Gaston Velle Filmes

A gentleman having lunch at a hostelry experiences all kinds of mishaps.

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

This is an incomplete fragment of a longer film, so doesn’t make much sense, but it’s very beautiful and colourful with plenty of...

A couple perform a acrobatic dance.

A fairly venturesome piece of filmmaking for the era: Based on the Jules Verne story, the film utilizes a dozen cuts, irised lenses, panning shots...

"Danced at the Casino de Paris by the Elks and their Indian troop."

A magician shows tricks with money.

Beautiful girls emerge from a large beehive and perform graceful dances. The queen falls asleep and an enormous spider builds his web over her. The...

A beautiful seductive fairy makes gentle winged creatures appear.

Under cover of a disguise, Santa approaches Saint-Anthony's hut and, via various tricks, sets out to try his faith. Will good triumph over evil?

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...

Two housemaids, arguing, start to fight : a houseboy steps in to separate them, and in doing so becomes their target and is literally torn apart....

The stages that a caterpillar goes through, from larvae to chrysalis, to become a butterfly.

The first cinematographic adaptation of the infamous Count Cagliostro.

A couple steals food from a grocery store. To stop them from repeating their crime, the cunning salesman electrifies his shop.

This has more of a clear narrative than most of the films in the set although it’s still quite odd and random compared to today’s films....

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive...

This exquisitely coloured film features a series of models rotating slowly in front of the camera, allowing close-up views of their various...

Harlequin is walking in a garden with Columbine. As he moves away to the distance and leaves her on her own, Mephisto appears, from inside a well,...

An old astronomer named Nigadimus 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!...