The Astronomer's Dream 1898
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
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 and drink. Then the man asks for a newspaper. He reads a funny story in it and the three friends burst out laughing while the waitress merely smiles.
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.
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.
A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.
A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.
A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.
A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.
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?
A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs of ancient Araby. Guided by the mysterious Khalafar, the troupe (alongside him go some cowardly scholars) encounter skeletons, fire-breathing lizards, and mirages on their journey through the lower world.
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 from his wife is announced, who enters. The meeting of the husband and wife is most pathetic and emotional.
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.