Star Film Company

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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

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

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 chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

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

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

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.

Two men in a cave perform magic.

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.

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

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

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.