Le Coffre enchanté, sold in the United States as The Bewitched Trunk and in Britain as The Enchanted Trunk, is a 1904 French silent trick film by Georges...

The House of the Devil (French: Le Manoir du diable, lit. 'The Devil's Manor'), released in the United States as The Haunted Castle and in the United Kingdom...

for the screen by John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's 2007 book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, it tells the story of a boy who lives alone in the Gare...

January 30, 2007, and the paperback edition was released on June 2, 2008. With 284 pictures between the book's 533 pages, the book depends as much on...

1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon and its 1870 sequel Around the Moon, the film follows a group of astronomers who travel to the Moon in a cannon-propelled...

The Bewitched Inn (French: L'auberge ensorcelée) is an 1897 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film...

the official bootmaker of the Dutch court before a fire ruined his business. Eventually the two married, founded a high-quality boot factory on the Boulevard...

The Impossible Voyage (French: Le Voyage à travers l'impossible), also known as An Impossible Voyage and Whirling the Worlds, is a 1904 French silent...

was a French filmmaker and magician generally regarded as the first person to recognize the potential of narrative film. He made about 520 films between...

She was the wife of Georges Méliès from 1925 until his death in 1938. D'Alcy died at the age of 91 in 1956. She is buried with her husband in the Père-Lachaise...

bodystocking). The maid helps the woman bathe, pouring water over her, and finally covers and dries her with a robe. Méliès was not the first filmmaker...

Cendrillon) is an 1899 French trick film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company...

Chaudron infernal, released in Britain as The Infernal Cauldron and in the United States as The Infernal Caldron and the Phantasmal Vapors, is a 1903 French...

The Four Troublesome Heads (French: Un homme de têtes, literally "A Man of Heads"), also known as Four Heads Are Better Than One, is an 1898 French silent...

The Apparition, or Mr. Jones' Comical Experience With a Ghost (French: Le Revenant), also known as The Ghost and the Candle and as Apparitions, is a 1903...

Peeping Tom at the Seaside (French: L'Indiscret aux bains de mer) was an 1897 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star...

Lanterne magique, sold in the United States as The Magic Lantern and in Britain as The Magic Lantern, or the Bioscope in the Toy Shop, is a 1903 French...

Le Château hanté, released in the United States as The Devil's Castle and in Britain as The Haunted Castle, is an 1897 French silent trick film directed...

himself plays the lead role of the music master. The superimposition effects in The Mélomaniac, allowing multiple Méliès heads to appear on the staff, were...

The Two Blind Men (French: Les Deux Aveugles) was a 1900 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is...

Around the World in 80 Days (sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days) is a 1956 American epic adventure-comedy film starring David Niven...

is numbered 593–595 in its catalogues. Méliès himself plays the gentleman in the film. The special effects include stage machinery, pyrotechnics, substitution...

The 1913 Cinderella can be considered a remake of the earlier film, but both are derived from the original Perrault tale. The film was made in the summer...

The Chimney Sweep (French: Jack le ramoneur) is a 1906 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. Jack, a kidnapped boy working as a chimney sweep...

Each of the eleven one-minute installments reconstructs an event from the real-life Dreyfus affair, which was still in progress while the series was...

Faust aux enfers, released in the United States as The Damnation of Faust and in Britain as The Condemnation of Faust, is a 1903 French silent trick film...

in the United States as Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants and in the United Kingdom as Gulliver's Travels—In the land of the Lilliputians...

Le Sorcier, sold in the United States as The Witch's Revenge and in Britain as The Sorcerer's Revenge, is a 1903 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès...

silent film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the life of Joan of Arc. In the village of Domrémy, the young Joan is visited by Saint Michael, Saint Catherine...

The Vanishing Lady (French: Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin, literally "Magical Disappearance of a Lady at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin") is an...