Alice Guy-Blaché — Director (50)
Midwife to the Upper Class (1902) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Sage-femme de première classe
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Germaine Serand / Yvonne Serand
other title: Sage-femme de première classe / Midwife to the Upper Classes
A wonderful midwife helps a rich couple pick out a baby from her cabbage patch.
Dance of the Seasons: Winter, Snow Dance (1900) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Danse des saisons - L'Hiver: Danse de la neige
director: Alice Guy-Blaché
other title: Danse des saisons : L'hiver, danse de la neige / Danse des saisons - L'Hiver: Danse de la neige
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 Printemps: Danse des roses", "L'Eté: Danse de la moisson" and "L'Automne: Danse des vendanges" are lost or unlocated.
Eccentric Dance (1902) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Danse excentrique
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Lina Esbrard
other title: Danse excentrique / Danza excéntrica
"Danse excentrique" (Gaumont #587) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be confused with "Danse serpentine" (Gaumont #588, the only extant film in the series), "Danse fantaisiste" (Gaumont #589) or "La Gigue" (Gaumont #590).
The Girl in the Arm-Chair (1912) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Girl in the Arm-Chair
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Blanche Cornwall / Mace Greenleaf
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, which puts her very much in Mr. Waston’s favor. He would like his son, Frank, to marry Peggy, but Peggy “is not his style” and “her money is no inducement”.
The Rolling Bed (1907) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le lit à roulettes
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Georges Bazot
other title: Le lit à roulettes / Le Lit à roulettes
An impecunious chap is unable to pay his rent, whereupon he is ejected, but all his furniture is retained and he is allowed to remove only his rolling bed. Pulling this a few blocks, he is exhausted and lies down on the bed to rest. He is soon the center of attraction, and the crowd continues to gather, when the police order him away, and as he refuses to move he is started off by the officers, who guide him for a time, but are forcibly deterred by indignant citizens from further interference. The impecunious man and his bed, which gains momentum as it runs down the inclines, cause much excitement en route, and finally arrive at the business center, where it comes to a stop alongside the walk. Our friend has purloined a fur coat and an auto horn on his tour, and now presents a modern chauffeur. (Gaumont catalogue)
Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka" (1905) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
La polka des trottins
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Félix Mayol
other title: La polka des trottins / La Polka des trottins
Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Mayol, who was then filmed "lip singing". Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque celebrities in France: Polin, Félix Mayol, and Dranem.
Pierrette's Escapades (1900) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Les Fredaines de Pierrette
director: Alice Guy-Blaché actor: Julia Petit / Melle de Fretières
other title: Les Fredaines de Pierrette / Pierrette
"Les Fredaines de Pierrette" is the collective name of four short films of 20 meters each ("Arrivée de Pierrette et de Pierrot", "Arrivée d'Arlequin", "Suite de la danse", and "Départ d'Arlequin et de Pierrette"), attributed to Alice Guy (although not confirmed in any primary source), in which Columbine resists Pierrette's courting in favor of Harlequin. From July 1901, the series were made available hand-colored.
A Sticky Woman (1906) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
La femme collante
director: Alice Guy-Blaché
other title: Die klebrige Frau / La femme collante
A lady uses her maid to lick her stamps, when an overtly excited man notices the maid, forcibly kisses her, and they wind up stuck to each other.