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Émile Cohl (French: [kol]; January 4, 1857 – January 20, 1938), born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Parisian".
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11 April 1910
Four customers are having a peaceful game of cards in a quiet café. The atmosphere being heavy, the waiter falls asleep and has an unsettling dream about the ills of alcohol, among other things.
18 January 1911
A man believes to have scared his perpetually agitated mother-in-law to death and goes out to buy her a nice wreath.
01 June 1913
And now our funny little friend, Snookums, has started real trouble for his poor Dada. A few of the neighbors and Dada were having a nice quiet little game when the door-bell rang and when Snookums' beautiful mother went to the door, she found the minister.
27 July 1913
A Émile Cohl animated short in The Newlyweds series.
21 June 1910
A cut-out animation depicting the Twelve Labours of Hercules.
17 January 1910
A British clown invents a device which shows all people in grotesque sizes.
01 February 1914
Part of Émile Cohl's Newlyweds series, based on George McManus' comic strip.
27 February 1910
In "Rêves enfantins", players in the flesh are mixed with animated objects and cut-out paper actors.
20 January 2004
This collection of vintage cartoons is not only a loopy primer on animation history; it is also an offbeat reflection of western "civilization" in the early 20th century.
03 May 1909
Two lovers perform a fandango dance. A jealous quarrel follows and the heart-broken swain decides to end it all.
01 April 1911
Strangely hypnotic short from Émile Cohl featuring the usual seamless transformations, this time of a series of grotesque faces.
21 December 1908
A mixture of stop-motion and live action film from Émile Cohl with tin soldiers, children's drawings and cannibals in blackface.
18 January 1911
Simple line drawings undergoing the usual transformations so beloved of French filmmaker Emile Cohl.
16 May 1910
A painter is seen in his studio with his model. A buyer comes in, and the painter shows him a number of his paintings, all of them based on puns, including one of a devil shooting pool.
03 May 1909
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 discovers their plan and casts a magic spell.
02 May 1910
A man who no longer can afford his rent is forced to sell his beloved furniture. The furniture can not bear to be parted from their owner and decides to return home.
10 April 1909
A delightfully pleasing and beautifully hand-colored series of panoramic views, giving the history of the fan.
06 April 1913
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 nice clean clothes.
18 January 1911
In Le cheveu délateur, a magician discovers the real identity of another character by the movement of a single hair, that, once animated, gives life to a story.
14 December 1913
Snookums is being amused by the neighbor's kid next door, who gracefully stands on his head for minutes at a time.
04 November 1909
A near-abstract animation telling a simple romantic story through drawings almost entirely composed of heart shapes.
03 May 1913
Three girls seeking to have their fortunes told invite a witch over. When the girls' father offends the witch, she puts a hex on him and his matches.
15 June 1913
Dada has made arrangements to go to a fancy dress ball, and has secured a wonderful costume.
01 February 1914
Part of Émile Cohl's Newlyweds series, based on George McManus' comic strip.
01 January 1916
A man dreams he loses his hat at sea, drowns and gets swallowed by a huge fish.
23 August 1910
The opening scene is in a tailor's shop, showing the four assistants more or less in love with their employer's daughter.
23 March 1913
This time the trouble is with Snookums and the telephone, and his father has a real struggle to satisfy him.
19 October 1913
Papa Newlywed and his lovely wife looked up at their child apprehensively. Yes. Their own precious Sn
06 September 1911
Elegant, monocled Lucien Cazalis sees women working on the streets of Paris, and will not have it! Unlike most male chauvinist pigs, he doesn't merely decry what he sees as unfeminine, he steps in and does the work, and fouls it up.
18 May 1913
Watching the dial of a taxi-cab is like a fall on a slippery pavement. It is funny, only when the other fellow suffers.
07 March 1918
Émile Cohl produced independently an animated series titled "Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés". There were four series of these produced, all released between 1917 and 1918.
25 January 1914
Newlywed buys a camera and attempts to photograph the kid.
01 January 1914
A female fortuneteller examines the sole of a man's foot to see his future.
16 March 1913
Snookums Newlywed makes acquaintance with a dog.
13 July 1913
What does 'ittle Snookums want now?
20 April 1913
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.
13 July 1914
To the rhythm of a frenzied choreography, acrobatic matches come to life on a black background. Leaving their matchbox, they line the film in circular, concentric movements.
29 June 1913
Poor little dear! This time our little Snookums is in real trouble. No, he was not ill, but, believe me, he was unhappy.
30 April 1912
An animation where real life objects turn into animations.
10 May 1911
Depicts a doctor looking into his patient's brain and seeing a collection of hideous and grotesque figures.
23 September 1910
A salesman pursuing a potential client takes tenacity to new heights, and depths.
10 October 1908
A traveler is welcomed into a fully automated hotel, where no human intervention is required. But the machines malfunction, giving the guest a nightmarish experience.
17 August 1908
An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation.
04 January 1909
A showman invites patrons to step up to his Kinetoscope-style magic box and glimpse the answers to their most burning questions.
20 March 1910
The film presents a drawing room meeting of enthusiastic puzzle workers. One gentleman has a new way of solving his puzzle.
06 August 1910
In this film several objects make paintings on an empty canvas, which all turn into photos and films.
19 April 1909
A scientist has acquired a microscope and is showing it off to his friend. He takes various body samples - hair, phlegm, etc.
11 February 1909
This subject presents a remarkably clever series of illusions in which a Japanese lantern, several dolls, chickens, mice and grasshoppers play a very prominent part.
17 January 1909
There have been numerous studies of plants and flowers presented to the public, but none which exhibit the perfection of stereoscopic detail.
06 May 1921
The stick man Fantoche is looking for a home, but there doesn't seem to be any room anywhere, not even in Hell.
14 September 1908
A nightmare, sketched out upon a living blackboard.
13 January 1911
A bizarre musical couple falls asleep after an insane performance, and dreams about musical instruments.
07 June 1909
The great men of letters and military conquest pose on subsequent pages of a very special history book.
11 January 1909
This subject portrays in a vivid manner the operations of a puppet in his efforts to see the sights.
11 April 1910
Émile Cohl uses stop-motion animation to tell about life on the chicken farm.
