Ocean Studies

Tarnished Reputations

While visiting a small village, popular young artist Robert Williams meets innocent country girl Helen Sanderson and, enchanted by her beauty, induces the girl to pose for him. An attraction develops between them, but just as the portrait is completed, Robert is called back to the city. Helen fails to hear from him again and Robert's neglect draws her to the city, where she is sent to a reformatory on a false charge. Once released, she begs Judge Princeton for help and, feeling sorry for the unfortunate girl, he introduces her to playwright George Wendbourg, who adopts Helen and makes her a great actress. Seeing Helen on stage reawakens Robert's love for her and he begs her for forgiveness. After initially snubbing him, Helen relents and the two finally are reunited.

His Double

A father who is determined his daughter should marry a count leading the boyfriend to dress up as the count to thwart his plans.

Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

Behind-the-scenes footage showing Alice Guy directing an early sound film.

The Consequences of Feminism

It's a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?

The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ

The stations of Christ's life are segmented into a series of performative tableaux.

Automated Hat-Maker and Sausage-Grinder

A machine churns out sausages on one side and spits out hats on the other. The director of this film is not credited in any contemporary catalogues or trade publications, or attributed to anyone by scholars or primary sources, however Alice Guy-Blaché is the most probable candidate.

Polin Performs "The Anatomy of a Draftee"

Polin performs a song.

Spain

This is a compilation of some of the films that Alice Guy filmed in Spain from mid-October to the end of November, 1905 (catalogue numbers 1371 to 1384) that were individually released in early 1906.

The Cleaning Man

An extremely clumsy man tries to clean a woman's house with disastrous results.

The Stepmother

A poor boy is mistreated by his stepmother when his father isn't present.

Starting Something

A suffragette gets her husband drunk, leading to an escalating parade of mishaps as more people get drunk on their "lime juice."

Ballet Libella

A woman wearing dragonfly wings performs a romantic dreamlike dance.

The Bricklayers

Starring 'Les Omers' as a bunch of bricklayers causing trouble for the local cops.

Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs"

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

Disappearing Act

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed, Gaston Breteau, Alice Guy or Georges Hatot.

The Dirigible 'Homeland'

A short film about a dirigible.