Aladdin e a Lâmpada Maravilhosa (1906)
Gênero : Fantasia
Runtime : 12M
Director : Albert Capellani
Sinopse
The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marriage to a princess. But his rival, an evil magician, steals the lamp for himself. Aladdin must regain the lamp or lose everything.
Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a little girl who lives in his building.
Saharet performs the bolero for Alice Guy.
A woman performs the tango.
An early sound-synchronized short of a rooster crowing.
A magician transforms a tiny dinner table into a full meal for a homeless man.
An impecunious chap is unable to pay his rent, whereupon he is ejected, but all his furniture is retained and he is allowed to remove only his rolling bed. Pulling this a few blocks, he is exhausted and lies down on the bed to rest. He is soon the center of attraction, and the crowd continues to gather, when the police order him away, and as he refuses to move he is started off by the officers, who guide him for a time, but are forcibly deterred by indignant citizens from further interference. The impecunious man and his bed, which gains momentum as it runs down the inclines, cause much excitement en route, and finally arrive at the business center, where it comes to a stop alongside the walk. Our friend has purloined a fur coat and an auto horn on his tour, and now presents a modern chauffeur. (Gaumont catalogue)
A primeira cena é a de um professor de música, com a ajuda de dois homens, mudando seus pertences mundanos para um novo apartamento. Assim que o piano é colocado na sala, ele se senta para tocar. A música anima tanto os dois ajudantes que eles acompanham o ritmo com seus membros ao ritmo da música enquanto carregam os vários móveis restantes. Outro apartamento no mesmo prédio é o cenário da próxima série de vistas. Nela, é mostrada uma sala de jantar, um homem e uma mulher à mesa e uma empregada servindo.
A bunch of bricklayers cause trouble for the local cops.
Neste curta de 1905, A diretora francesa Alice Guy-Blaché - Uma estátua viva causa grandes problemas para palhaços desavisados. que tentam filmá-la....
A bullfighter dances with a woman.
Cute one-trick doggie show. The backdrop is beautifully detailed, yet the illusion of depth is humorously broken by the balloon bouncing off the set.
The kids of a game-keeper get into a chase with rifles.
A bunch of people run an obstacle course all around town.
Experimental color film that shows a magician and his assistant making objects and people appear and disappear. Then they stack up some blocks and a moving picture of a little girl appears on them.
Polin performs a song.
A runaway barrel wreaks havoc all over the city.
A pretty maid is out walking and encounters a series of military men, starting with a private, who lose her to higher ranks.
Lançado em Paris em abril de 1906 e posteriormente distribuído com legendas recém-traduzidas em maio de 1907 nos Estados Unidos. É dividido em 25 cenas separadas, desde a chegada a Belém, até onde José e Maria são afastados do estábulo para o sepultamento de Cristo. Pelos padrões do período, foi uma obra ambiciosa e prodigiosa, bem como épica em tempo de execução, já que é de uma época em que a maioria dos filmes duravam apenas alguns minutos. Em cada uma das sequências, Guy procura ritualizar a vida e a morte de Cristo com uma série de ações gestuais, em que as fases da vida de Cristo podem ser segmentadas em uma série de performances tableaux.
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.
Madcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her beau, Bobbie.