Movies

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

A magician makes a woman appear and disappear.

“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks...

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

A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.

Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a...

Another short of Georges.

A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.

A magician's hat offers many surprises.

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...

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

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

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 magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.

The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the...

A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated...

A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.

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...

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.