Fernande Albany

Acting

Fernande Albany

Born 1889-12-22

Acting credits

The Impossible Voyage poster
7.3

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

The Impossible Voyage

1904

The Dwarf poster
6.3

In a small circus campaign, the act of Valentine, the dwarf, is one of the highlights of the show. But then one night, he grew suddenly and turns into a handsome young man of six feet tall. First mad with joy, he will face harsh reality of normality.

The Dwarf

1961

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Femmes Collantes

1920

Tunneling the English Channel poster
6.5

The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

Tunneling the English Channel

1907

The Conquest of the Pole poster
6.2

A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras" by Jules Verne.

The Conquest of the Pole

1912

No artwork available
NR

Marjolin, called for military duty, has cheated on his wife who found out and decided to get even by being a godmother to another soldier, a cook named Brichoux. Brichoux sells his place to Lambrisset who soon makes a pass at the woman. Marjolin's uncle, a colonel, arrives unexpectedly and congratulates his alleged nephew. But Mrs. Lambrisset, thinking that her husband did not get his leave, comes to Paris to visit her friend Mrs. Marjolin, and finds her husband there. The Colonel sweetens her temper.

Madame and Her Godchild

1919

Gran Casino poster
5.2

After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.

Gran Casino

1947

N'épouse pas ta fille poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

N'épouse pas ta fille

1934

The New Lord of the Village poster
5.4

There's a scene in a village, then there's a scene out in the wilderness with what appear to be gods, and a giant crab, and a giant frog... then there's another scene in the village... and that's it.

The New Lord of the Village

1908

Les infortunes des patineurs poster
4.1

A group of people take roller skating too far.

Les infortunes des patineurs

1908

How Bridget's Lover Escaped poster
4.9

Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his unsuspecting fellow officers.

How Bridget's Lover Escaped

1907

Long Distance Wireless Photography poster
5.5

Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a demonstration: he starts machines whirring, and projects a painting of three women onto a large screen; suddenly the women begin to move. The customers are impressed. First the women sits in the special seat: she's projected onto the screen, and her good nature comes out in the laughing image. Then it's the man's turn, but the machine discloses a vastly different nature in him. Will his reaction threaten our proprietor's inventions?

Long Distance Wireless Photography

1908

The Fleeing Dead poster
7.1

Two second-rate, hammy actors, Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet, come up with a fake murder story to draw attention to themselves. Baluchet is to kill Trignol, who will temporarily disappear then reappear, as if by magic, during the trial. But things don't go according to plan.

The Fleeing Dead

1936

Le Naïf amoureux poster
7.0

Paul is an accomplished teacher at Janson-de-Sailly. A "good guy" who, having returned for the holidays to the provincial town where he was raised, finds Véronique, his childhood friend. He falls madly in love...

Le Naïf amoureux

1965

In the Barber Shop poster
5.0

One fine day at a barbershop that has stupid staff and very rude customers.

In the Barber Shop

1908

Sightseeing Through Whisky poster
5.2

John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the site of a ruin where he starts having hallucinations.

Sightseeing Through Whisky

1907

In the act poster
9.0

Simultaneously made French version of "Einbrecher": A wealthy old husband looks for the successor for his young wife.A devious gentleman burglar is one possibility he toys with.

In the act

1931

The Good Luck of a 'Souse' poster
4.9

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of them landing on the ground and then we go back to the room where the drunk is now trying to kill himself.

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

1907

An Adventurous Automobile Trip poster
5.8

A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special car, who claims that he can get there in just two hours. Complications ensue.

An Adventurous Automobile Trip

1905

Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler poster
5.5

The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders.

Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler

1908

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le Théâtreux joué

1908

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Trop gratter cuit

1916

Buncoed Stage Johnnie poster
4.0

This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missing parts of the movie. Basically a man wants to give some flowers to a stage star but a prankster instead gives them to an obese cleaning woman.

Buncoed Stage Johnnie

1908