Surprise Attack on a House at Daybreak

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.

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 record...

A group of kids play in a stream.

Felix Mayol performs a song, in colour.

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

A man and a woman talk beside a street near a corner where a cop stands. Just as a horse-drawn cart rounds the corner, the man backs off the sidewalk saying good-by to his companion. The horse and car...

Gentlemen get into a misunderstanding over absinthe.

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop.

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.

The parish priest spends his Christmas spreading good will.

Dranem performs "Five O'Clock Tea" for Alice Guy.

A piano entices anyone who comes near.

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

A runaway barrel wreaks havoc all over the city.

A pretty maid is out walking and encounters a series of military men, starting with a private, who lose her to higher ranks.

During the French Revolution, a boy runs across trouble at the barricade.

Some men get into hijinks at a sidewalk cafe.

Felix Mayol performs Théodore Botrel's 'Lilas-blanc'.

A balding man drinks a whole bottle of hair tonic. The unexpected surplus of hair promises a successful showbiz career for him and his wife.