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Biografía
Inicios.
Nació el 8 de diciembre de 1861 en su casa Saint-Martin de París. Director de teatro y actor, su padre era un conocido empresario del calzado parisino. Desde pequeño mostró interés y habilidad en el dibujo. Durante su estancia en Inglaterra, y debido a que su falta de soltura con el idioma le impedía comprender las obras de teatro, entró en contacto con el mundo del ilusionismo al frecuentar la "Egyptian Hall", sala de variedades dirigida por el célebre mago Jasper Maskelyne.
Más tarde regresa a París, y a pesar de sus intenciones de ingresar en la Escuela de Bellas Artes, es obligado por su familia a participar en el negocio del calzado. Se encargó de la reparación y el perfeccionamiento tecnológico de esta industria, mostrando las habilidades mecánicas que posteriormente le resultarían tan útiles. Cuando su padre se retiró del negocio, Méliès se negó a continuar con el mismo, utilizando su parte del reparto para comprar en 1888 el teatro "Robert Houdin", del que era asiduo visitante.
Teatro.
Con la incesante capacidad para el trabajo que caracterizó su vida, entre los años 1889 y 1890 combinó sus labores de director del teatro con las de reportero y dibujante en el periódico satírico La Griffe, donde su primo Adolphe ejercía como redactor jefe. Durante los años siguientes se escenifican en el teatro espectáculos de ilusionismo, cuyos decorados, trucos y maquinaria fueron en su mayoría creados por el propio Méliès.
Cine.
Cuando el 28 de diciembre de 1895 Méliès asistió invitado por los Lumière a la primera representación del Cinematógrafo, Méliès queda impresionado y su inagotable mente, que siempre está maquinando ideas, hace que lance una oferta para incluirlo en su función. Ante la negativa, Méliès experimenta para construir su propio cinematógrafo. Finalmente acaba comprando el aparato de otro inventor, Robert William Paul, y en abril de 1896 ya se halla realizando proyecciones en su teatro. Su deseo por crear sus propias películas le lleva a transformar el artilugio de Paul en una cámara con la que rueda su primer filme, Partida de naipes.
El 5 de abril de 1896 proyectó las primeras películas en su teatro Robert Houdin; eran pequeñas escenas al aire libre, documentales similares a los de los hermanos Lumière. Su estilo evolucionó rápidamente, buscando crear películas parecidas a sus espectáculos de ilusionismo.
Fue pionero en la utilización del truco de sustitución de elementos mediante el parado de la cámara, y también lo fue en la exposición múltiple del negativo (doble sobreimpresión), y los fundidos a negro y desde negro. Invirtió una gran cantidad de dinero para la creación del que se consideró el primer estudio de cine, en el que se utilizaron sistemas mecánicos para ocultar zonas al sol, trampillas y otros mecanismos de puesta en escena.
En 1902, creó la que está considerada su obra capital, Viaje a la Luna. En ella, la evolución de la continuidad narrativa cinematográfica da un paso de gigante, al montar la secuencia del disparo del cañón que lleva a los astrónomos a la Luna y, a continuación, poner en escena un decorado con la cara animada de esta, que va creciendo en travelling inverso y sobre la que acaba aterrizando la nave/bala de cañón, clavándose en ella.
Méliès intentó distribuir comercialmente Viaje a la Luna en Estados Unidos. Técnicos que trabajaban para Thomas Alva Edison lograron hacer copias de la película y las distribuyeron por toda Norteamérica. A pesar de que fue un éxito, Méliès nunca recibió dinero por su explotación. Creador de alrededor de quinientas películas, la paulatina transformación de la industria (monopolizada por Edison en Estados Unidos y Pathé en Francia), junto con la llegada de la Primera Guerra Mundial, afectaron a su negocio, que fue declinando sin remedio. Los negativos de sus películas fueron fundidos por un acreedor, ya que contenían plata.[2] En 1913, se retiró de todo contacto con el cine.
Retiro.
De 1915 a 1923, Méliès montó, con la ayuda de su familia, numerosos espectáculos en uno de sus dos estudios cinematográficos transformado en teatro. El plagio por parte de diversos creadores de obras cinematográficas de la época se sumó a la lista de motivos por los cuales el director abandona el medio. En 1923, acosado por las deudas, tuvo que vender propiedades y abandonar Montreuil.
En 1925, se reencontró con una de sus principales actrices, Jeanne d'Alcy, que entonces regentaba un quiosco de juguetes y golosinas en la estación de Montparnasse. Méliès se casó con ella y comenzaron a regentar juntos la tienda. Allí será reconocido más tarde por Léon Druhot, director de Ciné-Journal, quien lo rescató del olvido. Desde 1925, su obra fue redescubierta por la vanguardia cinematográfica francesa, especialmente por los surrealistas, que reivindicaron su figura hasta el punto de que Méliès fue reconocido con la Legión de Honor en 1931 por toda su trayectoria.
En 1932, se encuentra en el Castillo de Orly, casa de jubilación de la «Mutua del cine» (institución fundada en 1921 por Léon Brézillon, presidente del sindicato francés de productores cinematográficos), y allí vivirá el resto de sus días con su esposa Jeanne d'Alcy. Falleció en el hospital Léopold Bellan de París y sus restos descansan en el cementerio de Père-Lachaise.
Poco antes de la muerte de Méliès en 1938, Henri Langlois, creador de la Cinemateca francesa, recuperó y restauró parte de sus películas. Georges Méliès fue el gran creador del cine de espectáculo y fantasía, dando el paso hacia la creación de un lenguaje de ficción para el cine del que carecía el cinematógrafo tomavistas de los Lumière. Desde 1946, el premio Méliès otorga anualmente el reconocimiento a la mejor película francesa.
Películas y Series de TV
2011.
1 Película

El viaje extraordinario
2011
Un repaso a la extraordinaria vida del pionero del cine Georges Méliès (1861-1938) y la sorprendente historia de la copia en color de su obra maestra «Viaje a la Luna» (1902), inesperadamente encontra...
2008.
1 Película

Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema
2008
Georges Méliès was a genuine virtuoso, producing and directing his own films while also devising the narratives; designing the sets, costumes and props; and frequently performing the leading parts. Ar...
1997.
1 Película

Méliès' Magic Show
1997
Méliès' granddaughter presents an exploration of his work, showcasing 15 of his best known films.
1979.
1 Película

ORG
1979
Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most terrible moments of my life, my second exile, which last...
1913.
1 Película

Le Voyage de la famille Bourrichon
1913
An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.
1912.
3 Películas

The Conquest of the Pole
1912
A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras" by Jules Verne.

The Knight of the Snow
1912
"The Knight of the Snow" is one of the last films Georges Méliès made. By now, he was under contract for his former rival Pathé, where he made a few of his most lavish productions, including this one....

Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
1912
Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance of a narrative; additionally, the use of dissolves as transitions ...
1911.
1 Película

The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen
1911
After an evening of excessive wining and dining Baron Munchausen must be helped to bed by his servants. Once asleep, he has bizarre and frightening dreams.
1910.
2 Películas

The Doctor's Secret
1910
Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.

The Diabolical Church Window
1910
Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass churc...
1909.
3 Películas

Whimsical Illusions
1909
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 a...

El inquilino diabólico
1909
El inquilino diabólico es una cortometraje mudo de la productora francesa Star Film del año 1909, dirigida por Georges Méliès. Se encuentra numerada como la n° 1495–1501 en sus catálogos.

The Spider and the Butterfly
1909
Surviving fragment of a longer film. A magician makes a butterfly woman appear, and a woman in a star. Exhausted, the magician falls asleep and the star woman turns into a spider, dragging the butter...
1908.
27 Películas


The King and the Jester
1908
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).

Humanity Through the Ages
1908
An episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.

Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou Le truc de potard
1908
There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in his cave, and a fairy appears -- then there's this...


His First Job
1908
Georges Melies' film has a new guy showing up in a store on his first day and he obviously just doesn't fit in as he makes one mistake after another.

In the Bogie Man's Cave
1908
The Bogie Man's cave is one of the many triumphs of set design for Georges Méliès. More unusual for the pioneering French director is the grisly turn when the monster chops up his servant for a steami...

Conte de la grand-mère et rêve de l'enfant
1908
The film begins with a grandmother reading a story to a small child before tucking him or her into bed (it's a bit difficult to tell which the tot is). No sooner has the mite fallen asleep than s/he b...




Le Génie du feu
1908
Not much of a plot. A couple is menaced by some sort of bizarre religious cult. Then they're saved.

Lully ou le violon brisé
1908
Si un violín se rompió realmente aquí, no podemos verlo. Lamentablemente, esta es una de las muchas películas de Georges Melies que solo están disponibles en un fragmento. Esperemos que algún día apar...

Justinian's Human Torches
2
1908
During an orgy, Emperor Justinian orders three people to be torched alive.

La Bonne Bergère et la mauvaise princesse
1908
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.

French interpreter policeman
1908
The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

The Miser
1908
This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser keep all of his money to himself and refuses to help...

Le nouveau seigneur du village
1908
There's a scene in a village, then there's a scene out in the wilderness with what appear to be gods, and a giant crab, and a giant frog... then there's another scene in the village... and that's it.

The Mischance of a Photographer
1908
A family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
1908
This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of...

The Dream of an Opium Fiend
2
1908
The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks for something to drink and he is given wine, which h...


Not Guilty
1908
Three burglars invade a house, kill two people, and blind a third person, a woman. The police arrest the wrong man.

A Tricky Painter’s Fate
1908
A painter boards a train and puts his paintings in the windows so that they look like passengers.

The Prophetess of Thebes
1908
Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly refuses to forecast the coming events of his sovere...

Buncoed Stage Johnnie
1908
This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missing parts of the movie. Basically a man wants to gi...

Remote Electric Photography
4.33
1908
En un estudio de fotografía lleno de grandes máquinas fantásticas pasos una pareja de ancianos. El propietario barbudo explica el equipo y les da una demostración: inicia máquinas girando, y proyecta ...
1907.
12 Películas


Tunneling the English Channel
1907
The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

Satan in Prison
6
1907
The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room, culminating in his summoning up a charming lady to share h...

El eclipse: El cortejo entre el Sol y la Luna
6
1907
En esta película, Méliès concibe una combinación de hadas y un cuento de moralidad sobre la tontería de tratar de mirar demasiado profundamente el funcionamiento de un universo inestable e inescrutabl...

How Bridget's Lover Escaped
1907
Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his unsuspecting fellow officers.

Robert Macaire and Bertrand
1907
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.

La Douche d'eau bouillante
1907
Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a trick film or something that he's known for, the dir...

The Skipping Cheese
6
1907
The interior of a trolley car. A menagerie of passengers notices a foul odour, and pinpoint the source of the stench at a cheese saleswoman. The gendarmerie removes her from the trolley and drags her ...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1907
The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters bo...

Ali Barbouyou et Ali Bouf à l'huile
1907
This film from 1907 is sadly incomplete as it's only available in a two-minute fragment. The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accid...

Sightseeing Through Whisky
6
1907
John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the site of a ruin where he starts having hallucinations.

Good Glue Sticks
6
1907
Un vendedor ambulante de "el mejor pegamento" establece su puesto al aire libre. Una multitud se reúne para una manifestación. Mientras da su discurso, dos policías observantes deciden alejar a sus cl...
1906.
13 Películas

The Merry Frolics of Satan
1906
Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he takes one of them down to Hell and roasts him on a spit...


Jack le ramoneur
5
1906
Jack is taken on a sea-snail to the lair of a fairy, who magically turns him into a prince. He thoroughly enjoys the dancing and fawning of the court. Then he wakes up, and it turns out that he's an o...

A Desperate Crime
1906
A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.


Une Chute de cinq étages
1906
A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.



Punch and Judy
1906
A group of people watches a guignol (the French version of a Punch and Judy show). Outtake from a longer, now lost, film.

The Witch
1906
Un troubadour sin dinero consulta a la bruja Carabosse sobre su futuro, pero la ofende pagando con una bolsa de arena. Él evade la venganza de la bruja, y salva a la hermosa princesa.

Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship
1906
An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.


The Mysterious Retort
6
1906
Un mago duerme en una mesa en su sala de estar bien equipada. De un cajón en la mesa, aparece una serpiente..
1905.
13 Películas


The Living Playing Cards
6
1905
Un mago barbudo sostiene una gran carta de juego y la hace más grande. Él desgarra una carta de una reina, quema los pedazos rotos, y aparece una tarjeta de la reina de corazones de tamaño real; enton...




A Crazy Composer
1
1905
A silly-looking composer attempts to compose. He then falls asleep, and dreams of all manner of bizarre nonsense.

Un feu d'artifice improvisé
1905
On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.

Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
1905
An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.

The Palace of the Arabian Nights
1905
A poor but honest young man wins the hand of a beautiful Princess after facing a series of exciting adventures involving apparitions, cartwheeling skeletons, a dragon, and plump dancing girls from the...

An Adventurous Automobile Trip
1905
A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special car, who claims that he can get there in just two h...


The Scheming Gambler's Paradise
1
1905
Una casa de apuestas combinada se establece para que croupiers, patrones, prostitutas, y el propietario pueden cambiar rápidamente todo en un establecimiento mercantil cuando los policías hacen una re...
1904.
21 Películas



The Imperceptible Transmutations
6
1904
This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.

The Clockmaker's Dream
1904
A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping clock-maker some new kinds of clocks that they kno...

The Christmas Angel
1904
Una familia pobre en una casa ruina donde la nieve cae por el techo roto, no hay carbón para calentar la pequeña estufa patética, madre está enferma, padre envía a la hija a suplicar. Rechazada por ot...

Viaje a través de lo imposible
1
1904
Utilizando todos los medios de transporte conocidos, varios savants de la Sociedad Geográfica emprenden un viaje a través de los Alpes al Sol que termina bajo el mar.

The Untameable Whiskers
4
1904
El fondo de esta imagen representa una escena a lo largo del hermoso río Sena en París. Un caballero entra, y tomando una pizarra del lado de la foto, dibuja en ella un boceto de un novelista. Luego, ...


Faust and Marguerite
1904
Melies second attempt at telling the story of Faust. This time out Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.

Tit for Tat
1904
Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and blows smoke at his old head. The head gets payback...

A Miracle Under the Inquisition
1904
An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.


Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter
1904
Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

A Moonlight Serenade
1904
Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and offers him something better.

The Terrible Turkish Executioner
1904
In a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while eating a crust of bread. Suddenly there come running in...


The Wonderful Living Fan
1
1904
Como un conjurador espera una audiencia, una procesión anuncia la llegada de un representante real, llevado en una silla de sedán, para verlo. El conjurador entonces tiene una caja grande traída. Se a...

Magia culinaria
1904
Un cocinero tiene las manos llenas con tres demonios malvados, que entran y salen de su cocina..

Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
6
1904
Un evocador chino está junto a una mesa, se convierte en dos mesas. Un ventilador se convierte en un sombrilla, las linternas aparecen y desaparecen. El conjurador gira el parasol abierto delante de s...

1903.
28 Películas


The Monster
1903
Un príncipe egipcio ha perdido a su amada esposa y ha buscado un dervish que habita en la base de la esfinge..

The Infernal Cauldron
1903
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

The Damnation of Faust
1903
The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with...

The Infernal Cakewalk
1903
Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted well-known dancers, who start their favorite dance...

The Kingdom of the Fairies
1903
At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry, when a witch suddenly appears. Though driven off, the witch soon returns, summons some of her servants, and carries...

Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers
1903
A prestidigitator orders his assistant to bring a cabinet, which is displayed piece by piece to the audience. Two gentlemen are then introduced; they enter the cabinet and are securely bound with rope...

A Spiritualist Photographer
1903
A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.

The Drawing Lesson
1903
In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after his schol...

Comical Conjuring
1903
In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant, believing that he would be comfortable in an armchai...

Jack Jags and Dum Dum
6
1903
Two comic characters, Jack Jags and Dum Dum, perform slapstick comedy on stage.


The Witch's Revenge
1903
Two guards bring a sorcerer into the hall of a palace of the time of the Middle Ages. The king who follows them orders the sorcerer to be chained and to be condemned to death for his practice of witch...

The Mysterious Box
1903
As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these chairs the operator places a sheet of glass on whi...

Ten Ladies in an Umbrella
1903
The scene is similar to that seen at Coney Island, where a number of shows are constantly going on.

Misfortune Never Comes Alone
1903
The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical

The Inn Where No Man Rests
8
1903
Un viajero se muestra a una habitación en una posada. Después de una breve disputa con la anfitriona y un portero, él es dejado a sí mismo. Pero cosas extrañas comienzan a suceder en su habitación, y ...


The Oracle of Delphi
1903
A box of valued jewels is placed inside the tomb of Delphi. A thief breaks into the tomb and steals it, but soon the ghost of Delphi appears and puts a curse on him.

The Prolific Magical Egg
1903
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 arms about and suddenly turns into a magician. The mag...


The Mystical Flame
1903
A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The handkerchief, after being twirled about a wand, is ...

Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid
1903
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 props blow up and turn into other objects or people,...

Jupiter's Thunderballs
6
1903
With godly entrapments, Zeus appears on the horizon, engages Hermes as an audience, and tries to throw some thunderbolts. They fizzle. Hephaestus tries to make some repairs but succeeds only in heatin...


The Ballet Master's Dream
1903
It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to sleep he paces the floor and tries out dance steps...

The Magic Lantern
1903
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 ...

1902.
12 Películas

Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
1902
La adaptación de Georges Méliès de los "Viajes de Gulliver" de Jonathan Swift es la más distinguida, hoy, por ser una película en color de la historia clásica. El color era raro en 1902 (y muchos años...

El viaje a la Luna
5.83
1902
El profesor Barbenfouillis y cinco de sus colegas de la Academia de Astronomía viajan a la Luna a bordo de un cohete propulsado por un cañón gigante. Una vez en la superficie lunar, los exploradores a...

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1902
Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by hand to colour it. Originally a 15 minute film, twel...



An Impossible Balancing Feat
7
1902
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

The Human Fly
1902
This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment of six pretty maidens. Then, to the astonishment o...

The Magician and the Imp
1902
The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth is suddenly transformed into a beautiful girl, cl...

Marvellous Egg Production
6
1902
“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks all the eggs into a hat, and after having beaten them up af...

The Colonel's Shower Bath
1902
A colonel in the military receives an unorthodox shower, an unorthodox shower indeed!

The Treasures of Satan
1902
The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan, who has made his way into the chateau, puts the ...

The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique
1902
This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place during the eruption are plain to be seen. Thousands upon...
1901.
13 Películas

Little Red Riding Hood
1901
In a bakery in the French countryside, Father Latourte, his wife, and their staff are busy with customers, pastries, and baked goods of all kinds. The Latourtes' young daughter, called Red Riding Hood...

What Is Home Without the Boarder
1901
A trio of prankish boarders wreak havoc on their landlady and an intervening policeman.


El hombre de la cabeza de goma
2
1901
Un químico lleva a cabo un extraño experimento con su propia cabeza..

Off to Bedlam
1901
Four black minstrels turn into white clowns and back again when they hit or kick each other.



The Brahmin and the Butterfly
1901
A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

The Devil and the Statue
1901
At the beginning of the scene Romeo in his gondola sings to Juliet a sentimental song, then goes away. Hardly has he departed when the colonnade falls to pieces, disclosing the devil. Juliet, frighten...



Bluebeard
1901
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

An Extraordinary Dislocation
1901
A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.
1900.
17 Películas

How He Missed His Train
1900
A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.

Up-to-Date Spiritualism
1900
In this subject a "comique eccentric" enters the drawing room inhabited by spirits. He tries to take off his coat and hat, but these garments return to his head and shoulders as soon as he takes them ...


Going to Bed Under Difficulties
1900
A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.

The One-Man Band
1900
A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymb...

The Christmas Dream
1900
The entire story of Christmastide is here depicted. The scene opens in a large boudoir of an apparently wealthy man's home. His children, assisted by their governess, are about to retire. Before lying...

A Fantastical Meal
1900
A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.



The Triple Conjurer and the Living Head
1900
A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.


The Wizard, the Prince and the Good Fairy
6
1900
A prince gets the help of a fairy to aid in his conflict with a wizard.

The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood
1900
The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.


Addition and Subtraction
1900
A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

Joan of Arc
1900
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
1899.
21 Películas

Cleopatra's Tomb
1899
A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it.


The Mysterious Knight
1899
A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.

El caso Dreyfus
1899
El caso Dreyfus tuvo como origen un error judicial, sobre un trasfondo de espionaje y antisemitismo, en el que la víctima fue el capitán Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), de origen judío-alsaciano, y que du...

An Up-to-Date Conjurer
1899
A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

The Devil in a Convent
1899
A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into a outlet of Pandemonium.

Cenicienta
1899
Una hada madrina mágicamente convierte los trapos de Cenicienta en un hermoso vestido, y una calabaza en un entrenador. Cenicienta va al baile, donde se encuentra con el Príncipe - pero ¿se acordará d...


Dreyfus Meets His Wife at Rennes
1899
Showing room at the military prison at Rennes in which Dreyfus the accused is confined. He is visited by his counsel, Maître Labori and Demange, with whom he is seen in animated conversation. A visit ...

The Attempt Against the Life of Maitre Labori
1899
Maître Labori is seen approaching the bridge of Rennes in company with Colonel Picquart and M. Gast, Mayor of Rennes. They notice that they are followed by another man to whom Colonel Picquart calls L...

The Fight of Reporters
1899
During an interval in the proceedings of the court martial, the journalists enter into an animated discussion, resulting in a dispute between Arthur Meyer of the 'Gaulois', and Mme. Severine of the 'F...

Dreyfus Court Martial - Arrest Of Dreyfus
1899
Du Paty de Clam requests Captain Dreyfus to write as he dictates for the purpose of ascertaining whether his handwriting conforms to that of the Bordereau. He notices the nervousness of Dreyfus, and a...

Dreyfus Put in Irons
1899
Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell. Two guards stealthily approach the cot upon which Dr...

Suicide of Colonel Henry
1899
Shows the interior of the cell of the Prison Militaire du Cherche-Midi, Paris, where Colonel Henry is confined. He is seated at a table writing a letter, on completion of which he rises and takes a ra...


Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon
1899
A section of the port Haliquen (Quiberon) Bretagne, at night where Dreyfus was landed by French marines, and officers after his transport from Devil's Island. He is received by the French authorities,...


Lightning Change Artist
1899
A man makes twenty complete changes in two minutes, combining with them dances. The changes are made in full sight of the audience. Biondi, Fregoli and Mons change behind the scenes.

The Pillar of Fire
1899
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, a...

The Human Pyramid
6
1899
Méliès appears as a court jester (a “triboulet” in French). He pulls 18th century noblemen out of a trunk and arranges them on a pyramid-shaped stage. Next, he transforms the gentlemen into fancy ladi...

Summoning the Spirits
1899
A bearded man hangs up a wreath and, like any good magician, waves his hands inside of it and under it to show us it's only a wreath…
1898.
11 Películas

Pygmalion and Galatea
1898
Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when the bust leaves the body and crossing the room mock...

The Bridegroom's Dilemma
1898
A woman slips into her bed with the help of her servant. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around the same time

Panorama from Top of a Moving Train
1898
With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

The Four Troublesome Heads
1898
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table op...

La luna a un metro
1898
Un astrónomo comienza a sufrir alucinaciones que tienen como protagonista a una luna que se cuela en su habitación dándole más de un dolor de cabeza.


Adventures of William Tell
1898
La escena se abre en el estudio de un artista, donde la estatua inacabada de Guillermo Tell se yergue sobre un pedestal. Un payaso aparece y la completa pegando un brazo y una cabeza de arcilla a la e...


Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"
1898
Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish.

The Magician
1898
In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but inst...

The Temptation of St. Anthony
1898
St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
1897.
14 Películas

An Irritable Model
1897
An artist attempts to touch his model who is playing Venus. Later remade in 1900. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu ...

D. Devant, Conjurer
1897
A man pulls a rabbit out of a hat. Available in a fragment in flipbook version only.

Boxing Match
1897
A kickboxing movie. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around the same time.

The Haunted Castle
1897
A man has an encounter with several spooky apparitions in a castle that is evidently owned by the Devil.

Naval Combat in Greece
1897
An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the camera to look in the distance. At the same time the...


The Devil's Laboratory
1897
"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he disappears in a cloud of smoke, to reappear shortly as a g...

The Hallucinated Alchemist
1897
The film features a star with five female heads and a giant face that has people coming out of its mouth. The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a par...

Entre Calais et Douvres
1897
En un barco, una media docena de pasajeros, el clérigo y el capitán, se lanzan objetos entre ellos. (FILMAFFINITY)

The Surrender of Tournavos
1897
Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the enemy is about to overrun this position.

The Bewitched Inn
1897
A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his room--beds vanishing and re-appearing, candles exploding, ...


The Last Cartridges
1897
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 painting.

After the Ball
1897
Una mujer se quita su ropa para tomar un baño, con la ayuda de una sirvienta. Se trata de uno de los primeros films con desnudez más o menos explícita de la historia del cine. (FILMAFFINITY)
1896.
13 Películas

A Soldier's Unlucky Salutation
1896
A soldier is talking to a woman while sitting on a bench, a man sits on it, and the soldier stands up, causing the bench to tip over and the man falls. Available in flipbook format only (tentatively ...


Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds
1896
A man does tricks by forming hats and then putting them on. Fragment available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

A Nightmare
1896
Un hombre tiene una fantástica pesadilla involucrando, entre otras cosas, una sonriente luna malévola.


Conjuring
1896
The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's second film, and as his first to move beyond the actual...

Watering the Flowers
1896
Watering the Flowers (French: L'Arroseur) was an 1896 French short comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's company Star Film and is numbered 6 in its catalogues. The film w...

A Terrible Night
1896
Un hombre trata de conseguir una buena noche de sueño, pero es perturbado por una araña gigante que salta sobre su cama, y una batalla se produce de manera cómica hilarante.

Playing Cards
1896
Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses a...

The Haunted Castle
1896
Le Manoir du diable or The House of the Devil, released in the United States as The Haunted Castle and in Britain as The Devil's Castle, is an 1896 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès....

Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin
1896
Georges Méliès hace desaparecer a una mujer y luego reaparece.

Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station
1896
A train arriving at Vincennes station. The film is preserved in "flipbook form".

Post No Bills
1896
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