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poster
HBO Max
73
62
7.5
/4453/
72
/141/
72
/177/
3.8
/16141/

The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.
poster
70
57
7.1
/3483/
68
/122/
71
/166/
3.6
/10636/

The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
poster
HBO Max
65
51
6.6
/2692/
63
/123/
62
/96/
3.5
/17350/

The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
poster
69
50
6.9
/2396/
64
/82/
64
/132/
3.6
/7796/
80
/26/

The Big Swallow (1901)
A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
poster
71
47
6.7
/942/
63
/34/
64
/52/
3.5
/1548/
91
/328/

Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)
A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.
poster
63
45
6.3
/2216/
62
/83/
62
/128/
3.3
/6300/

The Vanishing Lady (1896)
Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.
poster
67
45
6.8
/1545/
64
/59/
64
/64/
3.7
/4365/

The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)
Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he takes one of them down to Hell and roasts him on a spit.
poster
61
43
6.4
/2275/
62
/64/
60
/110/
3.1
/7947/

A Nightmare (1896)
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
poster
62
39
6.4
/1233/
60
/41/
62
/58/
3.2
/2820/

Santa Claus (1898)
Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.
poster
63
39
6.4
/1350/
62
/41/
63
/67/
3.2
/2357/

The Bewitched Inn (1897)
A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his room--beds vanishing and re-appearing, candles exploding, pants flying through the air and his shoes walking away by themselves.
poster
59
39
6.1
/1446/
55
/45/
56
/63/
3.3
/5350/

The Mermaid (1904)
A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.
poster
63
37
6.4
/1105/
65
/29/
60
/55/
3.2
/2522/

The Magician (1898)
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 of containing the magician a lively clown steps forth who further mystifies the audience by causing the box to disappear, and in its place is seen a fully laid table with a smoking dinner, to which the clown applies himself. The table, however, suddenly disappears much to the astonishment of the clown, who is confronted by the magician in the garb of Mephistopheles. This he suddenly changes to that of a sculptor, and in the background is seen a pedestal with the bust of a young lady, which comes to life as the sculptor applies the mallet and chisel.
poster
59
36
6.1
/1182/
61
/35/
55
/62/
3.2
/3343/

The X-Ray Fiend (1897)
A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.
poster
58
33
5.8
/873/
54
/27/
59
/45/
3.2
/1628/

The Magic Lantern (1903)
Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends, they open up the lantern to reveal a group of dancing girls inside - and this is only the first of the indications that this lantern really is magical.
poster
60
28
5.9
/677/
59
/17/
59
/37/
3.2
/1336/

The Mysterious Portrait (1899)
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.
poster
53
26
5.2
/870/
53
/34/
52
/43/
2.8
/1248/

Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.
poster
63
25
6.5
/581/
62
/16/
59
/30/
3.4
/968/

An Extraordinary Dislocation (1901)
A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.
poster
55
24
5.5
/563/
54
/17/
52
/34/
3.0
/1108/

The Treasures of Satan (1902)
The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan, who has made his way into the chateau, puts the seven bags in a strong box, and makes with his hands some cabalistic motions. The miser comes into the hall and is greatly astonished to find his fortune missing. He opens the coffer and immediately the bags leap out. He gathers them up and puts them back into the coffer. When he opens it again he finds that they have been transformed into seven young girls, who rush out and chase after him, beating him unmercifully. They shut him up in the coffer from which his gold has vanished. The miser pushes open the lid of the coffer, and to his profound despair finds that both young girls and money have disappeared. (This view is most sensational in its mysterious scenes.) (Star Film Catalog)
poster
60
22
6.0
/554/
57
/18/
61
/24/
3.1
/893/

A Trip to Mars (1910)
A certain professor of chemistry discovers two substances that, combined, make it possible to contravene the laws of gravity, a discovery that will have unexpected consequences for him.
poster
58
18
5.6
/458/
55
/21/
58
/26/
3.2
/508/

A Spiritualist Photographer (1903)
A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.
poster
59
16
5.7
/328/
58
/13/
60
/15/
3.2
/746/

The Prolific Magical Egg (1902)
A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his arms about and suddenly turns into a magician. The magician produces an egg, performing several sleight-of-hand tricks, and places it upon the table with the small end downward. He then crudely draws a human face upon the shell, and the egg immediately begins growing larger and larger until it reaches the size of a normal head.
poster
?
5.5
/64/
60
/2/
53
/3/

Willie's Magic Wand (1907)
A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.
poster
?
4.5
/40/
30
/2/

Photographing a Ghost (1898)
Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.
poster
47
?
5.1
/177/
33
/3/
3.0
/378/

The Devil's Laboratory (1897)
"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he disappears in a cloud of smoke, to reappear shortly as a ghost, whose head comes off and floats around the room. Suddenly the table gets up of itself, and flies up the chimney. All sorts of wonderful things happen. A cannon takes the place occupied by the table, and belches forth flame and smoke. A large cage appears mysteriously in the center of the room, through the bars of which the Devil passes as if it were an open door. By his magic, he makes the cavalier pass through the bars in the same wonderful fashion. Everything is so weird and fantastic, that such a small trifle as a man turning into a donkey excites but passing notice." -Edison catalog
poster
?
5.1
/33/
56
/3/

When the Devil Drives (1907)
The devil hijacks a train trip in France. Made by magician turned filmmaker Walter Booth, who established the Charles Urban Trading Company to make films in his own London garden.
poster
?
4.7
/16/
40
/1/

Le Boudoir mystérieux (1907)
A lady sits down at her make-up table and regards its mirror. Various women appear in the glass, dancing, primping and doing other feminine activities.
poster
61
?
5.3
/69/
60
/1/
60
/2/
3.4
/221/

The Infernal Cave (1905)
A devil puts a woman into a boiling cauldron in a fiery cave.
poster
?
4.4
/40/
40
/1/
42
/2/

Faust and Mephistopheles (1898)
Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young. This is a lost film from George Albert Smith
poster
?
6.4
/73/
60
/4/
56
/4/

Cinderella (1898)
An adaptation of the folk tale.
poster
44
?
5.8
/127/
70
/4/
48
/4/

The Turn-of-the-Century Barber (1896)
A barber's customer is not accustomed to the blade. Luckily, the coiffeur has a modern solution.
poster
55
?
5.6
/198/
50
/7/
51
/9/
3.2
/269/

Music, Forward! (1907)
“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their instruments. The directress stands them in a row, and taking the head off each, throws it onto a huge music staff and each becomes a note of the scale. The whole bodies appear again, after which the manipulator seems to wrap them up in a large sheet of music, which is then shown to contain nothing. The paper is rolled up again, and a cane is held, perpendicularly, in a horizontal position to the sheet.
poster
?
5.2
/42/
30
/1/
18
/2/

The Corsican Brothers (1898)
The ghost of a man's twin shows him a vision of how he was killed in a duel.
poster
54
?
5.4
/215/
48
/8/
50
/6/
3.2
/349/

The Tulips (1907)
In a bower of giant tulips a boy and girl practice flower magic. They cause flowers and birds to open and human forms to issue therefrom, and on the black background of the wonderful garden there appear myriad flowers, in the center of each of which is a smiling feminine head. Tableaux showing pretty girl and flower effects are plentiful and the film winds up with a burst of multi-colored flame, which shoots in fiery splendor from leaves and petals.
poster
53
?
5.4
/132/
55
/6/
50
/4/

Harlequin's Story (1907)
Polichinelle the servant (called Harlequin in the English language version) rescues his girlfriend from a gang of decadent aristocrats, who have transformed her into a mechanical doll.
poster
?
4.5
/36/
45
/2/

City Hall to Harlem in 15 Seconds, Via the Subway Route (1904)
Casey enters a subway station nearby City Hall and walks down the tunnel. He lights a fuse to set off a blast and runs away. Thinking the fuse has gone out, he creeps cautiously up to it, when it suddenly goes off, Casey is blown through the tunnel, all the way to Harlem.


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