Gaston Velle Movies

Fantastic Flowers is a compilation of short silent films produced between 1906 and 1920, displaying amazing colours that were applied to each frame...

An Italian movie about Othello.

The town-crier summons the inhabitants of the town and they read a manifesto which is posted on a wall announcing the fact that at 4 o'clock on that...

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

A devil puts a woman into a boiling cauldron in a fiery cave.

An evil magician visits the rajah's palace to perform his magic tricks, but he also steals a valuable casket making his getaway aboard a dragon. The...

A beautiful seductive fairy makes gentle winged creatures appear.

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....

Gaston Velle's 'Les Fleurs Animées' was screened by the Australian-based Corrick Family Entertainers as part of their variety act. In their...

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

A magician performs various tricks.

Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is...

A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed. A burglar enters the room and...

A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth....

A merchant is giving a demonstration of his lifelike automatons to a bedazzled customer. Could these "larger than life" clockwork figures look too...

A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.

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 first cinematographic adaptation of the infamous Count Cagliostro.

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?

Inside an operating room, a surgeon performs several procedures of "modern" surgery.