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...

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....

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

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

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

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

Praxinoscope animation of kids dancing. Series 3, number 9....

Praxinoscope animation of a juggler balancing a spinning plate on their nose. Series 1, number 2....

Short film of 300 individually painted images....

Praxinoscope animation of an equestrian riding. Series 3, number 8....

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

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

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

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

Praxinoscope animation of a child laying down balancing a drum upon his upraised legs. Series 1, number 3....

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

Praxinoscope animation of a butterfly fluttering about a flower. Series 2, number 6....

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