Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

Bank official Hanlin Davis is ruined in the stock market. Desperate, he fails to rob the bank but kills someone in the attempt. His wife Thora goes...

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 woman shows off her trained dogs.

A young man of high social position sacrifices his home and family for a girl of the stage. Cast off by his family, the young man finds that he is...

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

A landlady is taunted by neighborhood kids.

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

A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow.

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...

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

Ragna "Rags" Jansen has found local success and acclaim in her small town as an actress, but dreams of stardom on Broadway.

A boy spreads glue all over town.

Early short film by Emile Cohl

A bullfighter dances with a woman.

Bob Burton is a misogynist who spends time with other men who share his views, but Bob's friends play a role when he shows that he's not completely...

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

The film was taken the 27th of May, 1906 during the Gran Corrida organized by the Press Association of Nîmes. Although lost, it should not be...

Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.