Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop.

Remake of the 1895 by the Lumière Brothers. A similar scene is filmed from a different angle, and a young man has replaced the prankster child.

Several dogs copiously "water" a rose on a lawn. A young lover arrives, delicately picks the flower and offers it to his beloved.

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

A client has trouble listening to the photographer's instructions.

The Spring Fairy gives a beautiful gift to a welcoming couple.

"This 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...

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...

Mrs. Hurley is a wealthy old lady who is rather proud of her antecedents. Her son, a young, clean-cut, college-bred man, like other gilded youths,...

A young couple is trying to get together while the girl's father is trying to break them up.

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

An heiress is saved from the predations of a gang of gentleman crooks by a female detective and her father.

Program of 13 short films by Alice Guy made between 1898 and 1907. She is the first fiction filmmaker in the history of cinema. It was she who...

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

Held at MoMA

A parson arrives in the midst of a bunch of wild cowboys. Expecting a male parson, the boys set out in full force to receive him, but on the road...

Two mediocre detectives try and catch a notorious pickpocket. Meanwhile, an innocent man is mistaken for the pickpocket and is forced to put on a...

Vinnie, Colonel Beggs' daughter, complains to her father that Lieutenant Sterling is paying her unwelcome attentions. The Colonel assures his...