- Description:
- DVD - Region free.   viewing copy.   2 videodiscs of 2.
b/w.  
fullscreen.   sound.  
- Notes:
- Supplemental features include: Documentary featurettes on the use of sound and color, early instructional films, and actualities at Gaumont; booklet with director bios, film notes, and archival images.
Titles
+ Agent a le bras long, L’
- Alternate Title:
- The Long Arm of the Law
- Director:
- Bosetti, Roméo
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   7 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A policeman with fantastically long arms goes about his duties.
+ Course aux potirons, La
- Alternate Title:
- The Pumpkin Race
- Director:
- Bosetti, Roméo; Feuillade, Louis
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   6 minutes
- Sound:
- silent - no soundtrack
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1908
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Absurd chase after pumpkins that have fallen out of a donkey cart.
+ Calino bureaucrate
- Director:
- Bosetti, Roméo
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Calino (Clément Mégé) is late for work, and all sorts of comic obstacles get in his way.
+ Chalands, Les
- Alternate Title:
- The Barges
- Director:
- Lacroix, Georges-André
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1911
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A young girl runs away from life on the barges, prefiguring Jean Vigo’s L’Atalante.
+ Marseillaise, La
- Director:
- Arnaud, Etienne
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1912
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, With Songs, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Short about the history of the anthem, using early sound synchronization technology.
+ Grève des Apaches, La
- Director:
- Arnaud, Etienne
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   10 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1907
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Police and prosecutors have nothing to do when the criminals go on strike.
+ Bon Invalide et les enfants, Le
- Director:
- Arnaud, Etienne
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   3 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1908
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A kindly old soldier lets a group of children play ball with his head.
+ Tic, Le
- Director:
- Arnaud, Etienne
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1908
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A young husband and wife are pursued through Paris by a crowd of admirers encouraged by her involuntary tic.
+ Christophe Colomb
- Director:
- Arnaud, Etienne
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   13 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1910
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Historical, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Events in the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus.
+ Jeux d’enfants
- Alternate Title:
- Child’s Play
- Director:
- Fescourt, Henri
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   12 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1913
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A spoiled young girl gets trapped in an elevator, needing help from a boy she bullied.
+ Drame de l’air, Un
- Alternate Title:
- A Drama of the Air
- Director:
- Le Somptier, René
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   18 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1913
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- An aging inventor enters a flying competition with his untested machine.
+ Au pays des lits clos
- Director:
- Mariaud, Maurice
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   31 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- tinted b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1913
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A sailor is rescued from a shipwreck by the inhabitants of a small Breton island, but wakes up with no memory. Filmed on location in Brittany.
+ Des pieds et des mains
- Alternate Title:
- Feet and Hands
- Director:
- Ravel, Gaston
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   17 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1915
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A love story told entirely through shots of hands and feet.
+ Têtes de femmes, femmes de tête
- Alternate Title:
- Heads and the Women Who Use Them
- Director:
- Feyder, Jacques
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   37 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1916
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Women fight over a man who works as a professional escort.
+ Conseil d’ami, Un
- Alternate Title:
- Friendly Advice
- Director:
- Feyder, Jacques
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   16 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A struggling musician decides to court a rich American lady.
+ Biscot se trompe d’étage
- Alternate Title:
- Biscot on the Wrong Floor
- Director:
- Feyder, Jacques
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   15 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Georges (Georges Biscot) returns drunk from a party, and can’t remember which apartment is his.
+ Drame à l’usine
- Alternate Title:
- A Factory Drama
- Director:
- [uncredited]
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   13 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1912
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A factory worker is injured on the job; shot on location at the Gaumont factory.
+ Pavé de Paris, Le
- Alternate Title:
- The Sidewalks of Paris; The Pavements of Paris
- Director:
- [uncredited]
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   14 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1912
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Jeanne is engaged to Victor, but Robert, a vagabond, follows her throughout Paris.
+ Portrait inachevé, Le
- Director:
- [uncredited]
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   19 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1910s
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Drama, Fantasy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- After his wife dies in a hunting accident, a man becomes obsessed with finishing her portrait.
+ Homme aimanté, L’
- Alternate Title:
- The Magnetized Man
- Director:
- [uncredited]
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   7 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1907
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Fantasy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- After being mugged, a man decides to wear a suit of armor which has somehow been magnetized.
+ Chansons ont leur destin, Les
- Director:
- [uncredited]
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   4 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Musical, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A catchy music hall tune gets in everyone’s head; intended for live musical accompaniment.
+ Journée d’une paire de jambes, La
- Director:
- [uncredited]
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A man’s day shown entirely through shots of his legs.
+ Police en l’an 2000, La
- Alternate Title:
- Police in the Year 2000
- Director:
- [uncredited]
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   5 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1909
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Fantasy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- The police of the future fight crime from a hot air balloon.
+ Rêve du cocher, Le
- Director:
- [uncredited]
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   8 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1912
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Comedy, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- A mistreated horse avenges itself in the coachman’s dreams.
+ Soins du corps
- Production Co:
- Gaumont
- Running Time:
- Short.   9 minutes
- Sound:
- sound
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- France
- Year:
- 1915
- Language:
- French intertitles
- Genre:
- Early Cinema, Educational, Silent Cinema
- Notes:
- Film about personal hygiene made to advertise Gaumont’s instructional and industrial film division.