Georges Méliès Movies

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...

Du Paty de Clam requests Captain Dreyfus to write as he dictates for the purpose of ascertaining whether his handwriting conforms to that of the...

Melies short.

A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.

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...

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...

Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.

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,...

A young woman stumbles across a cave that is populated by the spirits and skeletons of people who died there under mysterious circumstances.

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

The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders.

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...

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

The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical

A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

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...

The Jewish ex-officer Alfred Dreyfus's degradation. He stands in a military quadrant and the Adjutant proceeds to tear off his medals; Dreyfus is...

If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment....

The staff of an inn play a cruel trick on a guest.

This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment...