A Nightmare 1896
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
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.
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
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 magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.
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.
St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
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 conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.
Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and blows smoke at his old head. The head gets payback by levitating above Melies and spewing water on him.
A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.
As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these chairs the operator places a sheet of glass on which he lays a box about four inches high. He then takes a table cover, with his servant's help, rolls it up and from the centre emerges a lady, beautifully dressed. At the juggler's order she jumps in the box, in which she completely disappears.
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.
A family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.
Characters from a large magic book come to life.