The Helping Hand (French: Pour les p'tiots, literally "For the Little Ones") was a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. An impoverished father...

The Helping Hand (1908 American film), a silent film The Helping Hand (1908 French film), a silent film "Helping Hand", a song by Billy Joe Royal, from...

A Trip to the Moon (French: Le voyage dans la lune) is a 1902 French science-fiction adventure trick film written, directed and produced by Georges Méliès...

the French ambassador to England, wants to find out who the Pimpernel is, so he can be brought to French justice. He blackmails Blakeney's French wife...

to the image. Comments by an American distributor in a 1908 film-supply catalog further underscore France's continuing dominance in the field of hand-coloring...

souviens (French pronunciation: [ʒə mə suvjɛ̃]) is the official motto of Quebec, and translated literally into English means: "I remember." The exact meaning...

Louis XIII (French pronunciation: [lwi tʁɛz]; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death...

Not Guilty (French: Anaïc ou le Balafré) is a 1908 French short silent film credited to Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and...

Kingdom as The Devil's Castle, is an 1896 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. The film, which depicts a brief pantomimed sketch in the style...

hanté, released in the United States as The Devil's Castle and in Britain as The Haunted Castle, is an 1897 French silent trick film directed by Georges...

Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (/meɪˈljɛs/; French: [meljɛs]; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magician, actor, and film director. He led many technical...

The Broken Violin (French: Lully ou le Violon brisé) was a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company...

2019 indicated that the first named film star was French actor Max Linder. At the height of her fame in the 1910s, she was known as the "Biograph Girl" for...

Seein' Things (French: Fin de réveillon), also known as Seeing Things, was a 1908 French short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. A partygoer...

. he is very clever - a French archaeologist...". In the film's opening, Belloq and Hovitos tribesmen force Indiana to hand over a fertility idol he...

released in the United States as Honeymoon in a Balloon and in Britain as The Ascension of a Communicant, is a 1908 French short silent comedy film directed...

Through the Ages (French: La Civilisation à travers les âges), released in the US initially as Humanity Through Ages, is a 1908 historical drama film directed...

The Springfield race riot of 1908 consisted of events of mass racial violence committed against African Americans by a mob of about 5,000 white Americans...

die at the hands of her French guards. She subsequently mounted a daring escape and became a low-level rebel leader for the guerrilleros, helping to organise...

(1908, actor) Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908, actor) The Helping Hand (1908, actor) Sennett directed his first film this year with D. W. Griffith, but was...

Fun With the Bridal Party (French: Le Mariage de Thomas Poirot) was a 1908 French silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. Two pranksters, finding...

French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, was...

Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family of England. Jeanne de Rothschild (1908–2003), actress Nadine de Rothschild (1932–), French actress and author...

coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the border with...

The Miser (French: L'Avare) is a 1908 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The miser character in the film is probably Harpagon, from Molière's...

when the French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807 by transiting through Spain, and it escalated in 1808 after Napoleonic France occupied...

Voyage in the United States and Whirling the Worlds in Britain. The French catalogue descriptions give French names for many of the characters: the engineer...

A Fake Diamond Swindler (French: L'Habit ne fait pas Lemoine ou Fabricant de diamants) was a 1908 French silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès...

In the GLO building, he began developing characters and plots for such stories as "Georgia's Ruling" (1900), and "Buried Treasure" (1908). The castle-like...

After the Ball (French: Après le bal) is an 1897 French short silent film made by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and numbered...