Pathe Freres Movies

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

Recommended by a friend of the Ambigu Theatre, Max is summoned to Joinville studios. His first role is that of a husband who comes home late.

A female magician presents several impressive metamorphoses, combining stop-motion animation and camera tricks.

Marc Anavan, a rich young man, leads a profligate life and when he understands his fortune is about to evaporate he decides to change his life, to bec...

A horse and cart carrying two nuns is stopped by two men with fixed bayonets.

A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Segundo de Chomón's remake of the same name...

A woman receives her lover at home but the husband arrives having to hide him in a trunk. They go on a trip and the porters do not treat the trunk ver...

The story begins with Jean Valjean as a humble worker endeavoring to provide for his invalid mother. They live in a squalid home, made more wretched b...

A policeman spots a dog stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and gives chase. Soon several more policemen have joined the pursuit. But the...

Episodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603),focusing on her ill-fated love affair with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.

A sculptor creates several faces in a span of four minutes.

An adaptation of an episode in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, where Jean Valjean is welcomed into the Bishop of Digne's home, and steals his silverware...

A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the locals skin the animal.

A pickpocket manages to escape the police through a series of fantastic tricks. The director is this film is unknown.

Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet unro...

A frog hops around a magic fountain.

Using a blue tint to set the scene under the sea, this is a short, surprisingly violent film where two divers fight to the death with axes over some t...

A housewife tires of her husband's annoying behavior and returns to her mother. At first, the husband is quite pleased to have the house all to himsel...

A motherless child has a tumultuous existence, but she eventually becomes a famous international opera singer. Past and present meet when she performs...