Movies

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

A biodoc about the first female filmmaker and her relative disappearance from the history of cinema after directing, producing, and writing more than...

A re-telling of the classic tale of Faust in all of two minutes by French filmmaker Alice Guy.

A poor boy is mistreated by his stepmother when his father isn't present.

"Les Fredaines de Pierrette" is the collective name of four short films of 20 meters each ("Arrivée de Pierrette et de Pierrot",...

A father who is determined his daughter should marry a count leading the boyfriend to dress up as the count to thwart his plans.

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

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

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed,...

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...

A woman performs the tango.

Based on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo.

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...

Persis Cabot, the daughter of a multi-millionaire meets young officer Harvey Forbes and falls in love but cannot marry him because of her...

During the Paris Commune, a boy runs across trouble at the barricade. The film is now attributed to Alice Guy-Blaché by the Gaumont company,...

Felix Mayol performs Théodore Botrel's 'Lilas-blanc'.

A hypnotist tricks his patients. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed, Gaston Breteau, Alice...