Georges Méliès Movies

Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance...

In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the...

A look back at the life, style and influences of the famed filmmaker Georges Méliès and an examination of his role in the story of...

The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

An actor tries to get to a show on time. Many mishaps along the way.

A derelict discovers that a surgeon performing unnatural experiments has replaced his body.

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 Melies version of the old Rip Van Winkle tale.

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

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by...

Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when...

In this film, we show the interior of a doctor's office. A patient enters, and judging from the expression on his face, he is in great pain. The...

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...

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine...

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