Georges Méliès Movies

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and...

A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his...

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage...

Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell....

This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place...

On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

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

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

An actor tries to get to a show on time. Many mishaps along the way.

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...

The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders.

A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the...

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

An actor tries to get to a show on time. Many mishaps along the way.

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...

As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these...