Georges Méliès Movies

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by...

The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical

The Bogie Man's cave is one of the many triumphs of set design for Georges Méliès. More unusual for the pioneering French director is...

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic...

A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding...

Showing room at the military prison at Rennes in which Dreyfus the accused is confined. He is visited by his counsel, Maître Labori and...

The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer...

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...

In this subject a "comique eccentric" enters the drawing room inhabited by spirits. He tries to take off his coat and hat, but these garments return...

A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.

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...

In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...