Georges Méliès Movies

Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor to the King, is thrust into a dungeon because he has offended His Majesty by not being able for some time past to produce...

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

A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The...

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a...

Two cooks fight, one pushing the other into a barrel and pouring a saucepan of liquid over his head. 10 second fragment available in flipbook format,...

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 prestidigitator orders his assistant to bring a cabinet, which is displayed piece by piece to the audience. Two gentlemen are then introduced; they...

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.

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...

A sorceress conjures up a bevy of beauties for a bachelor to peruse.

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

The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then...

Jack is taken on a sea-snail to the lair of a fairy, who magically turns him into a prince. He thoroughly enjoys the dancing and fawning 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...

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.

One of a few versions of the "arrival of the train" narrative. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a...