Georges Méliès Movies

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....

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open...

Two pranksters, finding out that a couple is about to apply for a marriage license at the town mayor's office, sneak into the office to pull a...

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

AN UNEXPECTED BATH" shows the astronomer watching women rain down from the heavens.

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

Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a...

A man makes twenty complete changes in two minutes, combining with them dances. The changes are made in full sight of the audience. Biondi, Fregoli...

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...

Lost short film from Georges Méliès.

Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly...

A fraudster is at work in his laboratory, where he pretends to make synthetic diamonds.

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...

A high nobleman finds himself in the Temple of the Sun, where he meets Mascarille, who proposes himself as a juggler. After extracting from the...

In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.

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,...

Jack is taken on a sea-snail to the lair of a fairy, who magically turns him into a prince. He thoroughly enjoys the dancing and fawning of the...

A fencing match. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around...

Noted for the first use of time-lapse in a motion picture.

Shows a drunkard in a road man's cell, raving. He sleeps and dreams that he has a huge flask before him; this he attempts to grasp, but awakens,...