Georges Méliès Movies

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

Two comic characters, Jack Jags and Dum Dum, perform slapstick comedy on stage.

A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

Magic tricks in a medieval setting.

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

A mischievous duke comes across a drunkard in a town square, and decides to pull a practical joke. He has the drunkard carried to the ducal palace...

A painter boards a train and puts his paintings in the windows so that they look like passengers.

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...

This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser...

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...

Lost comedy film from Georges Méliès.

It is the birthday of Uncle Rube, a foxy old peasant who has gathered at his table his family and his help, among whom is a sleepy farmhand, a boy...

A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

A woman climbs out of bed and lifts her nightdress to search for a flea. Reconstructed from a late 1800s flip book

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

After an evening of excessive wining and dining Baron Munchausen must be helped to bed by his servants. Once asleep, he has bizarre and frightening...

A Serpentine dance performance, possibly featuring Loie Fuller (though the record is unclear). While the film is lost, there is a new digital version...

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

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...