Georges Méliès Movies

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

Showing the rolling sea, upon which gradually appears a cloud of mist. From this evolves the figure of Christ, who proceeds to walk on the waves. The...

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair,...

A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.

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

Before going to war with his neighbors, the King reviews his men. The Queen's Musketeer's, who number only young men, are proclaimed the best drilled...

It is the birthday of Uncle Rube, a foxy old peasant who has gathered at his table his family and his help, among whom is a sleepy farmhand, a boy...

Two couples, one old and one young, have blind dates at the same meeting place. The arrival of the wrong people at different times makes a fun...

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

Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the...

A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

Inspired by The X-Rays (1987), is currently presumed lost.

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...

The film begins with a grandmother reading a story to a small child (played by Georges Méliès's son, André) before tucking him...

Maître Labori is seen approaching the bridge of Rennes in company with Colonel Picquart and M. Gast, Mayor of Rennes. They notice that they are...

1908 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost.

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

Mr. Dauber, a painter very favorably known, receives a visit Mr. Pierrot, a white clown enjoying a popularity as wide-spread as that of the painter...

Two guards bring a sorcerer into the hall of a palace of the time of the Middle Ages. The king who follows them orders the sorcerer to be chained and...

The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then...