Gaumont Treasures (1897-1913) DVD Trailer

Scenes from the 1900 hand-tinted silent short film “Pierrette’s Escapades” directed by the pioneering director Alice Guy-Blaché, the world’s first female film director. From 1896 to 1906, Guy was the only female filmmaker in the world. She experimented with revolutionary methods of synchronized sound in her films as early as 1905, and released several hand-tinted color films. Each frame of “Pierrette’s Escapades” was individually hand-tinted at the Gaumont Studio, one of over 460 short films Ali