Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

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 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...

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

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...

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

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...

Melodrama with the trappings of a military firm

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

A boy spreads glue all over town.

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

An early sound-synchronized short of a rooster crowing.

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.

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...

Early short film by Emile Cohl

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

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.