Gaston Velle Movies

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...

Short film showcasing a circus clown act.

A devil puts a woman into a boiling cauldron in a fiery cave.

Beautiful girls emerge from a large beehive and perform graceful dances. The queen falls asleep and an enormous spider builds his web over her. The...

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...

A couple steals food from a grocery store. To stop them from repeating their crime, the cunning salesman electrifies his shop.

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

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

A young schoolboy sneaks into his father's study while he is out. He discovers a deck of transparent cards and holds some of them up to the lamp, one...

A couple perform a acrobatic dance.

A boy is put to bed by his mother, but when she leaves the room, he pulls out a book. Dropping off to sleep, he begins to dream. The wall behind him...

A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth....

Silent movie from 1904

We see busy bees flying around the hive. Suddenly a dancer appears on the scene, and we enjoy a dance, executed by six dancers. The Queen gets tired,...

"Danced at the Casino de Paris by the Elks and their Indian troop."

A trick film by Gaston Velle