Georges Méliès Movies

  • 1908
    Hunting the Teddy Bear

    Hunting the Teddy Bear

    Hunting the Teddy Bear

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    Silent French short film by Georges Méliès, based on the character from Alphonse Daudet's novel of the same name. The film is presumed...

    Hunting the Teddy Bear
  • 1908
    Up-to-Date Clothes Cleaning

    Up-to-Date Clothes Cleaning

    Up-to-Date Clothes Cleaning

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    Silent film from Georges Méliés. It is presumed to be lost.

    Up-to-Date Clothes Cleaning
  • 1898
    Visite de l'épave du Maine

    Visite de l'épave du Maine

    Visite de l'épave du Maine

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    Work on the wreck of the ship "Maine."

    Visite de l'épave du Maine
  • 1907
    A New Death Penalty

    A New Death Penalty

    A New Death Penalty

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    The thief who robbed and killed a shoe dealer is sentenced to death by inhaling the fumes of his own shoes.

    A New Death Penalty
  • 1896
    A Serpentine Dance

    A Serpentine Dance

    A Serpentine Dance

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    A Serpentine dance performance, possibly featuring Loie Fuller (though the record is unclear). While the film is lost, there is a new digital version...

    A Serpentine Dance
  • 1907
    A Mischievous Sketch

    A Mischievous Sketch

    A Mischievous Sketch

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    An easel appears, and soon after a canvas "walks" up from the floor of its own accord and takes its place on the easel. Now an artist's portfolio is...

    A Mischievous Sketch
  • 1909
    Hypnotist's Revenge

    Hypnotist's Revenge

    Hypnotist's Revenge

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    French short silent comedy film by Georges Méliès, which is presumed to be lost. The film was a skit on the popular topic of hypnotism;...

    Hypnotist's Revenge
  • 1903
    The Enchanted Basket

    The Enchanted Basket

    The Enchanted Basket

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    A farmer calls on a juggler to see a few of his best tricks. The juggler has brought a bouquet of flowers, from which he takes out a charming and...

    The Enchanted Basket
  • 1904
    Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion

    Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion

    Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion

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    Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor to the King, is thrust into a dungeon because he has offended His Majesty by not being able for some time past to produce...

    Benvenuto Cellini or A Curious Evasion
  • 1901
    The Trials of a Schoolmaster

    The Trials of a Schoolmaster

    The Trials of a Schoolmaster

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    A Country school room is first seen in this picture in which so many startling changes take place that the Master is bewildered and is driven mad by...

    The Trials of a Schoolmaster
  • 1907
    The Skipping Cheese

    The Skipping Cheese

    The Skipping Cheese

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    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...

    The Skipping Cheese
  • 1899
    The Degradation of Dreyfus

    The Degradation of Dreyfus

    The Degradation of Dreyfus

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    The Jewish ex-officer Alfred Dreyfus's degradation. He stands in a military quadrant and the Adjutant proceeds to tear off his medals; Dreyfus is...

    The Degradation of Dreyfus
  • 1901
    The Dream of a Hindu Beggar

    The Dream of a Hindu Beggar

    The Dream of a Hindu Beggar

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    Lost film by Georges Méliès, released as an "artistic subject."

    The Dream of a Hindu Beggar
  • 1904
    The Wandering Jew

    The Wandering Jew

    The Wandering Jew

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    A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

    The Wandering Jew
  • 1908
    Justinian's Human Torches

    Justinian's Human Torches

    Justinian's Human Torches

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    During an orgy, Emperor Justinian orders three people to be torched alive.

    Justinian's Human Torches
  • 1907
    Chopin's Funeral March Burlesqued

    Chopin's Funeral March Burlesqued

    Chopin's Funeral March Burlesqued

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    A motley quartet of musicians inflicting the torture of their music on a law abiding citizen.

    Chopin's Funeral March Burlesqued
  • 1901
    A Phrenological Burlesque

    A Phrenological Burlesque

    A Phrenological Burlesque

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    The film poked fun at phrenology—a highly popular 19th-century pseudoscience that claimed a person's skull shape and "bumps" could determine...

    A Phrenological Burlesque
  • 1908
    A Love Tragedy in Spain

    A Love Tragedy in Spain

    A Love Tragedy in Spain

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    A Spanish dancer, in front of an inn in the Spanish mountains, is courted by a smuggler, who asks her to marry him. She agrees. Later, in the...

    A Love Tragedy in Spain
  • 1908
    Curiosity Punished

    Curiosity Punished

    Curiosity Punished

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    A band of musicians stage a fake murder as a practical joke for their grumpy, curious neighbor.

    Curiosity Punished
  • 1907
    The Knight of Black Art

    The Knight of Black Art

    The Knight of Black Art

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    Magic tricks in a medieval setting.

    The Knight of Black Art