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poster The Christmas Dream
The Christmas Dream
4mn - Fantasy
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 their governess, are about to retire. Before lying dow…
poster The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
(2.9/5)
1mn - Documentary
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
poster The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
15mn -
An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.
poster Opus III
Opus III
(3.2/5)
3mn - Animation
An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.
poster Between Calais and Dover
Between Calais and Dover
(2.7/5)
1mn - Comedy
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
poster Excursion to the Moon
Excursion to the Moon
7mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.
poster The Magician
The Magician
1mn - Fantasy, Drama
In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but instead …
poster Onesime, Clockmaker
Onesime, Clockmaker
(3.2/5)
8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.
poster The Pillar of Fire
The Pillar of Fire
1mn - Fantasy
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an an…
poster Ballet Mécanique
Ballet Mécanique
19mn - Documentary, Fantasy
A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a few moments of solitude in a garden.
poster Faust in the Underworld
Faust in the Underworld
7mn - Fantasy
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 Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with sim…
poster An Up-to-Date Conjurer
An Up-to-Date Conjurer
1mn - Comedy
A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.
poster The Magic Dice
The Magic Dice
(2.6/5)
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
Another magic short of Méliès.
poster Conjuring
Conjuring
1mn -
The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's second film, and as his first to move beyond the actuality …
poster Faust and Marguerite
Faust and Marguerite
4mn - Drama, Fantasy
Melies second attempt at telling the story of Faust. This time out Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.
poster A Mesmerian Experiment
A Mesmerian Experiment
3mn - Fantasy
A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.
poster Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
24mn - Drama, Fantasy
Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance of a narrative; additionally, the use of dissolves as transitions in i…
poster Cordeliers' Square in Lyon
Cordeliers' Square in Lyon
1mn - Documentary
Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.
poster Living Flowers
Living Flowers
(2.7/5)
4mn - Fantasy
Gaston Velle's 'Les Fleurs Animées' was screened by the Australian-based Corrick Family Entertainers as part of their variety act. In their advertising the Corricks described the detailed, hand-coloured p…
poster Man Walking Around a Corner
Man Walking Around a Corner
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
The last remaining production of Le Prince's LPCC Type-16 (16-lens camera) is part of a gelatine film shot in 32 images/second, and pictures a man walking around a corner. Le Prince, who was in Leeds (UK)…
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