Alice Guy-Blaché — Director (17)
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Eccentric Dance (1902) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Danse excentrique
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Lina Esbrard
other title: Danse excentrique / Danza excéntrica …
"Danse excentrique" (Gaumont #587) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be confused with "Danse serpentine" (Gaumont #588, the only extant film in the series), "Danse fantaisiste" (Gaumont #589) or "La Gigue" (Gaumont #590).
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Clown, Dog and Balloon (1905) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Clown, chien et ballon
director: Alice Guy-Blaché
other title: Clown, chien et ballon / Clown, Chien et Ballon
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.
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Dranem Performs The True Jiu-Jitsu (1905) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le vrai jiu-jitsu
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Dranem
other title: Le vrai jiu-jitsu / Dranem Performs 'The True Jiu-Jitsu' …
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 form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Dranem, who was then filmed "lip singing". Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque celebrities in France: Polin, Félix Mayol, and Dranem.
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How Monsieur Takes His Bath (1903) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Comment monsieur prend son bain
director: Alice Guy-Blaché / Ferdinand Zecca
other title: Comment monsieur prend son bain
A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes. There is no credited director for this film. Modern attributions go to either Alice Guy or Ferdinand Zecca, according to the PG archives.
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The Girl in the Arm-Chair (1912) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Girl in the Arm-Chair
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Blanche Cornwall / Mace Greenleaf …
Peggy Wilson has recently become an orphan and a ward of the Waston family. She’s also inherited the late Robert Wilson’s vast fortune, which puts her very much in Mr. Waston’s favor. He would like his son, Frank, to marry Peggy, but Peggy “is not his style” and “her money is no inducement”.
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Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder (1900) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Chapellerie et charcuterie mécaniques
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Henri Vallouy
other title: Chapellerie et charcuterie mécaniques / Chapellerie et charcuterie mécanique
A machine churns out sausages on one side and spits out hats on the other. The director of this film is not credited in any contemporary catalogues or trade publications, or attributed to anyone by scholars or primary sources, however Alice Guy-Blaché is the most probable candidate.
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A Sticky Woman (1906) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
La Femme collante
director: Alice Guy-Blaché
other title: Die klebrige Frau / La Femme collante …
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.
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A Fool and His Money (1912) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Fool and His Money
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: James Russell
other title: Der Dummkopf und das Geld / 富贵浮云 …
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 to enjoy a shopping spree, buying new clothes, jewelry and a car with a driver. Back home, Lindy flips for Sam and his newfound wealth, and dumps the rival. Sam throws an engagement party where he indulges in a friendly game of cards with his former rival and another man, who unbeknownst to Sam, is a card shark.
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At the Floral Ball (1900) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Au Bal de flore
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Miss Lally / Miss Julyett
other title: Au Bal de flore / Au bal de Flore …
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 filmmaker Alice Guy.