Alice Guy-Blaché — Director (50)
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The Dream Woman (1914) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Dream Woman
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Fraunie Fraunholz / Claire Whitney …
In this story the hero is haunted by a beautiful young woman who tries to stab him to death with a knife. This fantasy recurs on each of his birthdays, becoming more and more real as the years go on. He leaves home to secure a place as groom, but arrives at his destination too late. Forced to retrace his steps, he seeks shelter in a little inn, forgetting that the hour of his birth is approaching. In the middle of the night he awakens, terrified with fright… Based on Wilkie Collins' novel “The Dream Woman”.
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Falling Leaves (1912) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Falling Leaves
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Mace Greenleaf / Blanche Cornwall …
other title: Les feuilles chéant
It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a teenage girl named Winifred. Winifred's mother and little sister Trixie are devastated. When Trixie hears the family doctor say of Winifred that "when the last leaf falls, she will have passed away," she interprets the doctor's words literally. Thinking over what she has heard, she determines to do everything possible to save her sister.
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The Race for the Sausage (1907) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Course à la saucisse
director: Alice Guy-Blaché
other title: Course à la saucisse / La Course à la saucisse …
A dog runs away with a length of sausage. Chaos erupts as the butcher chasing the dog collides with bystanders who angrily follow.
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In the Year 2000 (1912) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
In the Year 2000
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Darwin Karr / Blanche Cornwall …
A remake for the US market of Alice Guy's Les Résultats du féminisme. The film is considered to be lost.
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Clown, Dog and Balloon (1905) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Clown, chien et ballon
director: Alice Guy-Blaché
other title: Clown, chien et ballon / Clown, Chien et Ballon
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.
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The Hierarchies of Love (1906) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
La hiérarchie dans l'amour
director: Alice Guy-Blaché
other title: La hiérarchie dans l'amour / La Hiérarchie dans l'amour
A pretty maid is out walking and encounters a series of military men, starting with a private, who lose her to higher ranks.
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Disappearing Act (1898) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Scène d'escamotage
director: Alice Guy-Blaché / Georges Hatot …
other title: Scène d'escamotage
An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed, Gaston Breteau, Alice Guy or Georges Hatot.
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On the Barricade (1907) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Sur la barricade
director: Alice Guy-Blaché
other title: Sur la barricade / L'Enfant sur la barricade …
During the Paris Commune, a boy runs across trouble at the barricade. The film is now attributed to Alice Guy-Blaché by the Gaumont company, although there is some debate about whether it was directed by Étienne Arnaud.