A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
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.
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.
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
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.
An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.
Eine wunderschöne Hommage (1904) an Meerjungfrauen, die Georges Méliès' beliebtestes Thema aufgreift: die Magie. Ein Zauberer angelt aus seinem Zylinder Fische in unterschiedlichen Größen, die bald ein ganzes Aquarium füllen. In weiteren Tricks zieht er mehrere Kaninchen und einen Salatkopf aus seinem Hut. Schließlich lässt er eine Meerjungfrau erscheinen….
A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.
A conjurer (along with two duplicates) conjure up (and then cause to vanish) a beautiful woman head-first.
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.
A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.
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.
St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
With godly entrapments, Zeus appears on the horizon, engages Hermes as an audience, and tries to throw some thunderbolts. They fizzle. Hephaestus tries to make some repairs but succeeds only in heating the bolts and burning Zeus's hands. Zeus conjures nine muses, but do their incantations help? He dismisses them as well as a visiting Pan, and his fits of pique become counter-productive. Can he get his powers back?
A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.
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Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell. Two guards stealthily approach the cot upon which Dreyfus is sleeping. They awake him and read to him the order from the French minister–M. Lebon–to put him into irons, which they proceed at once to accomplish. Dreyfus vigorously protests against this treatment, which protests, however, fall on deaf ears. The chief sergeant and guards before leaving the hut, inspect the four corners of same by means of a lantern.
A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.
A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.
A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from behind it. The dog becomes a woman, then a masked man appears. The conjurer sits them each on a box a few feet apart: suddenly the woman and man have changed places. The disappearing and the transfers continue in front of a simple backdrop.
A trio of prankish boarders wreak havoc on their landlady and an intervening policeman.
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)