Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

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

A boy is fishing in a stream when some others see an opportunity for mischief.

A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.

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

A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow. "L'Hiver: Danse de la neige" is the fourth and last film of the series DANSE DES SAISONS. "Le...

An abused young woman finds safety and love in the arms of a famous novelist.

An old woman in Frederick, Maryland during the U.S. Civil War displays her American flag in defiance of the armies of Confederate general Thomas J....

Behind-the-scenes footage showing Alice Guy directing an early sound film.

Cops chase a pair of burglars on the rooftops of the city. Gaston Breteau filmed the original film in early 1898 for Lumiére, and also the...

Ragna "Rags" Jansen has found local success and acclaim in her small town as an actress, but dreams of stardom on Broadway.

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...

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

A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."

A wonderful midwife helps a rich couple pick out a baby from her cabbage patch.

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

A bullfighter dances with a woman.

Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.

Detective Dublin Dan pursues a gang of counterfeiters including the leader, John Forsythe, who just escaped from prison.

Young Martha Redmond, a poor girl from a small town, leaves to find a singing career in New York City. She doesn't find success as a singer, but...