Georges Méliès Movies

A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

A Funny Mahometan was an 1897 short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film...

A sorceress conjures up a bevy of beauties for a bachelor to peruse.

Reconstruction, with models, of the explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana. Samir Benhalilou contacted Méliès' granddaughter and...

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

A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The...

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

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

Reconstructed from a late 1800s flip book. The given date is approximate

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

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

An impoverished fisherman, not earning enough to support his wife and daughter, prays for help before an icon of the Virgin Mary. After trying to...

Georges Méliès lost film.

A crazy, rude musician gets some supernatural comeuppance.

Upon a visit to UVM's Lane Series in the Spring of 2022, Jean-Francois Alcolea offered to conduct a workshop to UVM film students and others on his...

A street scene.

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