Émile Cohl Movies

In "Rêves enfantins", players in the flesh are mixed with animated objects and cut-out paper actors.

Early short by French animation artist Émile Cohl. A woman becomes slowly visible in front of a black space. She points a wand and spells the...

Several unique specimens of highly ornamented porcelain are shown in series. In each case the various pieces of ware are in reality formed of living...

To the rhythm of a frenzied choreography, acrobatic matches come to life on a black background. Leaving their matchbox, they line the film in...

A child painter sells one of his paintings to an adult who appears to be surprised.

Papa Newlywed and his lovely wife looked up at their child apprehensively. Yes. Their own precious Snookums was on the warpath again

An Émile Cohl animation short.

An old and learned doctor discovers the secret of spontaneous generation and makes a microscopic germ which in its growth gives birth to the...

A showman invites patrons to step up to his Kinetoscope-style magic box and glimpse the answers to their most burning questions.

When "Snookums" started to cry, Da-da thought it was because there was no milk in the house, and so he started on a run to the nearest store.

Poor little dear! This time our little Snookums is in real trouble. No, he was not ill, but, believe me, he was unhappy.

The various parts of Faust are played by puppets.

A parlor full of bon vivants pass around an enchanted pair of spectacles that “reveal the personality and pleasures of the one who wears...

When "Snookums" discovered this break in the pipe and the splashing water, he thought it was great fun to sit there and let the water spray over his...

A bizarre musical couple falls asleep after an insane performance, and dreams about musical instruments.

A mixture of stop-motion and live action film from Émile Cohl with tin soldiers, children's drawings and cannibals in blackface.

Grotesque animated spirits punish a disbeliever who scorns his wife’s interest in the occult.

Strangely hypnotic short from Émile Cohl featuring the usual seamless transformations, this time of a series of grotesque faces.

Snookums is being amused by the neighbor's kid next door, who gracefully stands on his head for minutes at a time.

Two nosy neighbors who drill a hole through their wall to spy on the canoodling couple next door get more than they bargained for when the man...