Alice Guy-Blaché Movies

Bank official Hanlin Davis is ruined in the stock market. Desperate, he fails to rob the bank but kills someone in the attempt. His wife Thora goes...

A father shoots his son dead because, lured by the offer of a watch, he revealed to the police where his father had hidden smugglers who had come to...

Armand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu ("Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu", by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D'Orviet) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early...

A dancer personifying Winter, dances in the snow.

Peggy Wilson has recently become an orphan and a ward of the Waston family. She’s also inherited the late Robert Wilson’s vast fortune,...

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...

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

Cops chase a pair of burglars on the rooftops of the city.

A woman shows off her trained dogs.

Cute one-trick doggie show. The backdrop is beautifully detailed, yet the illusion of depth is humorously broken by the balloon bouncing off the set.

Mme. Bob Walter performs the serpentine dance.

Madame Ondine performs a serpentine dance surrounded by big cats.

Scene of the last supper.

A group of kids play in a stream.

After the success of his painting "The Empress," artist DeBaudry (William Morse) takes his model, Nedra (Doris Kenyon), to a roadhouse and,...

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

A rich man rewards a tramp for defending him from muggers with a large sum of money in the form of a single bank note. Nobody can cash the big bill...

An early sound-synchronized short of a rooster crowing.

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