Jacques castelot

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poster Calino courtier en paratonnerres
Calino courtier en paratonnerres
5mn -
Calino goes politely around to three or four people from the bourgeois class, trying to sell them a lightning rod: but due to a factory defect, the apparatus attracts lightning instead of driving it away.
poster The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle
(3.4/5)
3mn - Fantasy, Horror
In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.
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 Astronomer's Dream
The Astronomer's Dream
3mn - Fantasy
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
poster Entr'acte
Entr'acte
(3.7/5)
22mn - Comedy, Fantasy
Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp …
poster The Dwarf and the Giant
The Dwarf and the Giant
1mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.
poster Transformation by Hats
Transformation by Hats
1mn - Comedy
FĂ©licien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.
poster Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
10mn - Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges …
poster The Microscopic Dancer
The Microscopic Dancer
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy
“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks all the eggs into a hat, and after having beaten them up after …
poster The King and the Jester
The King and the Jester
5mn - Comedy
French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).
poster The Magic Lantern
The Magic Lantern
5mn - Fantasy
Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends, they open up the lantern to reveal a group of dancing girl…
poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
poster Buncoed Stage Johnnie
Buncoed Stage Johnnie
2mn - Comedy
This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missing parts of the movie. Basically a man wants to give s…
poster The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
(3.2/5)
9mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an …
poster The Untamable Whiskers
The Untamable Whiskers
3mn - Fantasy, Comedy
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 of the picture, he draws on it a sketch of a novelist.…
poster Tit-for-Tat
Tit-for-Tat
(3.1/5)
5mn - Fantasy
An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.
poster The Mysterious Portrait
The Mysterious Portrait
(3/5)
1mn - Fantasy
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.
poster Whimsical Illusions
Whimsical Illusions
5mn - Comedy, Fantasy
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…
poster LĂ©once Loves Morels
LĂ©once Loves Morels
(2.8/5)
14mn -
A photogenic Partie de campagne with LĂ©once looking for mushrooms! A nice prestation by Poupette Suzanne Le Bret and a nice little fantasy.
poster Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
4mn -
Two men in a cave perform magic.
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