Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

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

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...

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

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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

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

Mme. Bob Walter performs the serpentine dance.

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

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

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

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.

Soldiers ambush a house.

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

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

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...

Polin performs a song.