Georges Méliès Movies

Short comedy about a man who dreams that he runs over everyone with his skates. A man falls asleep on the sidewalk and dreams that he gets into...

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...

It is the proceedings of a spiritualist séance. A table whirls around, spirits appear and disappear, and other marvelous feats savoring of the...

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...

Short film about a magician.

A crazy, rude musician gets some supernatural comeuppance.

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...

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...

Silent French short film by Georges Méliès, based on the character from Alphonse Daudet's novel of the same name. The film is presumed...

An easel appears, and soon after a canvas "walks" up from the floor of its own accord and takes its place on the easel. Now an artist's portfolio is...

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 knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.

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

A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

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...

Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.

Silent film from Georges Méliés. It is presumed to be lost.

The setting of this view is a series of underground grottoes, a part of the marvelous realm of Satan, through which the latter escorts a gentleman...

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,...