Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès (December 8, 1861 - January 21, 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. One of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, tracking shots, dissolves, and hand-painted color in his work, Méliès pioneered effects that would define cinematic special effects for decades to come. A prolific innovator in the use of special effects, Méliès accidentally discovered the substitution stop trick in 1896, a method of creating seamless disappearing and/or appearing effects used throughout both films and television for decades to come. Because of his ability to seemingly manipulate and transform reality through cinematography, Méliès is sometimes referred to as the first "Cinemagician".
Two of his best-known films are A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Impossible Voyage (1904). Both stories involve strange, surreal voyages, somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer to fantasy. Méliès was also an early pioneer of horror cinema, which can be traced back to his Le Manoir du diable (1896).
In early 1909 Méliès stopped making films to protest Thomas Edison's Motion Pictures Parents Company monopoly, and presided over the first meeting of the International Filmmakers Congress in Paris. Further financial hardships created by his opposition to Edison and diminishing influence, Méliès disappeared from public life. By the mid-1920s he made a meager living as a candy and toy salesma in Paris, with the assistance of funds collected by other filmmakers. Although he was recognized for his contributions in cinema, Méliès spent most of his later years in poverty before being accepted into La Maison du Retraite du Cinéma, the film industry's retirement home in Orly.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2632 |
| Birthday | 1861-12-08 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As | Жорж Мельес, 조르주 멜리에스, Marie Georges Jean Méliès, ジョルジュ・メリエス, マリー・ジョルジュ・ジャン・メリエス, |
1902
A Trip to the Moon
7.876/2069
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once...
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A Trip to the Moon
1904
The Impossible Voyage
7.3/210
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...
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The Impossible Voyage
1904
The Cook in Trouble
5.481/26
A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.
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The Cook in Trouble
1979
Cinematógrafo 1900
6.333/3
Tribute to Segundo de Chomón. Semi-documentary featuring short films and appearances by actors who explain his works, such as Inma de Santis, Jesús Gú...
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Cinematógrafo 1900
2014
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
6/1
The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.
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El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
1904
The Untamable Whiskers
6.032/47
The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side...
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The Untamable Whiskers
1905
The Living Playing Cards
6.424/59
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The Living Playing Cards
1903
The Infernal Cauldron
6.329/108
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
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The Infernal Cauldron
1900
The One-Man Band
6.76/129
A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair,...
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The One-Man Band
1898
The Four Troublesome Heads
7.2/192
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and...
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The Four Troublesome Heads
1899
A Midnight Episode
4.25/2
A sleeping apartment of a friend who retires for the night. The rays of the moon are shining upon the bed through the window. He is suddenly awakened...
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A Midnight Episode
1900
Joan of Arc
6.912/68
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
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Joan of Arc
1897
Faust and Marguerite
3.9/9
Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.
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Faust and Marguerite
1896
A Terrible Night
5.152/92
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.
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A Terrible Night
1897
Le château hanté
5.712/78
A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.
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Le château hanté
1896
The Vanishing Lady
6.235/134
Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.
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The Vanishing Lady
1900
The Astronomer's Dream
6.969/243
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
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The Astronomer's Dream
1908
The Indian Sorcerer
5.7/11
A sorcerer turns a small egg into a bigger one and keeps repeating this trick until the egg is large enough to do other things including delivering ch...
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The Indian Sorcerer
1899
Cinderella
6.191/131
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the...
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Cinderella
1912
The Conquest of the Pole
6.2/52
A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of...
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The Conquest of the Pole
1904
The Wandering Jew
5/20
A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.
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The Wandering Jew
1896
Le manoir du diable
6.388/219
In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...
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Le manoir du diable
2012
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
0/0
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 "Hugo."
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The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
1907
Delirium in a Studio
5.636/22
The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then p...
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Delirium in a Studio
1906
A Desperate Crime
6.441/17
A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.
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A Desperate Crime
1904
The Wonderful Living Fan
5.233/30
As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer the...
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The Wonderful Living Fan
1905
The Black Imp
6.5/85
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
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The Black Imp
1903
The Monster
6.083/66
An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.
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The Monster
1898
The Temptation of St. Anthony
5.795/61
St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
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The Temptation of St. Anthony
1905
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
5.844/32
An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.
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The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
1909
The Diabolic Tenant
6.778/72
A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.
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The Diabolic Tenant
1901
The Man with the Rubber Head
7.124/177
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
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The Man with the Rubber Head
1899
The Devil in a Convent
6.3/80
A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into pandemonium...
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The Devil in a Convent
1904
The Mermaid
5.836/70
A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.
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The Mermaid
1908
Long Distance Wireless Photography
5.476/21
Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a dem...
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Long Distance Wireless Photography
1899
An Up-to-Date Conjurer
6.218/55
A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.
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An Up-to-Date Conjurer
1906
The Merry Frolics of Satan
6.5/66
Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he takes...
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The Merry Frolics of Satan
1900
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
6.569/51
A series of fantastical wrestling matches.
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The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
1906
The Hilarious Posters
6.105/43
A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.
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The Hilarious Posters
1899
The Dreyfus Affair
5.471/51
The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer wa...
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The Dreyfus Affair
1903
The Infernal Cake-Walk
5.61/50
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...
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The Infernal Cake-Walk
1904
The Clockmaker's Dream
5.292/12
A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping...
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The Clockmaker's Dream
1903
The Melomaniac
6.567/97
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
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The Melomaniac
1899
Summoning the Spirits
5.2/27
A bearded man hangs up a wreath and, like any good magician, waves his hands inside of it and under it to show us it's only a wreath…
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Summoning the Spirits
1903
Extraordinary Illusions
6.091/33
Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.
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Extraordinary Illusions
1904
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
4.875/28
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...
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Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
1899
The Human Pyramid
5.55/20
Méliès appears as a court jester (a “triboulet” in French). He pulls 18th century noblemen out of a trunk and arranges them on a pyramid-shaped stage....
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The Human Pyramid
1901
Hat of Many Surprises
5.978/23
A magician's hat offers many surprises.
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Hat of Many Surprises
1900
Going to Bed Under Difficulties
6.5/54
A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.
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Going to Bed Under Difficulties
1900
Up-to-Date Spiritualism
5.727/33
In this subject a "comique eccentric" enters the drawing room inhabited by spirits. He tries to take off his coat and hat, but these garments return t...
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Up-to-Date Spiritualism
1903
Jupiter's Thunderballs
5.433/15
With godly entrapments, Zeus appears on the horizon, engages Hermes as an audience, and tries to throw some thunderbolts. They fizzle. Hephaestus trie...
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Jupiter's Thunderballs
1903
The Terrible Turkish Executioner
6.196/28
In a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while eatin...
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The Terrible Turkish Executioner
1897
The Bewitched Inn
6.274/73
A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his room--be...
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The Bewitched Inn
1909
Whimsical Illusions
6.3/33
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies play...
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Whimsical Illusions
1903
Apparitions
5.667/33
Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.
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Apparitions
1903
The Ballet Master's Dream
5.833/15
It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to...
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The Ballet Master's Dream
1903
Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
4.75/16
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 pr...
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Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
1902
The Prolific Magical Egg
6.031/16
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 arms...
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The Prolific Magical Egg
1911
The Diabolical Church Window
5.731/13
Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throw...
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The Diabolical Church Window
1907
Satan in Prison
5.735/17
The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room, culminat...
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Satan in Prison
2021
Méliès: Tales of Terror
0/0
A compilation of three short trick films by Georges Méliès: El melómano (1903) (The Melomaniac aka The Music Lover)(1903), El monstruo (1903) (The Mon...
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Méliès: Tales of Terror
1909
The Doctor's Secret
5.341/22
Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.
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The Doctor's Secret
1901
The Dwarf and the Giant
5.897/29
A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.
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The Dwarf and the Giant
1903
The Oracle of Delphi
5.625/21
A box of valued jewels is placed inside the tomb of Delphi. A thief breaks into the tomb and steals it, but soon the ghost of Delphi appears and puts...
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The Oracle of Delphi
1903
A Moonlight Serenade
5.333/15
Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and offe...
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A Moonlight Serenade
1901
The Magician's Cavern
6.174/23
A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.
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The Magician's Cavern
1905
A Mesmerian Experiment
5.393/14
A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.
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A Mesmerian Experiment
1906
The Mysterious Retort
5.661/28
A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.
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The Mysterious Retort
1896
Playing Cards
4.9/67
Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray...
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Playing Cards
1902
An Impossible Balancing Feat
5.9/30
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.
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An Impossible Balancing Feat
1904
Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
4.909/11
Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.
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Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
1901
Bluebeard
6.299/72
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.
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Bluebeard
1906
The Witch
6.284/44
A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and sav...
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The Witch
1903
Faust in the Underworld
5.846/26
The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méli...
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Faust in the Underworld
1902
The Treasures of Satan
5.2/35
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. Satan...
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The Treasures of Satan
1901
The Devil and the Statue
5.354/41
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 falls...
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The Devil and the Statue
1899
The Mysterious Knight
6.303/33
A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.
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The Mysterious Knight
1900
The Artist and the Dummy
4.833/18
A very simple gag film as a young lady substitutes herself for a dummy in order to play a practical joke on an artist.
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The Artist and the Dummy
1900
The Christmas Dream
5.6/35
The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by...
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The Christmas Dream
1907
Good Glue Sticks
4.942/26
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 of...
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Good Glue Sticks
1903
The Mystical Flame
5.107/14
A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The h...
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The Mystical Flame
1904
The Fugitive Apparitions
5.091/11
A magician makes a woman appear and disappear.
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The Fugitive Apparitions
1929
Gala Méliès
0/0
Lost in the streets of Paris, Georges Méliès is looking everywhere for the Salle Pleyel. On the wall he sees an enormous Gala poster bearing his pictu...
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Gala Méliès
1903
The Kingdom of the Fairies
6.9/93
At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appears. Though driven off, the witch soon r...
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The Kingdom of the Fairies
1907
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
6/56
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstab...
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The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
1901
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
5.541/37
A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.
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The Brahmin and the Butterfly
1901
The Temple of the Sun
8/1
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 noblem...
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The Temple of the Sun
1901
A Maiden's Paradise
0/0
In a wizard's cavern, a series of magic tricks are performed..
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A Maiden's Paradise
1906
A Roadside Inn
5.9/10
The staff of an inn play a cruel trick on a guest.
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A Roadside Inn
1912
The Knight of the Snow
5.923/13
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 most lavish production...
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The Knight of the Snow
1903
The Magic Lantern
5.967/46
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, they...
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The Magic Lantern
1907
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
5.117/30
The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine...
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1898
Pygmalion and Galatea
5.188/16
Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when t...
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Pygmalion and Galatea
1903
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
5.094/16
Two men in a cave perform magic.
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Alcofribas, The Master Magician
1896
A Nightmare
6.1/116
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
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A Nightmare
1907
Tunneling the English Channel
6.467/30
The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.
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Tunneling the English Channel
1897
Naval Combat in Greece
5.321/28
An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the ca...
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Naval Combat in Greece
1939
Violons d'Ingres
7/1
Shows hobbies of people who do an ordinary job in the day. Made for New York Fair.
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Violons d'Ingres
2011
The Extraordinary Voyage
7.716/58
An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip t...
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The Extraordinary Voyage
1899
The Mysterious Portrait
6.075/40
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.
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The Mysterious Portrait
1904
The Devilish Plank
4.714/14
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.
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The Devilish Plank
1904
Tit for Tat
5.921/19
Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and...
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Tit for Tat
1896
Conjuring
5.2/11
The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's secon...
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Conjuring
1904
The Christmas Angel
5.923/13
A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father s...
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The Christmas Angel
1902
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
6.044/45
Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic story. Color w...
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Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
1902
The Human Fly
6.018/28
This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment...
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The Human Fly
1901
The Prince of Magicians
6.375/40
A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.
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The Prince of Magicians
1904
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
8/2
A performing magician divides into two people. The doubles then take turns doing tricks before merging back into one man.
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A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself
1899
Cleopatra's Tomb
1.7/3
A lost film. A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.
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Cleopatra's Tomb
1905
Rip's Dream
5.775/20
The Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.
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Rip's Dream
1902
Robinson Crusoe
5.72/25
Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by han...
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Robinson Crusoe
1905
The Palace of the Arabian Nights
5.667/30
A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs o...
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The Palace of the Arabian Nights
1903
The Mysterious Box
5.472/18
As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these...
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The Mysterious Box
1900
The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
5.304/23
A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.
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The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
1908
Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
5.5/2
The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders.
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Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler
1901
The Triple Headed Lady
5.833/6
A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.
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The Triple Headed Lady
1899
The Pillar of Fire
5.8/61
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the p...
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The Pillar of Fire
2021
The Méliès Mystery
6.9/17
A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-Amer...
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The Méliès Mystery
1897
Between Calais and Dover
5.43/43
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
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Between Calais and Dover
1898
The Magician
6.136/59
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 leaps....
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The Magician
1898
The Famous Box Trick
6.206/34
A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.
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The Famous Box Trick
1900
The Magic Book
6.239/44
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
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The Magic Book
1903
Misfortune Never Comes Alone
5.567/15
The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical
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Misfortune Never Comes Alone
1903
The Marvellous Wreath
4.7/19
A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.
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The Marvellous Wreath
1900
A Fantastical Meal
6.306/36
A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.
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A Fantastical Meal
1900
The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
5.886/35
A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.
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The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
1904
The Firefall
4.625/24
A magic show.
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The Firefall
1908
The Fortune Favors the Brave
9/1
A young boy's adventure takes him to the domain of the Genie of the Cathedral Bell, where he finds a fortune to enrich his family. The film is current...
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The Fortune Favors the Brave
1902
Sure Cure for Indigestion
7/2
In this film, we show the interior of a doctor's office. A patient enters, and judging from the expression on his face, he is in great pain. The docto...
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Sure Cure for Indigestion
2024
Alcoléa & cie Documentary
0/0
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 pi...
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Alcoléa & cie Documentary
1905
The Lilliputian Minuet
4.8/11
The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in miniature.
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The Lilliputian Minuet
1903
The Enchanted Basket
8/1
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 beau...
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The Enchanted Basket
1903
Beelzebub's Daughters
7/1
Beelzebub, making fire on the tips of his fingers, develops a large blaze, from which three girls emerge, who commence a dance in the heart of the fla...
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Beelzebub's Daughters
1905
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
5.775/20
An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.
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Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
1908
Les infortunes des patineurs
4.125/8
A group of people take roller skating too far.
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Les infortunes des patineurs
1908
French Cops Learning English
5.056/9
The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.
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French Cops Learning English
1908
Not Guilty
4.429/7
Three burglars invade a house, kill two people, and blind a third person, a woman. The police arrest the wrong man.
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Not Guilty
1907
The King and the Jester
5.125/12
French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).
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The King and the Jester
1997
The Magic of Méliès
7.25/12
A walk through the life and work of the brilliant French filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861-1938), pioneer of special and visual effects.
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The Magic of Méliès
1907
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
4.909/11
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...
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The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
1908
The New Lord of the Village
5.4/10
There's a scene in a village, then there's a scene out in the wilderness with what appear to be gods, and a giant crab, and a giant frog... then there...
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The New Lord of the Village
1908
In the Barber Shop
4.955/11
One fine day at a barbershop that has stupid staff and very rude customers.
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In the Barber Shop
1897
Dancing in a Harem
10/1
Dancing in a Harem was an 1897 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 132 in its catalo...
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Dancing in a Harem
1897
A Funny Mahometan
10/1
A Funny Mahometan was an 1897 short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and numbered 94 in it...
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A Funny Mahometan
1898
The Bridegroom's Dilemma
6.667/3
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 p...
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The Bridegroom's Dilemma
2025
Satans Sacrilegious Saga
0/0
Lucifers fall from grace
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Satans Sacrilegious Saga
1897
Gugusse and the Automaton
6.786/14
Gugusse, a clown, is both astounded and bewildered upon seeing the mechanical movements of an automaton.
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Gugusse and the Automaton
1904
Faust and Marguerite
5/13
Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.
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Faust and Marguerite
1904
The Imperceptible Transmutations
5.214/14
This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.
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The Imperceptible Transmutations
2008
Georges Méliès: The First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913)
0/0
A comprehensive landmark collection celebrating the foundational work of French illusionist and cinema pioneer Georges Méliès. Painstakingly assembled...
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