Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

A bullfighter dances with a woman.

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

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.

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.

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...

Alice Guy films the sea.

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

Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.

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...

Scene of the last supper.

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

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

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.

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