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A young boy's adventure takes him to the domain of the Genie of the Cathedral Bell, where he finds a fortune to enrich his family. The film is...

A young woman stumbles across a cave that is populated by the spirits and skeletons of people who died there under mysterious circumstances.

A look back at the life, style and influences of the famed filmmaker Georges Méliès and an examination of his role in the story of...

A painter boards a train and puts his paintings in the windows so that they look like passengers.

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

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.

A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

A magician makes a woman appear and disappear.

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

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...

A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it...

A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.

This lost film presumably features a train arriving at Vincennes station, eastern Paris. (Until 2020, was confused with Arrival at Joinville...

Watering the Flowers (French: L'Arroseur) was an 1896 French short comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by...

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...

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...

Showing the rolling sea, upon which gradually appears a cloud of mist. From this evolves the figure of Christ, who proceeds to walk on the waves. The...

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...

Another magic short of Méliès.

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...