Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

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...

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

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...

Actuality film of miners entering a mine.

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

A woman shows off her trained dogs.

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

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...

Detective Dublin Dan pursues a gang of counterfeiters including the leader, John Forsythe, who just escaped from prison.

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

A woman wearing dragonfly wings performs a romantic dreamlike dance.

A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow. "L'Hiver: Danse de la neige" is the fourth and last film of the series DANSE DES SAISONS. "Le...

A short film about a dirigible.

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

An early Kinora demonstration film.

A woman performs the tango.

Polin performs a song.