Georges Méliès Movies

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 prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted...

One fine day at a barbershop that has stupid staff and very rude customers.

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

Du Paty de Clam requests Captain Dreyfus to write as he dictates for the purpose of ascertaining whether his handwriting conforms to that of the...

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he...

Lost trick film

An episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.

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

Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.

A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

A witch curses a town's well.

Surviving fragment of a longer film. A magician makes a butterfly woman appear, and a woman in a star. Exhausted, the magician falls asleep and the...

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his...

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side...