Movies: Star Film Company

An astronomer has a terrifying dream....

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head....

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon....

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 seco...

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....

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear....

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 re...

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!...

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing....

A magician produces a living portrait of himself....

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx....

The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's second film, and as his first to move beyond the actuality film genre pioneered by the Lumière brothers a...

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès....

An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes....

A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs of ancient Araby. Guided by the mysterious Khalafar, the troupe (alongside him go some cowardly schol...

Two men in a cave perform magic....

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box....

A witch curses a town's well....

Du Paty de Clam requests Captain Dreyfus to write as he dictates for the purpose of ascertaining whether his handwriting conforms to that of the Bordereau. He notices the nervousness of Dreyfus, and accuses him of being the author of the Bordereau. P...