An Up-to-Date Conjurer

An Up-to-Date Conjurer 1899

6.30

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

1899

Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer 1904

4.80

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from behind it. The dog becomes a woman, then a masked man appears. The conjurer sits them each on a box a few feet apart: suddenly the woman and man have changed places. The disappearing and the transfers continue in front of a simple backdrop.

1904

The Temptation of St. Anthony

The Temptation of St. Anthony 1898

5.77

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

1898

The Bridegroom's Dilemma

The Bridegroom's Dilemma 1898

4.00

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

1898

Delirium in a Studio

Delirium in a Studio 1907

5.50

The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then picks up as the painter goes haywire and sends the assistant into the painting.

1907

The Black Imp

The Black Imp 1905

6.42

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

1905

The Witch's Revenge

The Witch's Revenge 1903

5.00

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 witchcraft. He begs the king to permit him just one hour of liberty, assuring the king that he will create, thanks to his power, a charming woman, worthy of becoming the king's consort. The king, after a moment of hesitation, agrees.

1903

Apparitions

Apparitions 1903

5.40

Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.

1903

The Mischance of a Photographer

The Mischance of a Photographer 1908

4.50

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

1908

Long Distance Wireless Photography

Long Distance Wireless Photography 1908

5.20

Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a demonstration: he starts machines whirring, and projects a painting of three women onto a large screen; suddenly the women begin to move. The customers are impressed. First the women sits in the special seat: she's projected onto the screen, and her good nature comes out in the laughing image. Then it's the man's turn, but the machine discloses a vastly different nature in him. Will his reaction threaten our proprietor's inventions?

1908

A Nightmare

A Nightmare 1896

6.02

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

1896

When the Tables Turned

When the Tables Turned 1911

1

A staged Wild West kidnapping goes awry when the cowboys accidentally capture an actress who uses her acting skills to turn the tables on them.

1911

The Damnation of Faust

The Damnation of Faust 1898

4.90

A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it has little to do with the story of Faust.

1898

Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery

Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery 1928

1

After being defeated in a fight by a local gang, local official Lu Fengyang sends his weak and sickly son Lu Xiaoqing to study with a master of the Kunlun school of martial arts. Recovered and strong, he comes upon the Red Lotus Temple, and puts up there for the night. Unable to sleep, he begins looking around the palatial temple, and discovers a room decorated with many images of Buddhist demons, and an altar to worship them... Purposely destroyed serial film whose 19 full length chapters (averaging 86 minutes each) originally ran 27 hours in length.

1928

Jupiter's Thunderballs

Jupiter's Thunderballs 1903

5.20

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 heating the bolts and burning Zeus's hands. Zeus conjures nine muses, but do their incantations help? He dismisses them as well as a visiting Pan, and his fits of pique become counter-productive. Can he get his powers back?

1903

The Monster

The Monster 1903

5.92

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

1903

The One-Man Band

The One-Man Band 1900

6.72

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 cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the second chair, and then likewise moves on to the third chair. In this way, an entire band is soon formed, and is then ready to perform.

1900