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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...

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....

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...

The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...

In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

Four black minstrels turn into white clowns and back again when they hit or kick each other.

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

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

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...

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by...

French silent film directed by Georges Méliès, considered lost.

The fairest maiden is crowned queen of the May Day festival and the dignitaries of the town, surrounded by the cheering populace, music and...

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

Two guards bring a sorcerer into the hall of a palace of the time of the Middle Ages. The king who follows them orders the sorcerer to be chained and...

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

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and...

A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.

1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès, which is presumed lost. No English-language release is known for this film,[1] but the...

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.