Georges Méliès Movies

Beelzebub, making fire on the tips of his fingers, develops a large blaze, from which three girls emerge, who commence a dance in the heart of the...

Lost comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

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).

Two pranksters, finding out that a couple is about to apply for a marriage license at the town mayor's office, sneak into the office to pull a...

A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his...

An incident of the Franco-Prussian War. It shows the bombardment of a house at Bazeille. It is the animated reproduction of de Neuville's celebrated...

Not much of a plot. A couple is menaced by some sort of bizarre religious cult. Then they're saved.

Two crooks throw a lady off a roof, and a hapless policeman tries to capture them.

A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage...

A good shepherdess is persecuted by an evil, tantrum-throwing princess. A good fairy decides to intervene, and dishes out quite a bit of retribution.

A fencing match. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around...

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

A magic trick is performed with a long plank with two pots built into it, both with holes in the bottom. Pretty girls are part of the magic.

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

The thief who robbed and killed a shoe dealer is sentenced to death by inhaling the fumes of his own shoes.

Watering the Flowers (French: L'Arroseur) was an 1896 French short comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by...

The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...

Comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

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

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