Merlin l'enchanteur

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

A magician charms a caterpillar and turns it into a butterfly woman.

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

George, the foster son of a benevolent sorceress, has fallen deeply in love with Princess Helene from afar. When the evil wizard Lodac kidnaps the princess and threatens to feed her to his dragon in seven…

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

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

The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth is suddenly transformed into a beautiful girl, clad i…

A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate palanquin is summoned. Now, what does the illusionist …

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 is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

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…

Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.

John Gary, a hotel owner, who wants to revitalize his business. After reading about a reported mermaid sighting, he has his daughter Ethel pose as a mermaid and gets a newspaper reporter to witness and ph…

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, th…

Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a …

This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.

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

In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.