Year 1907

In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the...

Four Arab men in white burnouses, two women in grey, and one female cook in striped burnous, are sitting in front of a cave in a forest path.

A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.

The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then...

The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

A pig dressed in fancy clothes flirts with a pretty girl, but she humiliates him and tears off his suit; she then makes him dance for her affections.

A piano entices anyone who comes near.

Chollie and George compete for a young woman's affection, using trickery and sabotage.

A demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.

Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his...

The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine...

A dog runs away with a length of sausage. Chaos erupts as the butcher chasing the dog collides with bystanders who angrily follow.

A combination of the story of Goldlocks and the Three Bears with the true story of how Teddy Roosevelt spared a bear cub after killing its mother...

In front of a round tent, a pasha is sitting on the grass; to the right of the tent's door, covered with a patterned blanket, is a flagpole - on top...

A middle-aged man bare chest and wearing trousers, clears a shallow trench in the sand while a young woman draped in a long, flimsy veil looks on....

A man attempts a series of 'trial marriages' with various women, and eventually gives up on marriage altogether.

John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the...

A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.

A peddler of "the best glue" sets up his outdoor stall. A crowd gathers for a demonstration. As he gives his pitch, two observant cops decide drive...

Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly...