place.

Soldiers ambush a house.

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...

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...

The head of the family, in search of money, dons the clothes left by the village priest. He commits a terrible deed, and later, the priest learns of...

The head of the family, in search of money, dons the clothes left by the village priest. He commits a terrible deed, and later, the priest learns of...

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

Daisy Jones had been married just a year when her husband failed to kiss her one morning, and she decided that he did not love her any more.

A silent film, likely about someone leaving a bath

The Professor will not allow his daughter to marry a non-musician, but Billy, her would-be suitor, cannot play a single note. When he is about to...

1900 Gaumont version of the ubiquitous Serpentine dance, this one hand tinted. Filmmaker anonymous.

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 young girl is trying to live an honest life in a crooked city. Caught up with a crook that might be the son of a millionaire and other crooked...

"La Gigue" (Gaumont #590) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be confused with...

"Danse fantaisiste" (Gaumont #589) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be...

"Danse serpentine" (Gaumont #588) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be...

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

A runaway barrel wreaks havoc all over the city.

Behind-the-scenes footage showing Alice Guy directing an early sound film.

Paul Wellard is leaving home for the city. He goes to say good-bye to his mother and finds her at the organ singing her favorite hymn. For a while he...

An extremely clumsy man tries to clean a woman's house with disastrous results.

Program of 13 short films by Alice Guy made between 1898 and 1907. She is the first fiction filmmaker in the history of cinema. It was she who...

A father who is determined his daughter should marry a count leading the boyfriend to dress up as the count to thwart his plans.

A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."

Peggy Wilson has recently become an orphan and a ward of the Waston family. She’s also inherited the late Robert Wilson’s vast fortune,...

Mixed Pets is an early Alice Guy Blaché comedy about misunderstandings that arise when a new husband refuses to buy his new wife a dog and the...

Alice Guy film.

Alice Guy film.

Old Joel Smith is charged with murder in the first degree. At the trial he pleads in opposition to his own lawyers. He explains that he is now too...

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...

The boy Is a bachelor of thirty who by diligence and perseverance is on the road to success. The boy's success gains him introduction into...

The boy Is a bachelor of thirty who by diligence and perseverance is on the road to success. The boy's success gains him introduction into...

Mrs. Hurley is a wealthy old lady who is rather proud of her antecedents. Her son, a young, clean-cut, college-bred man, like other gilded youths,...

Mrs. Hurley is a wealthy old lady who is rather proud of her antecedents. Her son, a young, clean-cut, college-bred man, like other gilded youths,...

A young man of high social position sacrifices his home and family for a girl of the stage. Cast off by his family, the young man finds that he is...

Nouveau Cirque performs the cake-walk.

The Mannings are a professional couple--she's a doctor, he's a lawyer--who are so absorbed in their careers that they have little time for their...

After the success of his painting "The Empress," artist DeBaudry (William Morse) takes his model, Nedra (Doris Kenyon), to a roadhouse and,...

After the success of his painting "The Empress," artist DeBaudry (William Morse) takes his model, Nedra (Doris Kenyon), to a roadhouse and,...

A brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. This film is lost or never existed. Copies...

Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.

Based on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo.

Based on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo.

A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.

Dick, a young boy hears wondrous tales of London, where the streets are paced with gold. At night he dreams of the capital. The next day he leaves...

Dick, a young boy hears wondrous tales of London, where the streets are paced with gold. At night he dreams of the capital. The next day he leaves...

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

The Mannings are a professional couple--she's a doctor, he's a lawyer--who are so absorbed in their careers that they have little time for their...

Melodrama with the trappings of a military firm

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...

A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.

Alice Guy experiment with visuals and sound by Félix Mayol.

M. Dona appears in this Alice Guy film where he performs the title song.

A white girl, living with her father at the barracks near an Indian reservation, is very kind to a half-breed Indian. He falls in love with her but...

A suffragette gets her husband drunk, leading to an escalating parade of mishaps as more people get drunk on their "lime juice."

A man mistakes a woman's blown kisses as being directed at him. When he comes over to call on her, she attempts to shoo him away, but must hide him...

A parson arrives in the midst of a bunch of wild cowboys. Expecting a male parson, the boys set out in full force to receive him, but on the road...

A man stops to have his shoes polished by a young boy. A woman, passing by, has her garter slip to the ground. She replaces it, raising her skirt to...

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 Jewish man is treated poorly by a member of the upper-class. When tragedy strikes, the Jewish man has an opportunity for revenge, but he turns the...

At a large factory, the workers decide to strike. Although the leader of the workers believes his boss is treating them unfairly, the strike movement...

Three wartime friends, two wealthy, and one poor, reunite at an upscale dinner party. Things take a turn when the poor man is accused of stealing...

Mr. Bruce wins at cards but spends the night desperately trying to protect his winnings from the crooked casino owners.

Selection of hand-painted films made from serpentine dance performances between 1895 and 1907, with original music by Carol Robinson. Produced for...

Two mediocre detectives try and catch a notorious pickpocket. Meanwhile, an innocent man is mistaken for the pickpocket and is forced to put on a...

Two policemen are required to dress as women to catch pickpockets.

Lost short film

A noted philanthropist is captured by a rowdy gang, but one of the children involved resists the gang's insistence that he turn to a life of crime.

Lost short film

A young couple is trying to get together while the girl's father is trying to break them up.

Vinnie, Colonel Beggs' daughter, complains to her father that Lieutenant Sterling is paying her unwelcome attentions. The Colonel assures his...

"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...

Early short film by Emile Cohl