Limaginarium du docteur parnassus

In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but instead …

In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after his scholars.…

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.

In an outdoor setting, a magician makes pond nymphs and frog people appear out of water and thin air.

After an evening of excessive wining and dining Baron Munchausen must be helped to bed by his servants. Once asleep, he has bizarre and frightening dreams.

A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in miniature.

The son of Emperor Nero's poisoner drinks the fatal potion prepared by his mother.

A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in his cave, and a fairy appears -- then there's this mas…

A dark and stormy night. Pluto is spirited away to the spooky lair of an evil genius for a mad transplant scheme to put his head on the body of a chicken. Mickey gives chase, but find himself threatened s…

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they disappear mysteriously in the air. He then takes a white hand…