Émile Reynaud Movies

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...

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...

Walt Disney discusses the history of animation, beginning with J. Stuart Blackton and his Humorous Phases of Funny Faces in 1906, and including...

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

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

Short film of 300 individually painted images.

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.

Praxinoscope animation of the water mill. Series 2, number 3.

Praxinoscope animation of two children playing on a homemade teeter-totter. Series 3, number 2.

Praxinoscope animation of a chef rotating meat on a spit while spooning drippings over it. Series 1, number 6.

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

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 clowns dancing with a horse. Series 3, number 10.

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

The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with...

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

Praxinoscope animation of a young girl eating soup. Series 2, number 4.