Gaston Velle Movies

A young woman becomes pregnant and attempts to provide for her child after the father leaves her.

A beautiful seductive fairy makes gentle winged creatures appear.

An evil magician visits the rajah's palace to perform his magic tricks, but he also steals a valuable casket making his getaway aboard a dragon. The...

An Italian movie about Othello.

An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.

Under cover of a disguise, Santa approaches Saint-Anthony's hut and, via various tricks, sets out to try his faith. Will good triumph over evil?

A fairly venturesome piece of filmmaking for the era: Based on the Jules Verne story, the film utilizes a dozen cuts, irised lenses, panning shots...

A boy is put to bed by his mother, but when she leaves the room, he pulls out a book. Dropping off to sleep, he begins to dream. The wall behind him...

The stages that a caterpillar goes through, from larvae to chrysalis, to become a butterfly.

Gaston Velle's 'Les Fleurs Animées' was screened by the Australian-based Corrick Family Entertainers as part of their variety act. In their...

A gentleman returns to his home office to find that the porter is smoking his cigars and has the housemaid on his knee.

A trick film by Gaston Velle

A couple steals food from a grocery store. To stop them from repeating their crime, the cunning salesman electrifies his shop.

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive...

As soon as his back is turned, Columbine is making out with Harlequin. So when he catches them at it, Gaston Séverin as Pierrot strikes her as...

A couple performs the Ruffian's Dance.

Harlequin is walking in a garden with Columbine. As he moves away to the distance and leaves her on her own, Mephisto appears, from inside a well,...

Short film showcasing a circus clown act.

This exquisitely coloured film features a series of models rotating slowly in front of the camera, allowing close-up views of their various...

This is an incomplete fragment of a longer film, so doesn’t make much sense, but it’s very beautiful and colourful with plenty of...