Georges Méliès Movies

A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is...

The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side...

A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and...

The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer...

Georges Méliès' adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is most distinguished, today, for being a color film of the classic...

At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade...

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place...

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

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.

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 produces a living portrait of himself.

Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the...

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.

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

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

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