Georges Méliès Movies

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by...

A peddler of "the best glue" sets up his outdoor stall. A crowd gathers for a demonstration. As he gives his pitch, two observant cops decide drive...

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...

In a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while...

A painter boards a train and puts his paintings in the windows so that they look like passengers.

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...

The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the...

A witch curses a town's well.

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.

An incident of the Franco-Prussian War. It shows the bombardment of a house at Bazeille. It is the animated reproduction of de Neuville's celebrated...

After an evening of excessive wining and dining Baron Munchausen must be helped to bed by his servants. Once asleep, he has bizarre and frightening...

In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

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

As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer...

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...

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just...

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

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.