Movies: Georges Hatot

A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust....

In a bathroom, a big lady undresses. Shot of girl in bath back, perched on a stool watching her through the window over the door. The girl then changes the door and moves her escabot with a smile. In the other bathroom, a man manages to nail a client...

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Soldiers try to defend themselves inside of a crumbling shack....

The cyclist is dispatched upon an important errand, and his humorous and alarming adventures by the way form the subject of this series. Misadventure follows misadventure with great frequency, but the cyclist comes up smiling every time, mounts his m...

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Clowns on bicycles: that pretty much sums up this short Pathe comedy. They dress in various costumes. The bicycles are in varying states of disrepair. They ride along various places, occasionally falling off the bicycles, or being unable to get the b...

Thieves are chased by police on rooftops....

A drunk man is going to buy more drink at his wife's expense, which he takes advantage of to get more drunk....

This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary writer, Jean-Paul Marat--who has the notorious distinction of having influenced the Reign of Terror....

A bill poster comes upon a blank wall, and immediately puts up a poster advertising a movie show at one location....

A balcony courting scene turns into a man being beaten in a sack....

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”....

Her husband goes away on a business trip. Her lover appears. However, before they can begin their affair, there is a knock on the door. He hides in a dirt chest. When the maid is gone, he comes out. There is a knock on the door. He hides in a filthy ...

Agents chase down rooftop criminals, and after a series of grotesque twists and turns, they finally get their hands on them....