Gaumont Movies

Short comedy for the Gaumont film company

Lost short film

Some amateur players rehearse a crime play in the apartment of one of the company. Bout-de-Zan connects the telephone to the room of the concierge, wh...

This 1914 War patriotic melodrama tells the story of reconciliation between the remarried woman and her son.

Alice Guy directed a now lost phonoscene (film that relied on a chronophone sound recording that the actors in the film lip-synced with) version of Fa...

Perhaps it speaks to the sheer power and beauty of L’Atalante that 40 years after its initial butchered release, critics and fans still seek to piece...

A HERITAGE FINALLY REVEALED 3 directors, around a hundred films, 17 hours of programming, numerous supplements, original music and an accompanying b...

A short silent film about war

Mozart feels compelled to finish a final requiem as he fears death is quickly approaching. Although the doctor has specifically ordered Mozart not to...

An early Gaumont short.

"Be bold, young man, be bold!" repeats Judge Barbachon to his clerk Belhomme. Putting the precepts of his boss into practice, Belhomme first tries to...

This hand-tinted picture shows a series of hothouse flowers turning upon a pedestal, then displays time-lapse photography of flower growth.

A woman becomes slowly visible in front of a black space. She points a wand and spells the word “Bonsoir” in coloured letters formed from flowers.

A girl (Margarethe) walks through the park with her father and leaves a note for her loved one (Rüdolph) saying that she loves him too, but that he mu...

A business man is harassed by people waving newspapers at him from soup tureens and toilets, to the point where the man expires from whatever is in th...

An early French short film.