Georges Méliès Movies

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring...

A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

A woman dances - preserved in flipbook form.

A family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.

A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his...

A movie fragment depicting an archaeological explorer entering a standing sarcophagus.

A reenactment of a dirigible explosion in Paris.

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

A short film screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020 and believed to have been directed by Georges Méliès.

A sleeping apartment of a friend who retires for the night. The rays of the moon are shining upon the bed through the window. He is suddenly awakened...

The clown and his automobile enters with great puffs of smoke

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

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

An elderly actor, once an audience favorite, goes to a talent agency for work, but is told he is too old to be hired. Going home, he tells the bad...

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

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

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 man makes twenty complete changes in two minutes, combining with them dances. The changes are made in full sight of the audience. Biondi, Fregoli...

French short silent comedy film by Georges Méliès, which is presumed to be lost. The film was a skit on the popular topic of hypnotism;...

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