Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

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...

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

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

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...

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

A piano entices anyone who comes near.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Soldiers ambush a house.

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