Georges Méliès Movies

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

One of eleven installments of The Dreyfus Affair (L'affaire Dreyfus), a docudrama reconstructing the historical Dreyfus Affair, which was still...

A comprehensive landmark collection celebrating the foundational work of French illusionist and cinema pioneer Georges Méliès....

A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.

Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted...

1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost. Though the plot of the film is unknown, it may have...

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

A crazy, rude musician gets some supernatural comeuppance.

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...

One of the last films Georges Méliès made. By now, he was under contract for his former rival Pathé, where he made a few of his...

1908 French short silent Christmas film by Georges Méliès, which is now presumed lost. The film, combining American ideas about Santa...

A respectable fellow has quietly taken a seat upon a bench in a park, and worn out from the excessive heat of the day, has fallen asleep. Two...

At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade...

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

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

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...

Upon a visit to UVM's Lane Series in the Spring of 2022, Jean-Francois Alcolea offered to conduct a workshop to UVM film students and others on his...

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he...

A farmer calls on a juggler to see a few of his best tricks. The juggler has brought a bouquet of flowers, from which he takes out a charming and...