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Spain 2008 star_border 5.7
This is a compilation of some of the films that Alice Guy filmed in Spain from mid-October to the end of November, 1905 (catalogue numbers 1371 to 1384) that were individually released in early 1906.

So Much Love Lost 1958
Here's a railway station. Next to it, there's generally a town; and in a town,there is love! The train arrives. Mr. Andrieu is expecting his sardines and both his daughters, back from winter sports.

This Pretty World 1957 star_border 4
Pépito runs a gang of thugs with authority. He has a natural son, Gaston, a professor of literature in Aix-en-Provence, whom he has hardly ever seen. Gaston announces himself for Christmas, and Pépito decides to make him look good by moving into his headquarters: a château where the crooks will be able to exercise their talents as composers.

To Catch a Spy 1957 star_border 5
The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum. The latter agrees to hand over the blueprints in return for a large sum of money. Another agent, Francis Coplan, is sent to Switzerland to handle the deal, but Lindbaum only has half of the documents because he was double-crossed by Kalpannen, an international crook. With the help of Heidi, a Swiss correspondent, Coplan sets out to identify the members of Kalpannen’s gang, only to find that they have all been murdered…

The Beautiful Trip 1947 star_border 9.5
She dragged out a more than mediocre life in the port of Antwerp; he is a renowned pianist-virtuoso. These two solitary beings, totally different, meet by chance on a liner and gradually realize that they complement each other harmoniously.

Dawn Devils 1946 star_border 5
A lieutenant, at the head of a commando ready to land in France, finds among his men a maquisard who had tried to kill him in the past.

Blondine 1945 star_border 8
Blondine, the daughter of a poor fisherman, marries the Prince of the Mountain. Brune, her sister, envies Blondine her happiness and tells her that a secret lies hidden in her husband's name. Blondine tries to discover it but, before she does, the Prince is imprisoned by an ogre. Blondine must face goblins, imps, and the water djinni before she can deliver her captive Prince.

Onésime et son âne 1940
Ernest Bourbon discovers that a shower of gold coins fall from his donkey's hindquarters -- I've phrased that as politely as I can. Now rich, he moves to the city, dresses well and hires servants. Unlike the one about the goose that lays the golden eggs, he treats his benefactor well, even though the donkey doesn't seem to enjoy the process.

Antonia 1935
The famous singer Antonia left the stage to marry a country gentleman. She goes alone one day to Budapest to see again the operetta which revealed her and outlines a flirtation with an aviator engaged to her niece. The presence of mind of the latter pleasantly closes the adventure.

La croisière noire 1926
This non-fiction feature produced by the Citroen automobile company features a car which makes a trip across the African continent.

Vindicta 1923
One of the longest films ever made

Léonce poète 1916
Leonce Perret tries to kill himself. After he fails, he decides to pour out his agony on paper. However, he broke an arm in trying to end his life. So he hires a pretty, sympathetic secretary, and matters take their course.

Onésime gardien du foyer 1914
Seated comfortably in the green pastures near his home, Batty Bill is suddenly presented with a baby, but with his usual dull wits he is slow to realize the catastrophe that has befallen him. When he does so, the giver of this great gift has disappeared. Poor Batty Bill endeavors to leave the baby everywhere, but without success. Ultimately he is, as he thinks, more successful, and is able to give the baby over to the police. A little later he is about to be married, when the police come and insist upon him taking his child. The indignation of his prospective wife is very amusing, and the whole thing causes a great joke from end to end.

The Policeman Has No Pants 1914 star_border 5
Foezel, a dim-witted police officer, is persuaded to loan his trousers to an actor who is playing a cop in a movie.

Les Deux chemineaux 1913
A young tramp asks for help at a farm house. He is turned away. Later, as supper is being eaten, another, older tramp asks for some food. The farmer gives him some. When the farmer's daughter says he should let him stay overnight, he's given a place in the hay loft. Good for the household, since the other tramp returns to rob the place.

Bout-de-Zan et le lion 1913

Léonce et Toto 1913
Léonce’s wife receives a tiny chihuahua as a gift and immediately dotes on it, to the point of putting it on the table at meals. The hero is disgusted and tries increasingly devious and extreme ways of getting rid of the little pest - David Bordwell

Léonce pot-au-feu 1913

Léonce en ménage 1913

Onésime et l'oeuvre d'art 1913
Ernest Bourbon gets a bust delivered. Eduoard Grissolet visits him and rhapsodizes over it. Then Bourbon is taken to the loony bin, where they perform some extreme slapstick on him. He escapes, heads home, crawls into bed. The police break in. They take him to an interrogation room and push him out a window.

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