Alice Guy-Blaché — Director (50)
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The Dream Woman (1914) 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)
Falling Leaves
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Mace Greenleaf / Blanche Cornwall …
other title: Les feuilles chéant / 落叶 …
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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In the Year 2000 (1912) IMDb TMDB
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) WikiData IMDb TMDB
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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Disappearing Act (1898) WikiData IMDb TMDB
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) WikiData IMDb TMDB
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.