The invention of cinema - and its growth into a sophisticated art form - are vividly brought to life in this massive collection of films from the early years of the influenced Gaumont's artistic directors, who oversaw all film production at the studio, and profoundly influenced not only the identity of the studio but also the evolution of the cinema itself.

DVD 1 - Alice Guy
# Bathing in a Stream (1897)
# At the Hypnotist's (1898)
# Wonderful Absinthe (1899)
# The Cabbage patch Fairy (1900)
# Faust and Mephistopheles (1903)
# Felix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs" (1905)
# The Consequences of Feminism (1906)
# On the Barricade (1907) and more!

DVD 2 - Louis Feuillade
# The Colonel's Account (1907)
# Spring (1909)
# Custody of the Child (1909)
# The Defect (1911)
# The Roman Orgy (1911)
# The Trust (1913)
# Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant (1913)
# The Agony of Byzance (1913) and more!

DVD 3 - Leonce Perret
# The Mystery of the Rocks of Kador (1912)
# The Child of Paris (1913)