Movies

A witch curses a town's well.

A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his...

A good shepherdess is persecuted by an evil, tantrum-throwing princess. A good fairy decides to intervene, and dishes out quite a bit of retribution.

Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

A man pulls a rabbit out of a hat. Available in a fragment in flipbook version only.

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.

The Brahmin, Iftikar, who enjoys a great reputation in India, has determined to create something miraculous which will place the seal upon his...

Some jubilant young men have decided to end their evening of pleasure by taking supper in a restaurant after having passed a few hours at a...

A trio of prankish boarders wreak havoc on their landlady and an intervening policeman.

A performing magician divides into two people. The doubles then take turns doing tricks before merging back into one man.

Silent film from Georges Méliés. It is presumed to be lost.

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

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

Lost comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

A weary clock-maker dozes off in a chair. While he is asleep, three women suddenly appear in the midst of his shop. They proceed to show the sleeping...

A film, very amusing, showing a countryman with a most tempting dinner before him, which he is unable to touch. The table, the dishes and the chairs...

Lost short comedy film by Georges Méliès

A reenactment of a scene inside Devil's Island prison.

In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant,...

Two cooks fight, one pushing the other into a barrel and pouring a saucepan of liquid over his head. 10 second fragment available in flipbook format,...