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Loyalty

Kaatje, the daughter of the miller Schoonejans, and Jef, a little shepherd, who live near Delft, are happy together. In a floral parade, the carriage the two children have decorated with tulips wins the f…

poster Alice Gets in Dutch

Alice Gets in Dutch

10mn - Animation

Alice misbehaves in school and is forced to sit in the corner. She falls asleep and dreams, but schoolwork intrudes even into her dreams. Alice dreams of dancing dogs and donkeys until her fun is interrup…

poster The Witch

The Witch

13mn - Family, Fantasy

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 saves the beautiful princess.

poster The Astronomer's Dream

The Astronomer's Dream

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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 Is Spiritualism a Fraud?: The Medium Exposed

Is Spiritualism a Fraud?: The Medium Exposed

Men expose a fake medium's tricks and take revenge.

poster Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Two men in a cave perform magic.

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 Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

Panorama from Top of a Moving Train

1mn - Documentary

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

poster Return to Reason

Return to Reason

Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.

poster Elastic Transformation

Elastic Transformation

1mn - Fantasy, Comedy

A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.

poster Loïe Fuller

Loïe Fuller

2mn - Fantasy, Documentary

This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a skirt dance before disappearing into thin air. The dance is mes…

poster Caminandes: Gran Dillama

Caminandes: Gran Dillama

3mn - Animation, Comedy, Family

A young llama named Koro discovers that the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence).

poster An Impossible Balancing Feat

An Impossible Balancing Feat

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

poster The Magic Lantern

The Magic Lantern

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 Transformation by Hats

Transformation by Hats

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

poster The Enchanted Pond

The Enchanted Pond

In an outdoor setting, a magician makes pond nymphs and frog people appear out of water and thin air.

poster After Death

After Death

Young scholar Andrei, fascinated by haunting actress Zoia Kadmina, is surprised when she sends him a note. The two have a brief scheduled meeting, then three months later Andrei is shocked to learn she ha…

poster The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

107mn - Drama, Thriller, Mystery

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

poster The Wonderful Album

The Wonderful Album

This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive ‘appearing’ effects as pieces of paper from a giant book turn in…

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