Ferdinand Zecca Movies

Apparently inspired by the antics of Harry Houdini, Slippery Jim opens in the office of a police commissioner to whom a rather cocky villain is...

Some naughty scenes from a balcony.

To the modern viewer, it may seem peculiar that there are several movies in which a man sneaks a kiss off a young woman in a darkened railway car,...

A man with some sense of intestinal urgency needs to find the right door at a railroad station. He chooses... the wrong door.

A man kills a wealthy miser - frugal fellow, I like to think - and buries his corpse under a haystack. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his...

A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

Captivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous...

A trick film using the reverse effect.

Behind the elderly husband's back, the lovers kiss and go off together. But is he unaware of their actions. No! So she swears that her husband is mad...

Old gentleman stretches himself on the long seat of a French railway car, after placing numerous bundles in the rack above him, and also in the rack...

A group of men with a broken down auto get an assist from a man who can’t walk.

On the theater stage, a magician makes appear and disappear his partners

A magician performs tricks with a chicken and eggs.

Depicting well-known incidents in the life of Jesus Christ, this milestone of early cinema won world fame, huge audiences and a screen life of...

This picture describes the well-known biblical story of Samson and Delila. The picture commences with Samson's visit to Gaza, a city of the...

A delightful and typical farce film, ending with the usual Gallic chase.

Charles Prince, his gift of a posy spurned in favor of a rival's expensive ring, goes to enlist in the Balkan Wars. Sort of. That is, he goes to...