Societe Generale Des Cinematographes Eclipse Movies

The cyclist is dispatched upon an important errand, and his humorous and alarming adventures by the way form the subject of this series. Misadventure...

Arthème loves playing the clarinet. He plays it in the streets, in the park, in the streetcar (at least when he does not miss it!). When he...

The homeless Polycarpe steals a rifle from some careless society sportsmen and goes on a mindless shooting spree. (MoMA)

"A charming story of a young society girl and the pathetic love of a youth..." Considered a lost film.

An Émile Cohl animation short.

The film begins with a shot of Wilbur Wright starting the engine; an unidentified assistant (quite likely his brother, Orville) is seen at the front...

Jeanne Doré becomes the accomplice of her son Jacques who unfortunately commits a crime to help his mistress, Fanny, find money.

Charles Servaes finds a coin on the ground and takes possession. When he tries to use it to pay for his cab ride, the cabbie says it's counterfeit....

Artheme takes his elderly uncle for a walk in his wheelchair, but abandons the invalid in the woods overnight when he spots a pretty girl. (MoMA)

Polycarpe gets himself a suit with a big neck.

Charles Servaes as Polycarpe becomes an inspector of sort; he goes around measure the length of women's skirts in Paris to make sure they don't...

Ernest Servaes and his wife leave their apartment, hoping to have a peaceful picnic in the green suburbs. However, they miss the train. Then the...

An animation where real life objects turn into animations.

Accident-prone Polycarpe wreaks havoc on a construction site—a popular location for so many early film comedies.

A dog causes a man to get chased.

This subject illustrates the pathetic attachment that exists between a dog and his blind master.

Charles Servaes playing Polycarpe is cooking some eggs in his residential hotel. What do you need when you want to cook eggs?A clean chimney that...