Robinson Crusoe
Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white,...
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Henri André Chapais, known as André Deed (22 February 1879 – 4 October 1940), was a French actor and director, best known for his Foolshead comedies, produced in the 1900s and 1910s. André Deed was one of the first named actors in cinema, and his film series based around Foolshead were a global success.
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Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white,...
A washerwoman works so long for the same bosses that she gets to like their young son very much. One day she is...
At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appea...
The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute...
The story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machin...
In her village, Ms. Husson seeks to put a price under a rosiere but finding no worthy young pretty girl, hands...
The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marri...
Moving Cretinetti style: a tornado of furniture.
While a balloon merchant sleeps on a river bank, a group of children steal his balloons and attach them to the...
An inept marching band heads off to the competition, and then celebrates their surprising victory.
Two young lovers. An arranged marriage. An older groom. The lovers develop a plan to convince the groom that sh...
Boireau is sleeping in his bed, floating in the air, when a fire wakes him. So he takes his gun and shoots a fi...
When Hell gets boring, head for Paris.
Cretinetti sidesteps his creditors using several amazing tricks.
Boireau's father keeps trying to apprentice him to a different trade. Each time, the youngster annoys the custo...
Cretinetti tries to bring a gift to his sweetheart. He loses the flowers. The tableware set breaks into pieces....
Cretinetti wakes up in the middle of his sleep and finds himself in outlandish situations, walking through a mi...
The mishaps of a man who steps into the street wearing his brand-new white suit, and who instantly encounters e...
A quarrel in a club room leads to a duel between two of the characters. Honor is satisfied by the usual "contin...
A drunk man is going to buy more drink at his wife's expense, which he takes advantage of to get more drunk.
Directed by André Deed.
The set-up here is that Cretinetti has been invited to a friend's wedding and dressed up in a fine new outfit,...
The proud owner of a new car gets behind the wheel for the first time and weaves down the street, hitting every...
Cretinetti fails as an amateur thief.
Short comedy in which Gribouille (Cretinetti) loses his two lovers to two gentlemen.
In the Le Mans railway station, Oscar Ribouis is waiting for the connection that will lead him to Rennes, his h...
Andre Deed is moving out, so he has hired some guys with a cart to move his stuff...... and they have a drink t...
Cretinetti is about to get married and he could not be any happier and more in love with his Junoesque consort....
A scientist's reckless experiment turns a man into a half-ape creature, whose monkey-like antics bring confusio...
A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.
Andre Deed was a leading player in short Italian comedies in this period under the character name of Cretinetti...
Spoiled little Cretinetti almost destroys Christmas....
Cretinetti's cab runs out of gas and ends up blocking traffic.
Cretinetti meddles with things and lands into trouble every time, having his head forged on an anvil and fallin...