Georges Méliès Movies

A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.

"The Bath" is a flip book remake of After the Ball (Après le Bal) made in the late 1800s.

Lost comedy film from Georges Méliès.

Before going to war with his neighbors, the King reviews his men. The Queen's Musketeer's, who number only young men, are proclaimed the best drilled...

A performing magician divides into two people. The doubles then take turns doing tricks before merging back into one man.

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...

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding...

A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate...

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...

The Jewish ex-officer Alfred Dreyfus's degradation. He stands in a military quadrant and the Adjutant proceeds to tear off his medals; Dreyfus is...

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

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring...

This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.

This 10 second fragment is available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical

"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he...

Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and...

One of a few versions of the "arrival of the train" narrative. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a...