Alice Guy’s Les Maçons provides plenty of comedic action, and with slapsticky coppers pre-dating those of Keystone by a decade.
Slapstick Summer Series: Key Foundation Cornerstone | The Bricklayers (1905)
July 7, 2012 — chrisgiddensThe Original Music Videos of Alice Guy [part 5] – White Lilacs (1905)
June 12, 2012 — chrisgiddensFelix Mayol performs White Lilacs (Lilas Blanc, by Theodore Botrel) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Mayol, who was then filmed “lip singing”. Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque celebrities in France: Polin, Félix Mayol, and Dranem.
The Original Music Videos of Alice Guy [part 4] – The Trottins Polka (1905)
June 11, 2012 — chrisgiddensFelix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Mayol, who was then filmed “lip singing”. Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque celebrities in France: Polin, Félix Mayol, and Dranem.
The Original Music Videos of Alice Guy [part 3] – Five O’Clock Tea (1905)
June 10, 2012 — chrisgiddensArmand Dranem Performs Five O’Clock Tea (by J. Combe / D. Berniaux) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Dranem, who was then filmed “lip singing”. Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque celebrities in France: Polin, Félix Mayol, and Dranem.
The Original Music Videos of Alice Guy [part 2] – The True Jiu-Jitsu (1905)
June 9, 2012 — chrisgiddensArmand Dranem performs The True Jiu-Jitsu (Le Vrai Jiu-Jitsu, by P. Briollet & G. Fabri / C. D’Orviet) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Dranem, who was then filmed “lip singing”. Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque celebrities in France: Polin, Félix Mayol, and Dranem.
The Original Music Videos of Alice Guy [part 1] – The Anatomy of a Draftee (1905)
June 8, 2012 — chrisgiddensPolin performs The Anatomy of a Draftee (L’Anatomie du Conscrit, by E. Rimbault and E. Spencer) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Polin, who was then filmed “lip singing”. Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque celebrities in France: Polin, Félix Mayol, and Dranem.
Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Filming a ‘Phonoscène’ in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris (1905)
April 29, 2012 — chrisgiddensFootage of the world’s 1st female filmmaker in action, directing a film on set in Paris. This is one of the first behind-the-scenes movie documentaries.
Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – 3 Tinted Dances
April 28, 2012 — chrisgiddensGuy continues her Spanish exploration with three hand-tinted films showing the tango, flamenco, and bolero dancing styles:
The Tango [Le Tango]
The Malaguena and the Bullfighter [La malagueña et le torero]
Saharet Performs the Bolero [Madame Saharet, boléro]
Alice Guy, 1st Female Filmmaker – Clown, Dog and Balloon [Clown, chien et ballon] (1905)
April 26, 2012 — chrisgiddensCute one-trick doggie show. The backdrop is beautifully detailed, yet the illusion of depth is humorously broken by the balloon bouncing off the set.
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