Georges Méliès Movies

Lost trick film from Georges Méliès.

Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends,...

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

A very simple gag film as a young lady substitutes herself for a dummy in order to play a practical joke on an artist.

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...

A soldier is talking to a woman while sitting on a bench, a man sits on it, and the soldier stands up, causing the bench to tip over and the man...

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and...

"This view represents a grand transformation scene of several tableaux, the more interesting and the more surprising in the order of their...

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

A magic trick is performed with a long plank with two pots built into it, both with holes in the bottom. Pretty girls are part of the magic.

A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.

This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.

The Count de Cagliostro, who occupies his spare time in working magic, has invited one of his friends to be present at an exhibition which has for...

The comedy generally known as “The Barber of Sevilla” is strongly recommended because it contains nothing offensive nor objectionable,...

A man does tricks by forming hats and then putting them on. Fragment available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

An impoverished father, with his young son and daughter, begs for food in a marketplace. When a merchant angrily turns them away, their plight...

A young woman stumbles across a cave that is populated by the spirits and skeletons of people who died there under mysterious circumstances.

Another magic short of Méliès.

The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in...