Georges Méliès

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. ...

This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the ...

The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the ...

“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant’s mouth. He ...

A colonel in the military receives an unorthodox shower, an unorthodox shower indeed!

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the ...

A reenactment of a dirigible explosion in Paris.

Georges Méliès’ adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” is most distinguished, today, for being a color ...

The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. ...

Four black minstrels turn into white clowns and back again when they hit or kick each other.

In a bakery in the French countryside, Father Latourte, his wife, and their staff are busy with customers, pastries, and baked goods of all ...

A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade ...

A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.

A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

A trio of prankish boarders wreak havoc on their landlady and an intervening policeman.

A sorceress conjures up a bevy of beauties for a bachelor to peruse.

Short film about a magician.

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

A magician’s hat offers many surprises.

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

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

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

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

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