Genres
147 films in this collection
Collection no. #14383 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician transforms costumes into people and uses a sedan chair to exchange their places. The illusion expands until assistants, carriers and…
Collection no. #14402 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A prankster creates a living statue where a painter is about to give a lesson. When the students arrive, their apparently ideal subject begins moving…
Collection no. #14423 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A figure presented as Doctor Mesmer presides over a theatrical display of dancers and effects. The performance gives more space to the troupe's…
Collection no. #14433 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Jupiter tries to summon the Muses, but his thunderbolts first need repairs. Once the arts begin competing for attention, he discovers that…
Collection no. #14443 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Figures in advertising posters come alive when the street is clear. Their flirtations and quarrels spill out of the billboard, until passing…
Collection no. #14452 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician enlarges playing cards and places them on a screen. Their royal figures step out into the room, and one of the apparent characters turns…
Collection no. #14461 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician produces a dancing boy from an empty paper cylinder. Disappearance and reappearance lead to further transformations, frustrating the…
Collection no. #14482 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Wrestlers transform, flatten and dismantle one another without lasting injury. Bodies that should be broken repeatedly reassemble, turning a physical…
Collection no. #14496 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Airships attack England while an inventor prepares a defensive missile. When a bomb strikes his sweetheart's home, he must interrupt the experiment…
Collection no. #14612 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A couple fleeing a policeman drives up a building and into the sky. Their car circles celestial bodies before returning to earth, where one more…
Collection no. #14774 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young couple ignores a warning and enters a ruined temple. Priests trap them inside while a spirit fills the space with fire, leaving them to seek…
Collection no. #14784 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician presents oversized playing cards and a troublesome head that emerges from a crate. The demonstration turns into a chase when an object…
Collection no. #14795 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man's opium dream sends a glass of beer toward the Moon and brings a moon goddess into his room. His attempts to drink and embrace her repeatedly…
Collection no. #14898 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Children hang their stockings and struggle to settle down while Santa finishes his preparations. A sleigh journey brings him to the family's roof,…
Collection no. #14911 minWalter R. Booth
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A boy asks a magician to help his sick sister. The performer takes his abilities beyond the stage, bringing a moment of extraordinary assistance into…
Collection no. #15183 minFerdinand Zecca
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A couple shares a meal with an elderly stranger during winter. Their guest reveals herself as a fairy and rewards the kindness by transforming the…
Collection no. #15498 minSegundo de Chomón
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A demonic magician performs inside a strange grotto, but a benevolent spirit interrupts his control. The opposing figures turn the display of tricks…
Collection no. #159117 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Prince Bel-Azor's fairy-tale adventure unfolds among enchanted palaces, fantastic creatures and underwater wonders. Georges Méliès creates a world of…