Georges Méliès Movies

A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.

A woman dances - preserved in flipbook form.

An Innkeeper introduces his young and pretty daughter to a wealthy old man who is in quest of a wife, but she being already in love spurns his...

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...

A combination gambling den and bawdy house is set up so that croupiers, patrons, prostitutes, and the owner can quickly change it all into a...

A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.

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 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.

Silent film from Georges Méliès, presumed to be lost.

A traveller is shown to a room in an inn. After a brief dispute with the hostess and a porter, he is left to himself. But strange things begin to...

An episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.

A prestidigitator orders his assistant to bring a cabinet, which is displayed piece by piece to the audience. Two gentlemen are then introduced; they...

Dancing in a Harem was an 1897 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and...

A reenactment of a dirigible explosion in Paris.

Lost trick film

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...

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

Some jubilant young men have decided to end their evening of pleasure by taking supper in a restaurant after having passed a few hours at a...

A group of people watches a guignol (the French version of a Punch and Judy show). Outtake from a longer, now lost, film.