Seznam filmů 1906
Les résultats du féminisme
It's a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?
Les affiches en goguette
A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.
La hiérarchie dans l'amour
A pretty maid is out walking and encounters a series of military men, starting with a private, who lose her to higher ranks.
Madame a des envies
A pregnant woman steals things from others on account of her cravings.
La Vie du Christ
The stations of Christ's life are segmented into a series of performative tableaux.
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if seen through a telescope.
The Missing Legacy; or, The Story of a Brown Hat
A man gives away an inherited hat, then finds it contains a will.
L'Obsession de l'or
An artist is painting the portrait of a young woman dressed in a country costume in his attic studio. The landlord demands the rent, but the artist has no money. The model tries to comfort him, but he throws her …
Les invisibles
A scientist concocts a potion that can turn people invisible for short periods of time. Two crooks steal the potion and go on a crime spree.
Voyage autour d'une étoile
An old astronomer has been transfixed by a star for a long time. He had but one thought: to travel to it, to declare his love for it! But how? A simple but ingenious solution-- A giant bubble. Velle remade …
La Fée Carabosse ou le poignard fatal
A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and saves the beautiful princess.
Une Chute de cinq étages
A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.
The '?' Motorist
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
Le Fils du garde-chasse
The kids of a game-keeper get into a chase with rifles.
Le Noël de Monsieur le curé
The parish priest looks to create a Nativity scene for his church, but his congregation is too poor to afford the statuary dealer's price for a statue of baby Jesus. The miracle, then, is that the faithful's prayers are answered …
Une histoire roulante
A runaway barrel wreaks havoc all over the city.
La femme collante
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.
Espagne
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 eventually released in early 1906.
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the established theme: the “Rarebit Fiend” gorges himself on rarebit and thus suffers spectacular hallucinatory dreams.
L'Alchimiste Parafaragaramus ou la Cornue infernale
A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.
Rescued in Mid-Air
A car crash blows a lady with a parasol onto a steeple. An inventor with an airship comes to the rescue.
Le troubadour
On an elaborately decorated stage, the titular troubadour of the title bows. He then proceeds to pull several cards out of mid air and arrange them on the floor. Then, taking a banjo he multiplies himself into seven different troubadours, …
Orfeus og Eurydike
Dance from the opera from 1762 by Christoph Willibad Gluck (1714-1787), choreography by Hans Beck 1896. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen), Ellen Price, Elisabeth Beck (1865-1946) and Anna Marie Agerholm (1875-1929).
Les fleurs animées
Gaston Velle's 'Les Fleurs Animées' was screened by the Australian-based Corrick Family Entertainers as part of their variety act. In their advertising the Corricks described the detailed, hand-coloured production as 'The finest "Color" Film of the Twentieth Century'. Simple camera …
Le courant éléctrique
A couple steals food from a grocery store. To stop them from repeating their crime, the cunning salesman electrifies his shop.
San Francisco Disaster
This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake. A miniature model of downtown San Francisco is set ablaze and filmed.
From Leadville to Aspen: A Hold-Up in the Rockies
A train traveling through the Rockies is held up and boarded by two thugs. They rob the wealthy occupants at gunpoint and then make their getaway by handcar. From there, they hijack a horsecart on a road running parallel to …