Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès; Publicity materials for an exhibition at La Caixa Foundation: http://press.lacaixa.es/socialprojects/exhibiton-georges-melies-magic-of-cinema-caixaforum-barcelona-eng__816-c-17952__.html · Public domain
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76 films in this collection
Collection no. #12831 minGeorges Méliès
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Three diners cannot get through a meal without their furniture and food rebelling. Moving chairs, an expanding tureen and a dancing apparition turn…
Collection no. #12844 minGeorges Méliès
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Two children fall asleep, and Christmas unfolds through a procession of toys, dancing figures, snowy rooftops and celebrations. The imagined…
Collection no. #12871 minGeorges Méliès
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Medieval imagery becomes the setting for a comic display of impossible transformations, including a living head in a vase. Méliès treats the knightly…
Collection no. #13162 minGeorges Méliès
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A thief attempts to steal bags of money from Satan's chest, only to discover that the treasure and its container have lives of their own.…
Collection no. #13261 minGeorges Méliès
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A flute-playing man attracts a giant caterpillar and watches it emerge from a cocoon as a butterfly woman. His attempt to possess the figure brings…
Collection no. #13292 minGeorges Méliès
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An accused woman and her executioner become the central figures of a supernatural spectacle set during the Inquisition. The historical setting…
Collection no. #13582 minGeorges Méliès
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A magician produces rabbits and assistants from a large trunk, then uses it to exchange people and identities. The container repeatedly changes what…
Collection no. #13592 minGeorges Méliès
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An executioner's display becomes a trick-film spectacle in which severed heads remain disturbingly active. Méliès plays the central role, combining a…
Collection no. #13806 minGeorges Méliès
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Faust and Mephistopheles advance through an infernal world of demons and changing scenery. Their journey unfolds as a succession of theatrical…
Collection no. #13843 minGeorges Méliès
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Méliès appears as a magician in a spectacle of transformations, fire and flowing water. Human figures and an enlarged head become elements in an…
Collection no. #13853 minGeorges Méliès
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A musketeer becomes the centre of a display in which a circular opening frames an enlarged face. Magical appearances and transformations turn the…
Collection no. #13872 minGeorges Méliès
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An inventor celebrates his design for a new airship, then falls asleep beneath the plans. His dream sends the craft into a fantastic sky, where…
Collection no. #13893 minGeorges Méliès
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A fan maker presents an impossible creation whose decoration becomes a group of living women. The expanding display combines human figures and…
Collection no. #13902 minGeorges Méliès
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A traveller tries to read at an inn, but his candle begins moving and growing beyond control. An attractive apparition emerges from the resulting…
Collection no. #13912 minGeorges Méliès
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An artist draws a succession of faces and transforms himself to match them. Wigs, whiskers and costumes create a rapid sequence of characters before…
Collection no. #13933 minGeorges Méliès
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Méliès performs as a conjurer in a brisk series of magical transformations. The camera's cuts and dissolves make the performance move beyond the…
Collection no. #13943 minGeorges Méliès
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A magician blows bubbles that become floating faces and then women with butterfly wings. After making the tableau disappear, he joins the…
Collection no. #14175 minGeorges Méliès
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A magician constructs a giant tambourine and draws a face that supplies bottles and clothing. The instrument becomes a doorway for levitation and…