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An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

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

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 magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

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

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

This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment of six pretty maidens. Then, to the astonishment of all, he runs up the wall, dances and turns handsprings in mid-air, introducing many tricks that are entirely new in animated photography. The most puzzling of all the mystical series. (Star Film Catalog)

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

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

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

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

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.

The scene is similar to that seen at Coney Island, where a number of shows are constantly going on.

A movie fragment depicting an archaeological explorer entering a standing sarcophagus.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.