Gaston Velle Movies

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and...

A woman, who tried to smuggle goods under her clothes, is brought to an excise duty office for further inspection.

After a quarrel Pedro walks out of the cafe leaving his fiancée (Stacia Napierkowska) alone. Heartbroken, she visits the flower garden and...

A prestidigitator, one of the best, is about to perform a number of illusions and brings to his aid a pack of playing cards. He selects the King of...

This exquisitely coloured film features a series of models rotating slowly in front of the camera, allowing close-up views of their various...

A beautiful seductive fairy makes gentle winged creatures appear.

An old astronomer named Nigadimus has been transfixed by a star for a long time. He had but one thought: to travel to it, to declare his love for it!...

Short Pathe Brothers film

Pierrot woos Columbine, who abandons Harlequin. An old witch hands Harlequin a magical flute that will make his wishes come true, whenever it is...

Under cover of a disguise, Santa approaches Saint-Anthony's hut and, via various tricks, sets out to try his faith. Will good triumph over evil?

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.

A cook mistakenly throws his kitchen boy into a huge pot while preparing a stew. Distraught, he attempts to make up for his mistake. Alas, Mephisto...

A gentleman returns to his home office to find that the porter is smoking his cigars and has the housemaid on his knee.

Two housemaids, arguing, start to fight : a houseboy steps in to separate them, and in doing so becomes their target and is literally torn apart....

Short film showcasing a circus clown act.

An evil magician visits the rajah's palace to perform his magic tricks, but he also steals a valuable casket making his getaway aboard a dragon. The...

As soon as his back is turned, Columbine is making out with Harlequin. So when he catches them at it, Gaston Séverin as Pierrot strikes her as...

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive...

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

This is an incomplete fragment of a longer film, so doesn’t make much sense, but it’s very beautiful and colourful with plenty of...