Georges Méliès Movies

Lost short comedy film by Georges Méliès

AN UNEXPECTED BATH" shows the astronomer watching women rain down from the heavens.

Melies short.

In one of his dreams, Don Quixote is fighting monsters. Having vanquished them, he goes to put on his armor, only to be met with a succession of...

A drunkard has taken off his overcoat and wishes to put in on again, but as he is not able to succeed in it. He asks aid of two bystanders, who hold...

A magician presents a circular piece of paper from which he removes the flags of the allies. Then from each flag he produces a soldier from the...

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open...

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 blows some big bubbles and makes heads of women appear inside them.

This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the...

A high nobleman finds himself in the Temple of the Sun, where he meets Mascarille, who proposes himself as a juggler. After extracting from the...

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...

During an interval in the proceedings of the court martial, the journalists enter into an animated discussion, resulting in a dispute between Arthur...

A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

The scene is similar to that seen at Coney Island, where a number of shows are constantly going on.

1908 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost.

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...

An impoverished father, with his young son and daughter, begs for food in a marketplace. When a merchant angrily turns them away, their plight...

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.