Louis Feuillade

The head of the family, in search of money, dons the clothes left by the village priest. He commits a terrible deed, and later, the priest learns of it; That it was committed in his frock. The priest looks to the Lord for guidance.

This darling compilation of Feuillade's 'Le Printemps' series embodies the joyous feeling of dancing out of winter into the spring.

A little girl, having lost her mother, finds herself on the street, where apaches (French gopniks) take her under their wing, forcing the orphan to steal in return for shelter.

A 3 Part Collection of More Than 75 Early Films by Alice Guy, Louis Feuillade and Léonce Perret. The invention of cinema—and its growth into a sophisticated art form—are vividly brought to life in this massive collection of films from the early years of the influential Gaumont Film Company. Each disc is devoted to one of Gaumont’s artistic directors, who oversaw all film production at the studio, and profoundly influenced not only the identity of the studio but also the evolution of the cinema itself.

Paris is prey to an invisible terror against which the police can do nothing: a sinister organization that sows chaos and death. The intrepid journalist Philippe Guérande and his partner embark on a long crusade to put an end to the crimes of the Great Vampire and Irma Vep, his dangerous accomplice. (A ten episode movie serial.)

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est that Feuillade did in which people were shown as they really are and not as they ought to have been. This one is about Hypocrisy

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

If you’re already familiar with Louis Feuillade, his little-known opus Vendémiaire may come as a surprise. Unlike the bulk of his work which was characterised as ‘Fantastic Realism’, Vendémiaire is wonderfully down-to-earth realism – or down-to-French-earth realism to be specific. The film itself is divided into four chapters, the titles of which suggest that this is a movie about the cultivation and consumption of wine. But as the narrative unfolds, it becomes clear that the cultivation and consumption of wine is an allegory for French culture and French land as a whole, and the real purpose of the film is to persuade the director’s fellow citizens to defend that spirit and those lands at all costs. It’s September 1918 and the war is coming to an end, but here on the Castelviel estate in the south of France the news has not yet arrived and everyone is busy with the grape harvest....

Jacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message revealing the whereabouts of both secret treasures and sensitive government intelligence. This makes him the target of foreign spies, including a Marquise of mysterious Latin origin, a Hindu hypnotist and an evil German doctor, who will stop at nothing to obtain the book.

When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengeance, punishes the crooks and protects the innocents. (Originally a twelve-part epic serial.)

When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengeance, punishes the crooks and protects the innocents. (Originally a twelve-part epic serial.)

Short comedy for the Gaumont film company

Foezel, a dim-witted police officer, is persuaded to loan his trousers to an actor who is playing a cop in a movie.

The tyrant Emperor Heliogabalus lives a life of debauchery and set lions loose among his guests.

A talented painter spends his vacation in Arles, where he paints a portrait of a beautiful Arlesian woman with whom he falls in love. The young girl is engaged to a very jealous guard of the Camargue. Upon learning of this long-standing affair, the painter gives up on continuing his romance and is content to create a masterpiece that will brighten his entire life.

The artist awakens. His maid brings him a letter from the Gaumont Studio. After a quick glance to it, he hastens to get dressed and runs to the studio followed by his wife, his maid and his son, Bout-de-Zan who want a part in the movie.

When he goes to Paris an aristocrat steps into a cinema and is shocked by something he sees on screen.

Bout de Zan is a young boy by description and a petty thief by vocation. In this short, he does indeed steal an elephant from a circus, parading it around town and using it to beg for money. Due to their rambunctiousness, Bout de Zan and the elephant (!) need saving from the authorities.

The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, an event that marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.

A manuscript delivered to a playhouse is eventually turned into a major hit with critics and audience alike. The only problem is that no one knows who wrote it. The actress of the play receives a call from the author and the two quickly becomes friends, but the man won't give any details about himself- He has a secret.

Two small girls whose father is in prison are collected by their grandfather after losing their mother in a shipwreck.

A melodrama.

The son of Emperor Nero's poisoner drinks the fatal potion prepared by his mother.

Overview of ideas about the police on the occasion of an attack on the bourgeois by Apaches gangsters.

Rudolph Strelitz, known as 'Barrabas', is the leader of a brutal underground gang causing chaos and destruction in the lives of civilized people. A lawyer, Claude Varèse, is strongly determined to bring Strelitz to justice for the purpose of revenge, after his father was unjustly guillotined for the murder of Laure d'Hérigny, the mistress of an American millionaire. Later, the sister of Claude Varèse, Françoise, is kidnapped by Dr Lucius, one of the henchmen of Barrabas. Serialised over 12 chapters.

Bébé's father is attacked by the "apaches", a group of hooligans. Bébé and his sister decide to avenge him by gaining the group's trust and bringing them into a trap.

This short film consists of a crazy old colonel being asked to entertain party guests about his exploits of daring. However, being a totally insane old coot, he runs amok acting out his war-time heroics--smashing and throwing everything in the room!

A film from Louis Feuillade.

Renée Carl stars in this lively slapstick silent short as a beautiful lady who causes distractions and accidents among the male population as she walks though the streets of Paris.

A mother (Renee Carl) goes to see a palm reader who informs her that a loved one is about to die. The woman doesn't know if it's her son or her husband (Rene Navarre) but history buffs will know who it is as it's April 10, 1912 and the husband is about to board the Titanic.

The innkeeper's daughter is in love, but her mother has already decided that she is going to be married to another man.

LA TARE is about Anna, a woman who is rescued from a Parisian dance hall to work in a charitable hospital. Over the years, she rises to become the head of the institution, but when an old habitué of the dance hall recognizes her picture, he attempts to blackmail her.

A young inventor is kidnapped to force him to tell the secret of his invention, but he foils his captors thanks to a pen with invisible ink.

Nymphs and cupids dance in celebration of the arrival of Spring.

Three men go out on the ocean in a row boat. There, they see dancing fairies. Then manage to catch one and take her aboard the boat--taking her back to the castle with them. Then, one of the men asks the fairy to marry him and they do so--though something strange occurs right after the ceremony.

Melodrama about a rich father who gains custody of his child while the mother goes off in tears. Of course, the child is miserable even though he has everything in the world but after a weekend trip at his poor mother's house, the child realizes that money isn't everything and he has to convince the father that his money is evil.

A soldier during World War 1 wants to be reunited with his family for Christmas.

A midsummer Phantasy. The man having been attacked by footpads, puts on a suit of medieval armor which has been magnetized at a dynamo by two boys. Every metallic article which he approaches flies to him, to the great consternation of many people.

A film about the life of Molière (1622-1673).

Paris is prey to an invisible terror against which the police can do nothing: a sinister organization that sows chaos and death. The intrepid journalist Philippe Guérande and his partner embark on a long crusade to put an end to the crimes of the Great Vampire and Irma Vep, his dangerous accomplice. (A ten episode movie serial.)

A silent French film depicting the story of the nativity.

Directed by Louis Feuillade.

Directed by Louis Feuillade.

Directed by Louis Feuillade (atributed) or by Etienne Arnaud (atributed), according to the Gaumont archives.

A beginning of a series of films directed by Louis Feuillade from 1911-1913

A continuation of the film series "Judex" the masked fighter for justice.

Directed by Louis Feuillade.

The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Revolution aged only 31.

The Madonna gives a golden lily to the poor musician. He tries to sell it and this arouses the suspicion of the goldsmith.

An ancient Greek legend comes to life, courtesy of the Gaumont studios.

A historical short film inspired by the Biblical story of Belshazzar's Feast.

Without a job and no money to spend, Blanche Mery (Gina Manès) has to accept a job offered by Gunter (Édouard Mathé), a strange millionaire wearing the black mask.

A child is kidnapped and forced to sell flowers on the street.

Kids reject the bad taste of medicine. Bout de Zan steals a cigar and tastes it, but it doesn't work.

Without a job and no money to spend, Blanche Mery (Gina Manès) has to accept a job offered by Gunter (Édouard Mathé), a strange millionaire wearing the black mask.

After returning from the circus, Bout-de-Zan starts doing acrobatic tricks.

Bout-de-Zan receives New Year gifts and uses them use it in a rather different way.

Bout-de-Zan receives New Year gifts and uses them use it in a rather different way.

One night, Bout-de-Zan finds a wanderer and shares his bed to him. The next morning there is a general panic among the servants...

Bout-de-Zan and his family are around the dinner table, awaiting the visit of his millionaire uncle. But the uncle is not what he was...

Mme de Calvières (Sylvia Lux) and her brother Roger (Édouard Mathé), due to an unpaid debt, fall into a difficult situation.

Mme de Calvières (Sylvia Lux) and her brother Roger (Édouard Mathé), due to an unpaid debt, fall into a difficult situation.

Following his parents, Bout-de-Zan participates in a masked ball wearing an elegant gown.

During the WWI, Jeannette (Musidora) finds refuge in the South France, among other women. She starts the correspondence with a soldier of the front line and sends him a parcel.

The noble Margrave of Hess, condemns captain Christian to exile for presuming to ask the hand of his daughter Genevieve in marriage.

The noble Margrave of Hess, condemns captain Christian to exile for presuming to ask the hand of his daughter Genevieve in marriage.

Six-episode film Directed by Maurice Champreux and Louis Feuillade.

At the front, Bébé meets two Russian soldiers.

At the front, Bébé meets two Russian soldiers.

Bébé's mother and her friends conduct a spiritualist session. They feel the presence of evil and get panic attacks, before they find the truth.

Pierrot et Pierrette, brother and sister, live in a caravan with their grandfather, the former ringmaster of a circus. To earn a living, they sing in the streets, and their lives are happy. But a charitable lady interferes, determined to put grandfather in an old folks' home and the children in an orphanage. Pierrot and Pierrette run away, and fall into the hands of a travelling vendor who wants to use them for burglaries.

Two war orphans, Joseph, apprentice printer, and Lisette, typist, live with their grandmother in Belleville. Lisette loves his next door neighbor, the painter Amedee, but this one does not offer him a union. Joseph Amedee learning is the son of a general, advocates for Lisette and everything ends in marriage.

Pierrot et Pierrette, brother and sister, live in a caravan with their grandfather, the former ringmaster of a circus. To earn a living, they sing in the streets, and their lives are happy. But a charitable lady interferes, determined to put grandfather in an old folks' home and the children in an orphanage. Pierrot and Pierrette run away, and fall into the hands of a travelling vendor who wants to use them for burglaries.

Two war orphans, Joseph, apprentice printer, and Lisette, typist, live with their grandmother in Belleville. Lisette loves his next door neighbor, the painter Amedee, but this one does not offer him a union. Joseph Amedee learning is the son of a general, advocates for Lisette and everything ends in marriage.

On the street, Bébé has his pocket watch stolen. He sets off to find the thief himself.

With the help of Lévesque and Musidora, Feuillade creates a light-hearted meta-fiction, self-parodying his own work.

Gustave (Biscot) realizes he has acquired a telekinetic power.

A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.

After falling in love with a young man (Edouard Mathé), Lilie/Lily abandoned her family and eloped, only to comes back with an illegitimate child.

After falling in love with a young man (Edouard Mathé), Lilie/Lily abandoned her family and eloped, only to comes back with an illegitimate child.

Directed by Louis Feuillade. Part of the 'Life As It Is' series.

Bébé's nanny reads to him the exploits of Saint Martin, who gave half of his coat to a poor man at the gates of the city of Amiens, so that he could protect himself from the cold. Bébé, marveled by this story, then plays in the park and meets a poor man and his son who are both freezing. Bébé decides to imitate Saint Martin, removes his coat and tears it in two pieces. He gives one piece to the poor boy. Bébé returns to his nanny and tells her his good action. She explains that half a coat is not very useful. Bébé understanding his stupidity starts crying. The nanny takes him by the hand to see the two poor. She mends the coat with safety pins. The poor boy now has a whole coat. After the departure of Bébé and his nanny, the poor boy can now play the lord with his beautiful coat.

Madam Berre, the widow of an African traveler, has a lion and two lionesses in her conservatory. Fred, a servant who abuses her beasts, is sent away by her. Under the pretense of haven forgotten his hat, he comes back while Mrs. Berre receives guests that evening and takes his revenge.

A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless persecution.

The goddess Minerva is jealous of the young Arachne who is more clever it in weaving. Out of spite, Arachne Minerva rushed into hell, then transforms into a spider that will forever spinning its web.

French film produced and distributed by Gaumont (catalogue number 1590) originally named "La Terroriste" (as registered in the BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France) in 1907 and as published in Gaumont's catalogue of January 1908), the film was known in the U.S. by the title "Terrorist's Remorse" (according to the "Revised List of High-Class Original Films Made by Gaumont, Urban-Eclipse, Théophile Pathé, Carlo Rossi, Ambrosio and Other Foreign and American Companies", 1908, available in the Internet Archive website) and eventually changed to "Les Terroristes en Russie" in France (per Gaumont's catalogue of July 1909). Max Charlier and Mlle Loisier star in the film, but its director is still unknown, although Francis Lacassin attributed it to Louis Feuillade in 1995.

Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.

In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.

A police sergeant’s late night horn playing dismays neighbors in his apartment house, leading to marital discord, hysteria and a bizarre form of psycho-therapy involving a body double.

A police sergeant’s late night horn playing dismays neighbors in his apartment house, leading to marital discord, hysteria and a bizarre form of psycho-therapy involving a body double.

A mischievous child feeds his father a laxative, leading to disruptive bouts of intestinal disorder—and an unexpected reward. (MoMA)

The first child star of cinema gives a shivering girl half his cloak and learns that half a coat against the cold does not help much.

One of the longest films ever made

This twelve-part melodrama details the intertwined fates of a Portuguese nobleman, a Carmelite nun, and a mysterious look-alike.

A vaudeville song catches on and becomes so popular that everybody knows it. At first, those who hear it can't help but sing and dance to it. People have their limits, however, and reception to the tune begins to cool.

A rich man, living in a splendid palace, in the city of Jerusalem, with his daughter and many servants, surrounded by every possible luxury, but blind, is healed of his affliction by Christ. Having regained his sight he does not make this known to his household, but quietly observes them for a time and sees how his servants rob him and even his daughter imposes upon him. Discouraged at his findings he goes out upon the highway where he again meets Christ, but this time He is carrying His cross and being led to Calvary. The sight of the suffering Savior teaches him to forgive his offenders.

A woman enters her sitting room and begins to undress, as she feels a Pulicomorpha crawling under her clothes. Pathé Frères production Nº 1641.

A woman enters her sitting room and begins to undress, as she feels a Pulicomorpha crawling under her clothes. Pathé Frères production Nº 1641.

A film by Louis Feuillade.

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 the tramp is carrying and hilarity ensues.

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 ask for his hospitality.

A child terrorizes a fisherman by dressing his dog in a crocodile costume.

A short from Feuillade's Bébé series

Nymphs and cupids dance in celebration of the arrival of Spring.

Nymphs and cupids dance in celebration of the arrival of Spring.

Nymphs and cupids dance in celebration of the arrival of Spring.

1910 Louis Feuillade short film

If an old man's niece does not claim her inheritance at the notary's office by the appointed time, his fortune will go to his housekeeper.

Showing a weird invention, called hypnotic mirror, in action. Placed before anyone the polished surface reflects the actual thoughts within their minds. Its uses in the court room, the home and the school house are cleverly shown. When the mechanism tells a wife the truth about her husband, something commences.

A continuation of the film series "Judex" the masked fighter for justice.

A retelling of the King Midas story

A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

A silent short film attributed to Louis Feuillade. This film from 1909 by Gaumont is currently lost. Do not confuse it with Pathé's film from 1905 of the same name (Les Voleurs d'enfants), which is available to watch on YouTube.

A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

A silent short film directed by Louis Feuillade.

A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

A silent short film attributed to Louis Feuillade. This film from 1909 by Gaumont is currently lost. Do not confuse it with Pathé's film from 1905 of the same name (Les Voleurs d'enfants), which is available to watch on YouTube.

A biblical drama.

The scene of the drama is a block of modern flats. Many of the residents are away at a dance, and the janitor and his staff decide upon a jollification of their own. They invite their friends to a fine high tea. Everybody is having a fine time, and their spirits are running high. We are now taken to the outside of the hall door, and watch with amusement the frantic pounding and bell ringing of the residents returning from their evening engagements and seeking admission to their apartments. The gay gathering inside are too busy with their own pleasure to heed the angry crowd outdoors. A policeman is called, but all to no purpose, and the tenants are all taken to the station for quarters for the night. Returning to the janitor's quarters we see that the jollifications have been concluded and the guests are all departing. The superior officer at the station concludes to make another effort to gain admittance in the building and, with the tenants at his heels, he approaches the flats.

A short silent film about war

French horror short from 1913.

A series of seven short films of varying length demonstrating each of the seven deadly sins.

A French short film

A clerk is unable to keep his wife and family in comfort, and he asks his manager for an increase. But a girl has offered her services to the manager, and as she is willing to accept a smaller wage he engages her instead and tells the man that he can go. The clerk resolves to go to the girl and ask her to give up her place, but she refuses. She discovers he has left his umbrella behind, and finds him just moving, away with his two little children. The girl's heart is touched, and she leads them into the house and warms them at the fire, and writes a letter to the manager, saying she wishes to give up her place, and begging him to take back her predecessor.

Jacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message revealing the whereabouts of both secret treasures and sensitive government intelligence. This makes him the target of foreign spies, including a Marquise of mysterious Latin origin, a Hindu hypnotist and an evil German doctor, who will stop at nothing to obtain the book.

A gust of wind leads a man on a merry chase through the city, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake as he pursues his errant hat.

"A mythological scene with the most beautiful effect" (Nouveautés Cinématographiques, 1908)

When a bandit captures a medieval Italian city, he imprisons and threatens to execute the betrothed of the city's absent ruler, who must return in time to rescue his beloved and save the city.

Our young friend Jimmie forms a sudden attachment for a little waif in the streets whom he finds playing an accordion for alms. The little urchin late that night rises from his pallet and goes to serenade his new friend. Jimmie makes a rope of the bed-clothes up which clambers the ragged Archie. Disregarding the formalities of undressing Jimmie puts Archie in his own immaculate bed, dirty shoes and all, while he himself sleeps upon the mat like a faithful Towser. In the morning Jimmie hides Archie in a closet until he should have returned from school. In the evening when he arrives, the key to the closet is missing. There is an interchange of notes and Archie directs Jimmie to go to his nefarious companions who have the somewhat sinister occupation of second story men and tell them of Archie's imprisonment.

A manuscript delivered to a playhouse is eventually turned into a major hit with critics and audience alike. The only problem is that no one knows who wrote it. The actress of the play receives a call from the author and the two quickly becomes friends, but the man won't give any details about himself- He has a secret.

A prominent woman has a very valuable diamond for which she accepts an offer from a jeweler. Two scoundrels plot to rob her of the diamond before she can part with it. They waylay her and carry her off to a house where they demand from her the diamond. With a smile she shows them the receipt for a registered package as she had deemed it safer to send it by this means. Later she takes them off their guard and escapes. An exciting automobile chase now takes place, ending with the car in which the would-be diamond robbers are seated being hurled over the cliff to destruction.

The Price of Forgiveness is a French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade , and released in 1916 .

Part of Feuillade's 'Life As It Is' series

A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless persecution.

The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, an event that marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.

Louis Feuillade's final film

Louis Feuillade's final film

Renée Carl stars in this lively slapstick silent short as a beautiful lady who causes distractions and accidents among the male population as she walks though the streets of Paris.

Rudolph Strelitz, known as 'Barrabas', is the leader of a brutal underground gang causing chaos and destruction in the lives of civilized people. A lawyer, Claude Varèse, is strongly determined to bring Strelitz to justice for the purpose of revenge, after his father was unjustly guillotined for the murder of Laure d'Hérigny, the mistress of an American millionaire. Later, the sister of Claude Varèse, Françoise, is kidnapped by Dr Lucius, one of the henchmen of Barrabas. Serialised over 12 chapters.

"Be bold, young man, be bold!" repeats Judge Barbachon to his clerk Belhomme. Putting the precepts of his boss into practice, Belhomme first tries to seduce Madame Barbachon, and is thrown out of the house. Moving on to the capital of the region to look for another job, Belhomme meets a charming young lady on the tramway. He continues to follow the advice of Judge Barbachon...

Following a series of unfortunate accidents, the eminently respectable Séraphin, the meticulous and correct manager in an insurance company, finds himself trouserless in the middle of the street.

Burlesque: the champion describes his race with such conviction that everyone is carried away with him.

Having faked an automobile accident, an adventuress is taken into the home of a "ganadero" (a landowner of the Camargue), whom she seduces. Her intention is to steal, with the aid of an accomplice, a cheque which represents the proceeds of a sale of cattle. Her plan is foiled however, thanks to the dedication of the ganadero’s young secretary. Entirely shot on location in the Camargue, this is one of the earliest of Feuillade’s surviving films clearly to demonstrate his predilection for systematically mixing documentary and fiction — though the idea seems already to have been evident in the films he shot in Britanny during the summer of 1909, for example La Légende des phares. Unfortunately none of these films has survived complete.

On his way to visit his mistress, a man has a serious car accident. His wife cares for him with such devotion that he rediscovers his love for her.

While Monsieur and his friends are making music, a fire breaks out in the apartment. The little girl is saved, but the emotion causes the mother to lose her reason. She is cured only by hearing once again the air that was played during that fatal night. The Gaumont catalogue styled the film, "Très pathétique".

The constant smile of the eternally amiable Jacques Perdrot often complicates his life. Appointed chief of police at Castel-Boudin, he takes up his new post accompanied by his maid and his godmother, who watches over his virtue, and by the Widow Gibard, who is determined to marry him. At Castel-Boudin, his smile has great effect, provoking distaste and misunderstandings.

Some amateur players rehearse a crime play in the apartment of one of the company. Bout-de-Zan connects the telephone to the room of the concierge, who thinks that a crime is being committed in her lodging house.

Phémie comes to work as a maid in the Chaloupié household. An article and a photograph in the newspaper convince the Chaloupiés that their new servant is in fact none other than Miss Arabella Machefeller, the daughter of the celebrated American millionaire, looking for some worthy people with whom to share her fortune.

In order to take part in a "tournoi des dames", Narcisse Leblond persuades his wife that he is going to look after his sick godmother at Beaucaire. Naturally, the godmother in question arrives at the house a few minutes after his departure...

Bout-de-Zan and his little friends dress up.

A prominent woman has a very valuable diamond for which she accepts an offer from a jeweler. Two scoundrels plot to rob her of the diamond before she can part with it. They waylay her and carry her off to a house where they demand from her the diamond. With a smile she shows them the receipt for a registered package as she had deemed it safer to send it by this means. Later she takes them off their guard and escapes. An exciting automobile chase now takes place, ending with the car in which the would-be diamond robbers are seated being hurled over the cliff to destruction.

A melodrama.

Short romantic comedy starring Musidora as a capricious woman.

A man and his wife have a nice little racket of coining false money. While they go out to spend it, their daughter comes across a poor old woman and her daughter, without any money to buy a meat pie. She runs home and gets them one of the counterfeits...but the pie seller knows bad money.

The main phases in the lives of a young couple, from when they meet and fall in love, until they have seven children, intimately linked to photographic art.

Pisa, 1494. Young Severo, who has sworn to stab the tyrant in his town, learns that it is his own father.

Children from a wealthy family are playing in a garden. They encounter poor children, looking sad and sickly, who watch them play with envy. Moved to the depths of their little souls, our little rich people will work together to lavish all the kindness possible on the unfortunate youngsters, adorning them with a nobly charitable gesture, showering them with toys and candy.

This twelve-part melodrama details the intertwined fates of a Portuguese nobleman, a Carmelite nun, and a mysterious look-alike.

Judex the vigilante enjoins crooked banker Maurice-Ernest Favraux to distribute his ill-gotten fortune to the city's poor. The thugs decide to kidnap the financier's daughter.

Six-episode film Directed by Maurice Champreux and Louis Feuillade.

Lost short film

"Mireille" was filmed at the end of May, 1906, by a small team including Alice Guy, Herbert Blaché, Louis Feuillade and Yvonne Mugnier-Serand at the estate of the Marquis Folco de Baroncelli-Javon in Camargue, during their visit to Nîmes to attend the Gran Corrida organized by the local press association. Ultimately, the film never saw the light of day due to technical problems. (Maurice Gianati et Laurent Mannoni (dir.), Alice Guy, Léon Gaumont et les débuts du film sonore, New Barnet, John Libbey Publishing, 2012, p. 45).

Lost short film

Lost short film

"Alice Guy-Blaché liked Feuillade's scripts, and one of them, Le coup de vent, was filmed by Etienne Armaud in 1905. Two years later, Alice left Paris to follow her husband, who had just taken over the Berlin office of Gaumont, and she persuaded Gaumont to let Feuillade replace her. From 1907 he was in charge of hiring directors, buying scripts, choosing stars and at the same time directing his own films." From Decades Never Start on Time: A Richard Roud Anthology

Lost phonoscène film, attributed to Louis Feulliade.

Lost short film

Lost short film

The film was taken the 27th of May, 1906 during the Gran Corrida organized by the Press Association of Nîmes. Although lost, it should not be confused with "Course de taureaux à Nîmes" (1910).

One of the longest films ever made

If you’re already familiar with Louis Feuillade, his little-known opus Vendémiaire may come as a surprise. Unlike the bulk of his work which was characterised as ‘Fantastic Realism’, Vendémiaire is wonderfully down-to-earth realism – or down-to-French-earth realism to be specific. The film itself is divided into four chapters, the titles of which suggest that this is a movie about the cultivation and consumption of wine. But as the narrative unfolds, it becomes clear that the cultivation and consumption of wine is an allegory for French culture and French land as a whole, and the real purpose of the film is to persuade the director’s fellow citizens to defend that spirit and those lands at all costs. It’s September 1918 and the war is coming to an end, but here on the Castelviel estate in the south of France the news has not yet arrived and everyone is busy with the grape harvest....

Two small girls whose father is in prison are collected by their grandfather after losing their mother in a shipwreck.

A baroness entrusts her daughter to her servants, Germain and Marie. Marie takes her to a dance hall, where the daughter is taken by a man.

Dramatised account of the plot to murder David Rizzio, personal secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots.

From the Bébé series. Bébé plays tricks on his concierge

The atmosphere in the living-room of Bébé's parents living-room is peaceful. Bébé is reading a children's book and his father the newspaper while Madam is playing the piano. Peaceful at least until the maid comes in and gives Bébé's mother a document that makes her wince. Her husband takes notice of the paper and realizes it is an invoice from a clothes shop, whose amount gives him vertigo. Beside himself one more time, he starts one of those quarrels Bébé is fed up with. When his exasperated mother decides to leave home, Bébé has no other solution but to kill himself, or rather to simulate suicide, in order to reunite his parents.

A mother (Renee Carl) goes to see a palm reader who informs her that a loved one is about to die. The woman doesn't know if it's her son or her husband (Rene Navarre) but history buffs will know who it is as it's April 10, 1912 and the husband is about to board the Titanic.

After a fight in the forest against customs officers, one of the smugglers is denied of his share of the profits and thrown away. Making his way into the village, he will ask for help to the wife of the customs officer he assaulted.

Le Grand Vampire, in disguise as Count de Noirmoutier, reads that ballerina Marfa Koutiloff, who is engaged to Philipe, will perform a ballet called The Vampires. To prevent her from publicizing the Vampires’ activities and to deter Philipe, he gives Marfa a poisoned ring before her performance.

Le Grand Vampire, in disguise as Count de Noirmoutier, reads that ballerina Marfa Koutiloff, who is engaged to Philipe, will perform a ballet called The Vampires. To prevent her from publicizing the Vampires’ activities and to deter Philipe, he gives Marfa a poisoned ring before her performance.