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167 films in this collection
Collection no. #12557 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A new tenant enters an empty room with a small bag and produces furniture, decorations and an entire household from it. When the bill arrives, the…
Collection no. #12652 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Georges Méliès appears as a ballet master in a short fantasy that brings dance and cinematic illusion together. Stage performer Zizi Papillon joins…
Collection no. #12781 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A Pierrot figure turns his own body into a magic act, with limbs that detach and continue to move independently. Music-hall acrobat André Deed…
Collection no. #12801 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A thief breaks into a temple after its priests leave a treasure behind. A mysterious guardian interrupts the theft, brings statues to life and…
Collection no. #12812 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A music master turns telegraph wires into a giant musical staff. Copies of his own head become the notes, allowing a band to perform a tune in a…
Collection no. #12822 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
The supposed power of spirit photography becomes a magic performance in this Méliès short. Photographic apparitions are presented as opportunities…
Collection no. #12831 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
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
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
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
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
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. #12985 minSegundo de Chomón
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Three travellers take shelter in a woodland house where ordinary objects refuse to behave. Vanishing furniture, moving food and a violently unstable…
Collection no. #13153 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Refused a gift, a witch places a spell on the village well. An everyday meeting place becomes the source of magical disturbances, testing the people…
Collection no. #13162 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
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. #13232 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An alchemist falls asleep beside his apparatus and encounters a succession of disturbing transformations. A serpent, a mocking figure and monstrous…
Collection no. #13261 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
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. #13272 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A sleeping ruler is disturbed by a butterfly and drawn into a world of shifting scenery. Moving furniture, threatening creatures and dancing figures…
Collection no. #13292 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An accused woman and her executioner become the central figures of a supernatural spectacle set during the Inquisition. The historical setting…
Collection no. #13574 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A drunken man falls asleep inside an unfinished mattress while its makers take a break. Sewn inside without being noticed, he wakes and turns an…
Collection no. #13582 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician produces rabbits and assistants from a large trunk, then uses it to exchange people and identities. The container repeatedly changes what…