Alice Guy Blaché's Films (surviving ones)
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New Love and the Old (1912) (Copy at the Library of Congress)
New Love and the Old (1912) (Copy at the Library of Congress)
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- DirectorAlice GuyStarsAlice GuyGermaine SerandYvonne SerandThe first film directed by a female director, "The Cabbage Fairy" presents a brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. Gently moving through the cabbages and using of lovely gestures, she takes one baby out of there, then makes more magic and delivers two more.
- DirectorAlice GuyAlice Guy's brief THE BURGLARS takes a classic cops-and-robbers set-up and places it upon the roofs of Paris circa late-1800s (albeit a Méliès-like set that approximates the city skyline). Second-story men have considerable difficulties once the French police get involved!
- DirectorAlice GuyIt could be said that the essence of comedy is the misfortune of others. Among other things, of course. In THE FISHERMAN AT THE STREAM, our fisherman is set upon by a band of swimmers (for the sake of humor). Where there is water, someone should be thrown in. When attacked, fight back!
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- DirectorAlice GuyThe Magnetizer uses his powers to change the costumes of the three other players.
- DirectorAlice GuySome boys and a dog play in a stream.
- DirectorAlice GuyAs the title of this Alice Guy war-themed short describes, there is a surprise attack on (or near) a house. The time of day is impossible to verify. Daybreak, evidently. With no particular set-up for the action, it is up to the viewer to decide why these men are here and why there are on the attack.
- DirectorAlice GuyDISAPPEARING ACT represents, as you might suspect, a magic act. Not any ordinary act, however. More of a "metamorphosis" in the hands of director Alice Guy. In the parlance of the era, the short is an example of a "trick" film (in that the magic performance is a result of camera trickery and not by any slight-of-hand by the performers). A trifle, perhaps, which crosses momentarily into the realm of the supernatural but nonetheless entertaining.
- DirectorAlice GuyA cadger, pretending to be blind, turns round little finger constabulary, putting instead of itself nothing unsuspecting inhabitant.
- DirectorAlice GuyA customer places an order at a cafe. While reading his newspaper he doesn't pay attention to the bottles brought by the waiter.
- DirectorAlice GuyEveryone knows that mixing gambling and liquor can produce unexpected and occasionally dangerous results. As true today as it was back in the late-1800s (when this dramatic short subject was made).
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsLoie FullerLoie Fuller performs the serpentine dance.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsMme. Ondine
- DirectorAlice Guy#sinopsis A fairy appears on the screen in the middle of a garden, giving birth to a baby of a cabbage.
- DirectorAlice GuyHand-tinted film of a couple dance on a stage.
- DirectorAlice GuyPreserved by Filmoteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, PIERRETTE'S ESCAPADES retains the original hand-tinting from the film's release in 1900. Director Alice Guy adapts a brief sequence from the ballet of Arlequin and Pierrette (essentially condensing much of the narrative in under two minutes) to provide some context for a little era-appropriate dancing.
- DirectorAlice GuyChildren play tricks on the landlady, but a potential renter gets doused with the bucket of water.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsHenri VallouyFilmmaker Alice Guy creates something of an oddity with this one-minute comedy. An inventor and his assistant create a machine that, true to its title, makes hats and grinds sausages! The absurdity of the device is beside the point. Or, rather, it is the point.
- DirectorAlice GuyYou aren't imaging things. This short, filmed on the aforementioned Avenue de l'Opera in Paris, is backward as intended. As a bit of excessive cleverness, the music (a recent addition) is scored (or, rather, recorded) back-to-front as well. If you'd ever wondered what things were like in the most famous city in France at the beginning of the twentieth century and, specifically, in reverse, now you'll know.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsHarry RelphThis funny individual will make you laugh until your sides ache. He is funny in all his actions, yet when he puts on his shoes you can imagine the noise he can make when he dances an ordinary clog. The shoes referred to are made of some elastic material which enables Little Tich to bow almost to the floor without bending his legs, the spring in the shoes carrying him down and up again. He places his hat on the floor and, leaning over on the toes of his wonderful shoes, dips his head into the hat and comes up without having to move from the spot or to bend his legs. He is a comical looking sight at best, being made up to suit the part, and he will make you laugh whether you want to or not.
- DirectorAlice GuyA man turns up to have his photograph taken. He and the photographer have different views concerning the composition of the photo.
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- DirectorAlice GuyA woman embodies the movement of a butterfly.
- DirectorAlice GuySurgery is performed at the turn of the century.
- DirectorAlice GuyPresumably, this is one in a series of four short dance performances devoted to the seasons. WINTER, SNOW DANCE appears to be the only one of these films to survive (although it isn't clear if Alice Guy made the other three or not). Note the unusual copyright notice that appears momentarily in the lower right-hand corner of the screen and then disappears just as quickly. Numerous tricks of this sort were used during the era to discourage counterfeiting and illegal distribution.
- DirectorAlice GuyA woman performs a music hall act with her extremely well-trained dogs.
- DirectorAlice GuyMarried couples can never quite seem to get along. Not even for a minute! In this one-minute Alice Guy short, they're not content with fighting alone. They'll fight with anyone.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsAlice GuyGermaine SerandYvonne SerandA young couple go shopping for a baby.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsLine EshrardSerpentine dance by Lina Esbrard, playing with all the layers of the costume.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgbNYmQKWGk
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsFerdinand ZeccaAn uncharacteristic "trick" film from Alice Guy. The fellow prepares for his bath. And prepares. And prepares.
- DirectorAlice GuyA re-telling of the classic tale of Faust in all of two minutes by French filmmaker Alice Guy (later known as Alice Guy-Blaché).
- DirectorAlice GuyTrue to its title, THE TANGO is a brief document of a tango. As was common for the era, the film is hand-tinted.
- DirectorAlice GuyIn this brief, hand-tinted short featuring the titular Malagueña (a woman from Málaga) and a bullfighter, the couple perform a little dance for your viewing pleasure.
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- DirectorAlice GuyA clown and his dog bounce a balloon in the air, making sure that it never touches the ground.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsMadame SaharetDon MorenoFrench filmmaker Alice Guy documents a short dance performance in this hand-tinted short.
- DirectorAlice GuyIn this early comedy short, the O'Mers appear as bricklayers. All havoc breaks loose, accordingly.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsFélix MayolFélix Mayol sings in front of a stage curtain draped in the antique style and decorated with lily of the valley, the singer's favorite flower.
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- DirectorAlice GuyA living statue causes problems for unsuspecting clowns.
- DirectorAlice GuyAlms for the poor! A vagabond magician teaches a moral lesson in this Alice Guy short from 1905. When charity comes your way, pass it along.
- DirectorAlice GuyA rooster sits on its perch, crows, and flaps its wings.
- DirectorAlice GuyAlice Guy films the sea and the ocean in the beginning of cinema.
- DirectorRomeo BosettiAlice GuyStarsRomeo BosettiComedy is benefited by originality. In this Alice Guy short, an alcoholic is inadvertently sewn in to a mattress. With that unique premise, havoc ensues.
- DirectorAlice GuyA young boy tries to stop a few bad men from doing bad things in Alice Guy's silent short from 1906.
- DirectorAlice GuyPerhaps you're familiar with lycanthropy? More commonly known as a "werewolf" (a man that becomes a wolf), lycanthropes are a type of therianthrope. In this silent short from the early 1900s, we learn the truth about a man that becomes an ape. Evolution in reverse? Naturally, unexpected adjustments occur as "normal" folks adapt to the ape-man and vice versa.
- DirectorAlice GuyA parish priest and his parishioners can't afford the a baby Jesus for their Nativity Scene, so they pray for one and angels and the Virgin Mary appear to answers their prayers.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHere_6evEA
- DirectorAlice GuyAn unfortunate man has quite the tumble in a barrel.
- DirectorAlice GuyIn a society in which gender roles are switched, will men tolerate being unequal?
- DirectorAlice GuyAn upper class lady goes to the post office and takes her maid with her to help with the stamp affixing.
- DirectorAlice GuyWhen there is a prize involved, folks will do just about anything. Run an obstacle course? Of course! Madness ensues.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsFélix MayolFelix Mayol performs in color.
- DirectorAlice GuyThe Spring Fairy gives a beautiful gift to a welcoming couple.
- DirectorAlice GuyThe life of Jesus Christ in 25 scenes.
- DirectorAlice GuyA soldier meets a girl on a stroll and offers to carry her basket. But when they encounter his superior officer, his superior takes over and escorts the girl, until he, in turn, runs into a higher ranking officer. And on so it goes.
- StarsÉtienne ArnaudAlice GuyA behind the scenes look at Alice Guy Blanche directing one of her films.
- DirectorAlice GuyA heavily pregnant woman has a series of irrepressible cravings while walking with her family.
- DirectorAlice GuyA tumultuous time in French history affects the life of one particular man, an innocent bystander swept up in the confusion around him.
- DirectorAlice GuyThis is the story of a pot of glue and the over interfering boy. Finding a pot of glue, the lad immediately proceeds to apply it to everything in sight. Accordingly, the stairway, lawn seat and a bicycle seat and handles are liberally daubed, so that those coming in contact experience much inconvenience in liberating themselves. "He who laughs last laughs best," can also be applied in this instance, as, in giving vent to his amusement, the lad falls back on to the pot and is unable to liberate himself.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeAlice GuyThe library of a modern home is shown, husband, wife and child each occupied in their particular diversions. The maid is called in, who dresses the child in street garments, and the two leave the house for a stroll. Entering the park, they walk through the lanes and avenues, the little girl running ahead and skipping the rope. Finding a vacant bench, the maid takes possession and presently dozes off. The little girl playfully runs away and accidentally comes upon the scene of a "holdup," whereupon, unobserved by the footpads, she ties her rope across the passageway through which the robbers must of necessity flee. As anticipated, the robbers, in attempting to escape, trip over the rope and become entangled. In the meantime, our young heroine runs out on the public thoroughfare and gives the alarm, to which two officers respond, whom she leads to the spot, where they capture the "hold-up" men. Our little girl runs farther on, and coming to the brink of the river, observes a blind man who is about to attempt to cross an open draw of a bridge. Through herculean efforts she manipulates the mechanism of the bridge just in the nick of time, thereby saving the life of a poor blind man. The next scene shows three intoxicated men staggering down a street, oblivious to all danger. A train of cars is about to cross the street Our heroine, noticing the deathtrap into which the intoxicated men are about to stagger, runs ahead and closes the gate, thereby impeding their progress and consequently saving them, from injury and possible death. The nurse, upon waking, discovers that her charge is gone, and scurries away in search of the little girl; not finding her, she returns home and reports to the frantic parents that their child is lost. The little girl now rambles on aimlessly, and discovering her plight, tells a passing police officer that she is lost, whereupon she is brought to the headquarters, where she gives her name and address, with which information they soon notify her parents by telephone and dispatch an officer home with her. Arriving home, she is received joyously, and the scene closes, showing the little girl comically scolding the maid for her carelessness, then followed by forgiveness and embraces.
- DirectorAlice GuyShort documentary of the dirigible coming out of the hangar and flying.
- DirectorAlice GuyA man starts playing a piano. Neighbors hearing the music begin dancing, and are drawn to the music, dropping what they are doing to join the impromptu dance party.
- DirectorAlice GuyAlice Guy (later known as Alice Guy-Blaché) tackles the subject of bad parenting in this dramatic, tear-jerking short.
- DirectorAlexander ButlerAlice GuyStarsRomaine FieldingVinnie BurnsEd BradyIn the eastern part of New Mexico is locate the little mining town of Gatlach. There, however, we find an active mining camp dependent largely upon the famous Gatlach mine for its existence. Living in the camp we find Florence, who is loved by Jake. Florence, too, loves Jake. A new superintendent arrives to take charge of the mining property. The new arrival meets Florence and the man and girl fall in love. Discontent among the Mexican and half-breed miners develops. They mutiny, coming to the office making demands which the super promptly refuses and orders them from the place. The ruffians withdraw to arm themselves and then plan an attack upon the office and the death of their boss. Jake overhears the plot, and while he has no love for Harry, determines for the sake of Florence to save them. He rushes to the office and warns them just as the mob appears. They are pursued and finally take refuge in a narrow pass. With only one horse, escape for the party is impossible. Jake forces Harry against his will to take the horse and Florence and escape. They depart seeking aid, which is found in the shape of a troop of cavalry out scouting. Thus reinforced, they rush back to Jake's aid, but too late, he has fought his last fight and given up his life for those dear to him.Copy at the Library of Congress
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsBlanche CornwallFrances GibsonMr. Newlywed will not allow his wife to have a dog. Her uncle, taking pity on her, goes out to buy one. Meanwhile, Wilkens and his wife, butler and maid to the Newlyweds are informed they must retrieve their "secret" child from friends who were watching her. Uncle comes home with the dog, a cute puppy, and shows his niece. He hides it in the sideboard. Mr. Newlywed shows the uncle an article in the paper about a mad dog running wild in Passaic (Solax Film Co. was located in Ft. Lee, NJ). Quickly, Uncle sneaks the puppy out in his coat. The Wilkens' bring their baby in and hide him/her in the same sideboard! Mrs. Newlywed feels guilty and writes Mr. a note telling him to look in the sideboard and not to be to angry for she will never deceive him again. He looks and, seeing the baby, screams, bring everyone into the room, including Uncle with the puppy. Soon, all is straightened out and all ends happily.Copy at the Library of Congress
- DirectorAlice GuyHarry SchenckEdward WarrenStarsBilly QuirkMary FoyAlgie Allmore has one year to prove he's a man in order to wed Harry Lyons' daughter.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsMace GreenleafBlanche CornwallMarian SwayneTrixie believe the only way she can save her older sister from dying of tuberculosis is by preventing the autumn leaves from falling, so one night she steals into the garden in her nightie and fastens fallen leaves to branches with twine.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsBilly QuirkBlanche CornwallLee BeggsA father who is obsessed with music won't let his daughter marry anyone who isn't a musician, so the girl's fiancé poses as a violin player
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsLee BeggsBlanche CornwallA recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsFraunie FraunholzMarian SwayneA married couple decide to "live separately together."
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsFraunie FraunholzMarian SwayneA man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsCarlyle BlackwellDoris KenyonEdgar NortonAn abused woman finds love in the arms of a famous novelist.