The Heart and the Money

The innkeeper's daughter is in love, but her mother has already decided that she is going to be married to another man.

The Beggar's Christmas

The Colonel's Account

This short film consists of a crazy old colonel being asked to entertain party guests about his exploits of daring. However, being a totally insane old coot, he runs amok acting out his war-time heroics--smashing and throwing everything in the room!

The Legend of Daphne

An ancient Greek legend comes to life, courtesy of the Gaumont studios.

The Obsession

A mother (Renee Carl) goes to see a palm reader who informs her that a loved one is about to die. The woman doesn't know if it's her son or her husband (Rene Navarre) but history buffs will know who it is as it's April 10, 1912 and the husband is about to board the Titanic.

Fantômas

A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless persecution.

The Pumpkin Race

Early slapstick short from Louis Feuillade involving runaways, except that, instead of it being a runaway horse (see Griffith's THE CURTAIN POLE for an example), it is a cartful of what appear to be hundred-pound pumpkins that get away, rushing hither and yon, down sewers, up chimneys, pursued by the drayer, a couple of other people and a very unwilling donkey.

The Roman Orgy

The tyrant Emperor Heliogabalus lives a life of debauchery and set lions loose among his guests.

The Dungeon

A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.

Charitable Childhood

The Shipwreck

Lagourdette, gentleman cambrioleur

With the help of Lévesque and Musidora, Feuillade creates a light-hearted meta-fiction, self-parodying his own work.

Bébé Runs After His Watch

On the street, Bébé has his pocket watch stolen. He sets off to find the thief himself.

Jeunes filles d'hier et d'aujourd'hui

Les Etrennes de Bout-de-Zan

Bout-de-Zan receives New Year gifts and uses them use it in a rather different way.

Terrorist's Remorse

French film produced and distributed by Gaumont (catalogue number 1590) originally named "La Terroriste" (as registered in the BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France) in 1907 and as published in Gaumont's catalogue of January 1908), the film was known in the U.S. by the title "Terrorist's Remorse" (according to the "Revised List of High-Class Original Films Made by Gaumont, Urban-Eclipse, Théophile Pathé, Carlo Rossi, Ambrosio and Other Foreign and American Companies", 1908, available in the Internet Archive website) and eventually changed to...

The Legend of the Spinner

The goddess Minerva is jealous of the young Arachne who is more clever it in weaving. Out of spite, Arachne Minerva rushed into hell, then transforms into a spider that will forever spinning its web.

La cassette de l'émigrée

Bébé fait du spiritisme

Bébé's mother and her friends conduct a spiritualist session. They feel the presence of evil and get panic attacks, before they find the truth.

Bout-de-Zan at the Masquerade Ball

Following his parents, Bout-de-Zan participates in a masked ball wearing an elegant gown.