Georges Méliès Movies

Shows the interior of the cell of the Prison Militaire du Cherche-Midi, Paris, where Colonel Henry is confined. He is seated at a table writing a...

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

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

An Innkeeper introduces his young and pretty daughter to a wealthy old man who is in quest of a wife, but she being already in love spurns his...

Another magic short of Méliès.

A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.

Méliès appears as a court jester (a “triboulet” in French). He pulls 18th century noblemen out of a trunk and arranges them...

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,...

Lost trick film from George Méliès of unknown plot.

A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

During an interval in the proceedings of the court martial, the journalists enter into an animated discussion, resulting in a dispute between Arthur...

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

A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father...

A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.

A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

The Simple Simons have determined to give a dinner to their friends in honor of the birthday of the Madam. They call their chef who, just as he is on...

In this film, we show the interior of a doctor's office. A patient enters, and judging from the expression on his face, he is in great pain. The...

A derelict discovers that a surgeon performing unnatural experiments has replaced his body.

A reenactment of a scene inside Devil's Island prison.

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...