Pathe Freres Movies

Directed by Albert Capellani.

A sorcerer draws signs on the sand making charming young women.

Through an invisible keyhole, the viewer peeps at the leisure activities of a carefree group of noblewomen who enjoy the water, as well as a hearty sl...

Captivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous...

Germaine Reuver's father doesn't like Charles Prince because he isn't musical. Mlle Reuver tries to teach him to play the ocarina, which he promptly s...

At trial the prosecuting attorney makes a startling confession: the defendant is his son whose pitiful fate led him to murder. The attorney left the y...

A man stops to have his shoes polished by a young boy. A woman, passing by, has her garter slip to the ground. She replaces it, raising her skirt to d...

A black man is introduced at a high society party, where he proposes to a débutante. He's refused because of his colour. He goes to an inventor who ha...

A magician performs a magic show involving women turning into bouquets of roses. Later the roses are festooned together in a fancy way to decorate the...

In this one, Max is engaged to a girl -- called, as in all his shorts, 'Jane' -- and she loves her pussycat. She loves the lazy, immobile lump of fur...

People magically appear and disappear from an oversized musical cigar dispenser.

Lucien Cazalis first his maid and hires a new one. When she puts on an apron, he realizes how pretty she is. What's a Frenchman to do? However, when v...

Max is late for his own wedding, and, worse yet, has no shoes.

Astigmatic, Max apologizes to lampposts, kisses the wrong lady, and is challenged to a duel.

Rigadin acquires a love powder from a gypsy but it is not consumed by his intended target.

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.

Max, a young man about town, splits his trousers while getting ready to go out one night. After applying some rather risky repairs without taking the...

Coverage of the Siege of Sidney Street, 3 January 1911, including film of Winston Churchill witnessing the events.