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Browse 1028 movies from Pathé Frères
May 1913
Both father and son want to meet their respective romantic appointments, without the other one knowing. The film is currently considered lost.
Aug 1905
A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Ferdinand Zecca's own remake of the same name (Plongeur fantastique, 1905).
Jun 1901
Andre Deed is moving out, so he has hired some guys with a cart to move his stuff...... and they have a drink to seal the deal. They load his cart...... and they have a drink..... in short, but the time this is over, Deed is pretty loaded too in this amusing comedy.
Aug 1906
This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.
Jan 1907
Max is late for his own wedding, and, worse yet, has no shoes.
Mar 1914
While the old gentleman is dying his mustache and eyebrows, putting in his monocle, and donning his toupee, the little brat fits a two-gallon jar of glue and ladles some into he gentleman's top hat, then sneaks out to witness his embarrassment.
Jun 1905
Sep 1908
A man kills a wealthy miser - frugal fellow, I like to think - and buries his corpse under a haystack. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his victim....or is it his own conscience?
Sep 1905
Two men get into a knife fight, in a Corsican tavern, and one of them kills another and escapes. He takes refuge in his house but escapes when the guard arrives, starting a persecution to the death.
Dec 1914
A man walks down to the water's edge, takes off his clothes and prepares to go for a swim.... only to find himself fully clothed. This happens again and again.
Jul 1901
During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks for mercy, knowing that his father was wrong. Because of that the wife is freed.
Sep 1904
Stencil-coloured version of Segundo de Chomón's Les roses magiques (1906).
Apr 1907
With contraband strapped to the backs of their dogs, smugglers set off to cross the Spanish-French border. Having been spied upon and betrayed to customs officers, a fierce skirmish results and only the dogs and a single smuggler reach their destination.
Jul 1906
Apparently inspired by the antics of Harry Houdini, Slippery Jim opens in the office of a police commissioner to whom a rather cocky villain is presented. The commissioner orders the prisoner to be clapped in irons, but this proves to be easier said than done because our anti-hero - presumably the Slippery Jim of the title - proves to be an expert escapologist.
May 1910
Aug 1914
Backward facing camera stunt story of a man coming out of the water.
Jul 1905
A well-dressed, middle-aged man is enjoying a drink at a table with a pretty young woman. He flirts with her, and she seems not to mind his attentions. But is it all too good to be true?
At the beach, amorous Max exchanges his shoes for those of a fair bather. The scheme goes awry, Linder's dog still further adding to the fun.
Feb 1914