Georges Méliès Movies

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...

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

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

A soldier is talking to a woman while sitting on a bench, a man sits on it, and the soldier stands up, causing the bench to tip over and the man...

Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance...

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...

Before going to war with his neighbors, the King reviews his men. The Queen's Musketeer's, who number only young men, are proclaimed the best drilled...

A look back at the life, style and influences of the famed filmmaker Georges Méliès and an examination of his role in the story of...

A magic trick is performed with a long plank with two pots built into it, both with holes in the bottom. Pretty girls are part of the magic.

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

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

Georges Méliès lost film.

Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly...

A silly-looking composer attempts to compose. He then falls asleep, and dreams of all manner of bizarre nonsense.

During an orgy, Emperor Justinian orders three people to be torched alive.

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...

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...

Magic tricks in a medieval setting.

A medieval magician performs a magic show involving a long ornate trunk in which he makes his assistants appear, disappear, and transform into other...

A lost film directed by Georges Melies