Les Transmutations imperceptibles, sold in the United States as The Imperceptible Transmutations and in Britain as Imperceptible Transformation, is a 1904...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Boîte à malice, sold in the United States as The Mysterious Box and in Britain as The Shallow Trick Box, and also known as The Shallow Box Trick, is a...

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...

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...

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...

The Rag Picker (French: Le Chiffonnier), also released as A Good Joke (French: Une bonne farce), was an 1896 French short silent film directed by Georges...

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...

own theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris, when he attended the celebrated first public demonstration of the Lumière Brothers' Kinetoscope...

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

The Sacred Fountain (French: La Fontaine sacrée ou la Vengeance de Boudha) is a 1901 French short silent comedy film, directed by Georges Méliès. It is...

Tunneling the English Channel (French: Le Tunnel sous la Manche ou le Cauchemar franco-anglais / Tunnel under the Channel, or the Franco-English Nightmare)...

Summoning the Spirits (French: Évocation spirite) is an 1899 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. A magician hangs a wreath in the air and makes...

bill poster covers the first ad with a larger poster. The two bill posters squabble, and then flee at the approach of the sentry. The sentry is then reprimanded...

by the French director Georges Méliès. The film, a parody of the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman...

released by Méliès's company Star Film and is numbered 44 in its catalogues. The film is currently presumed lost. Hammond, Paul (1974). Marvellous Méliès...

Le Cake-Walk infernal, sold in the United States as The Cake Walk Infernal and in Britain as The Infernal Cake Walk, is a 1903 French silent trick film...

1952 French short documentary film directed by Georges Franju about the life of the film pioneer Georges Méliès. Jeanne d'Alcy as Herself François Lallement...

Gugusse and the Automaton (French: Gugusse et l'Automate), also known as The Clown and the Automaton, was an 1897 French short silent film directed by...

volcanique à la Martinique, released in the United States as The Eruption of Mount Pelee and in Britain as The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelée and Destruction...