Pathe Freres Movies

Adapted from Hugo's eponym novel, the story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a...

A delightful and typical farce film, ending with the usual Gallic chase.

A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human bein...

In this comedy we see a fellow giving orders to the cook to put plenty of garlic in his food, and she complies with his wishes by giving everything an...

Kaatje, the daughter of the miller Schoonejans, and Jef, a little shepherd, who live near Delft, are happy together. In a floral parade, the carriage...

An honest worker is made redundant, but he will solve his problems by marrying the employer's daughter.

This has more of a clear narrative than most of the films in the set although it’s still quite odd and random compared to today’s films. There are som...

At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.

To the modern viewer, it may seem peculiar that there are several movies in which a man sneaks a kiss off a young woman in a darkened railway car, all...

A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the ghos...

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

Experimental color film that shows a magician and his assistant making objects and people appear and disappear. Then they stack up some blocks and a m...

The 1912 Italian version of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

Polichinelle the servant (called Harlequin in the English language version) rescues his girlfriend from a gang of decadent aristocrats, who have trans...

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive ‘appearing...

"Max quarrels so with his wife that the lady leaves him. Our hero then attempts to do his own cooking, etc. He buys a fowl, but it proves to be still...

A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes t...

Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

During a wedding party, according to tradition, hide-and-seek is played in a local abandoned castle. The bride falls into a hidden corridor. As she en...