Movies: Émile Reynaud

One night, Arlequin comes to see his lover Colombine. But then Pierrot knocks at the door and Colombine and Arlequin hide. Pierrot starts singing but Arlequin scares him and the poor man goes away....

The film consists of a series of animations on a beach containing two beach huts and a diving board. Two characters play at diving into the water from the diving board and then appear on the beach. The woman begins to play with a small dog and is the...

A pre-cinematograph colour animation of the monkey playing his violin. Series 2, number 9....

Praxinoscope strip of a shifting rosette. Series 2, number 5....

Walt Disney discusses the history of animation, beginning with J. Stuart Blackton and his Humorous Phases of Funny Faces in 1906, and including Gertie the Dinosaur....

Since this is lost the content of the film can only be presumed but it was supposedly depicted a schoolboy smoking his first cigar....

Praxinoscope animation of a woman feeding chickens. Series 1, number 4...

Short film of 300 individually painted images....

Praxinoscope animation of a boy holding a hoop for two trained dogs to leap through. Series 1, number 8....

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The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with sound via wax cylinder recordings. Many of these short films were also presented in hand-tinted color. The performances r...

Praxinoscope animation of a man spinning around a trapeze. Series 2, number 7....

Praxinoscope animation of three boys jumping over a piece of wood. Series 2, number 10....

Praxinoscope of a girl in a blue dress skipping rope. Series 1, number 9...

Praxinoscope animation of two girls playing . Series 3, number 6....

Praxinoscope animation of a green-suited boy wearing a drum and cymbal. Series 1, number 10...

Praxinoscope animation of a man sitting backwards in a char smoking a cigar, while a dog jumps up at him. Series 3, number 5....

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Praxinoscope animation of a swimmer. Series 2, number 8....

Praxinoscope animation of two workers sawing wood. Series 2, number 1....