Georges Méliès Encore 1896-1911
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1. Post No Bills (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is prohibited.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 508
2. The House of the Devil (1896)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Horror
With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Jules-Eugène Legris, Georges Méliès
Votes: 3,988
listed as The Haunted Castle
3. The Hallucinated Alchemist (1897)
2 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Misidentified as The Mysterious Retort (1906), sadly, this film is currently presumed lost; however, according to Wikipedia, an anthropomorphous star with five female heads and a giant face has people coming out of its mouth.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 289
4. Sur les toits (1897)
1 min | Short, Comedy
A woman's home is forcibly invaded by robbers, and a clumsy law enforcement officer tries to detain the thieves.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 418
5. The Last Cartridges (1897)
1 min | Short, War
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.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 451
6. Naval Combat in Greece (1897)
1 min | Short
Under bombardment, five sailors load and fire a cannon on a naval ship, as their captain supervises.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 414
7. Off to Bloomingdale Asylum (1901)
1 min | Short, Comedy
Clowns ride in on a wagon drawn by a skeletal horse. The clowns proceed to transform from blackface performers to white costumed clowns, and back again, as they perform zany antics.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 301
8. Prolific Magic Egg (1903)
2 min | Short, Fantasy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 295
9. The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique (1902)
1 min | Short, History
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. ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 613
10. Robinson Crusoe (1902)
14 min | Short, Drama
Robinson Crusoe and Friday fight with hostile natives, and eventually retire to their jungle cottage to relax.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: André Deed, Georges Méliès
Votes: 456
11. The Mystical Flame (1903)
2 min | Short, Fantasy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jules-Eugène Legris, Georges Méliès
Votes: 197
12. Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter (1904)
Short
Three seconds of Méliès disguised as a millionaire smoking a cigar.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 159
13. The Fugitive Apparitions (1904)
2 min | Short, Fantasy
A series of disappearing acts as performed by a magician and his Spanish-garbed assistant.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 187
14. The Wandering Jew (1904)
3 min | Short, Drama
Based on an early 13th century myth, this short film tells the story of a Jew who is forced to walk throughout eternity having refused water to Christ on his way to Calvary. He falls asleep... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 248
15. The Christmas Angel (1904)
10 min | Short, Drama
A family has a sick woman at home. Her girl goes out in the snow to beg.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Rachel Gillet, Georges Méliès
Votes: 255
16. A Mesmerian Experiment (1905)
3 min | Short
A scientist pours water into a tub. Flames rise up, then the scientist takes out some dresses, which are draped upon statues. The statues change into a bevy of dancing girls who perform a dance routine.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 216
17. Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (1905)
4 min | Short, Fantasy
When Ulysses of the Odyssey is trapped on the island of Calypso, he must fight Polyphemus, the giant monster that lives there.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 254
listed as The Mysterious Island or L'ile de Calypso
18. Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1906)
3 min | Short
An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 450
19. Robert Macaire and Bertrand (1907)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Two thieves, Robert Macaire and Bertrand, are eating at an outdoor restaurant, when they find themselves left alone. So, spying their chance, they make off with everything on the table. The... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 151
20. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)
10 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
Undersea adventures in a submarine by a dreaming fisherman who encounters mystical underwater creatures at odds with him. A parody on Jules Verne's novel.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Manuel, Georges Méliès
Votes: 558
21. How Bridget's Lover Escaped (1907)
8 min | Short, Comedy
An obese cooks' lover succeeds in escaping the police after an incident involving her masters.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Fernande Albany, Manuel
Votes: 143
22. Satan in Prison (1907)
5 min | Short
Satan uses of magical powers to cure his boredom while locked in a prison cell.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 292
23. The King and the Jester (1907)
5 min | Short
The scene opens with the jester being spurned by the king, who has evidently partaken of food which disagrees with him, and instead of being amused by the frolics of his jester he casts him... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 156
24. The Doctor's Secret (1910)
13 min | Short
Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 289
25. Le papillon fantastique (1909)
2 min | Short, Fantasy
A magician creates a butterfly woman and then a spider woman.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 466
26. Le vitrail diabolique (1910)
7 min | Short
A stain-glass window with a picture of a young maiden on it is used by Satan to torture an elderly alchemist, who ends up in Hell after a diabolical encounter with the devil himself.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 167
27. Magic Roses (1906)
3 min | Short
A magician performs a magic show involving women turning into bouquets of roses. Later the roses are festooned together in a fancy way to decorate the stage.
Director: Segundo de Chomón
Votes: 221
28. Excursion to the Moon (1908)
Not Rated | 7 min | Sci-Fi, Short
Proving adept at every possible camera trick, Segundo de Chomón was brought by Charles Pathé to his studio at Vincennes, near Paris, to make trick films in imitation of Jules Verne (such as this one, inspired by A Trip to the Moon (1902)).
Director: Segundo de Chomón
Votes: 425
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