Georges Méliès Movies

A band of musicians stage a fake murder as a practical joke for their grumpy, curious neighbor.

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

Georges Méliès lost film.

The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in...

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

"Scene opens showing interior of woods in India. In the centre is displayed a native altar of worship. The high priest enters, and at his command...

"This view represents a grand transformation scene of several tableaux, the more interesting and the more surprising in the order of their...

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...

A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

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,...

Lost trick film from Georges Méliès.

An impoverished fisherman, not earning enough to support his wife and daughter, prays for help before an icon of the Virgin Mary. After trying to...

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

A magic cabinet turns two young girls into hideous beasts.

Showing the interior of a dining room of a modest cottage, whereto enter a young couple to partake in their meal, which is being served up by the...

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

A motley quartet of musicians inflicting the torture of their music on a law abiding citizen.

A group of people watches a guignol (the French version of a Punch and Judy show). Outtake from a longer, now lost, film.