Georges Méliès Movies

A man does tricks by forming hats and then putting them on. Fragment available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

This 10 second fragment is available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.

A woman slips into her bed with the help of her servant. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook...

A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.

"The Bath" is a flip book remake of After the Ball (Après le Bal) made in the late 1800s.

Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his...

The clown and his automobile enters with great puffs of smoke

The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth....

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

A section of the port Haliquen (Quiberon) Bretagne, at night where Dreyfus was landed by French marines, and officers after his transport from...

The Bogie Man's cave is one of the many triumphs of set design for Georges Méliès. More unusual for the pioneering French director is...

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 Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...

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...

Another magic short of Méliès.

A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

Showing the rolling sea, upon which gradually appears a cloud of mist. From this evolves the figure of Christ, who proceeds to walk on the waves. The...

Lucifers fall from grace

A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage...