Le grand restaurant

Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

A shot of a busy street in Paris is shown in reverse.

A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a mercantile establishment when the cops stage a raid.

When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.

An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.

A photogenic Partie de campagne with Léonce looking for mushrooms! A nice prestation by Poupette Suzanne Le Bret and a nice little fantasy.

A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.

A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.

On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.

Two young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker s them and, for lack of space, shares their room. At dawn he is found dead. A few years later justice is done.

A parade of horses pulling a very large and, one must assume, heavy cart.

The first travelling shot.

At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.

Jérôme Crainquebille, is an ageing vegetable seller who has sold groceries from his cart in in Paris for over 40 years. One day, he is harassed by a policeman who insists that he moves on. When he protest…