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A collection of 173 rare and rediscovered original films by Méliès, produced in 1896-1913. Méliès, a successful magician, began investigating film as a medium of trickery in 1896. Through inventive optical effects and elaborate sets and props, he discovered how to make objects and people appear, disappear and grow larger and smaller. While best known for his fantastic tales, Méliès also produced witty advertising films and re-stagings of actual events. 

One of 5 videodiscs (approximately 782 min. total) : sound, black and white and tinted color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (35 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audio: English Narrations & Silent films, with added musical accompaniment.

Films 1902:
Douche du colonel/The colonel's shower bath (:58)
La danseuse microscopique/The dancing midget (2:43)
Le voyage dans la lune/A trip to the moon (12:46)
La clownesse fantôme/The shadow-girl (1:04)
Les trésors de Satan/The treasures of Satan (2:39)
L'homme-mouche/The human fly (1:47)
L'equilibre impossible/An impossible balancing feat (1:21)
Le voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les géants/Gulliver's travels among the Lilliputians and the giants (4:13)
La sacre d'Edouard VII/The coronation of Edward VII (3:53).

Films 1903:
La guirlande merveilleuse/The marvellous wreath (3:54)
Un malheur n'arrive jamais seul/Misfortune never comes alone (2:58)
Le cake-walk infernal/The infernal cake-walk (5:19)
La boîte à malice/The mysterious box (2:08)
Le puits fantastique/The enchanted well (3:36)
L'auberge du bon repos/The inn where no man rests (5:00)
La statue animée/The drawing lesson (2:33)
Le sorcier/The witch's revenge (3:22)
L'oracle de Delphes/The oracle of Delphi (1:34)
Le portrait spirite/The spiritualistic photographer (2:18)
Le mélomane/The melomaniac (2:48)
Le monstre/The monster (2:29)
Le royaume des fées/The kingdom of fairies (16:30)
Le chaudron infernal/The infernal caldron (1:45)
Le revenant/Apparitions (2:39)
Le tonnerre de Jupiter/Jupiter's thunderballs (3:32)
La parapluie fantastique/Ten ladies in an umbrella (3:01)
Tom Tight et Dum Dum/Jack Jaggs and Dum Dum (2:36)
Bob Kick, l'enfant terrible/Bob Kick the mischievous kid (2:02)
Illusions funambulesques/Extraordinary Illusions (2:10)
L'enchanteur Alcofribas/Alcofribas, the master magician (3:41)
Jack et Jim/Comical conjuring (2:47)
La lanterne magique/The magic lantern (4:56)
Le rêve du maître de ballet/The ballet master's dream (2:42)
Faust aux enfers/The damnation of Faust (6:42)
Le bourreau turc/The terrible Turkish executioner (2:25).

Films 1904:
Au clair de la lune, ou, Pierrot malheureux/A moonlight serenade (2:57)
Un prêté pour un rendu/Tit for tat (2:00)
Le coffre enchanté/The bewitched trunk (3:01)
Le roi du maquillage/Untamabale whiskers (2:42)
Le rêve de l'horloger/The clockmaker's dream (2:41)
Les transmutations imperceptibles/The imperceptible transmutations (1:55)
Un miracle sous l'Inquisition/A miracle under the Inqusition (2:23)
Damnation du Docteur Faust/Faust and Marguerite (4:28)
Le thaumaturge chinois/Tchin-Chao, the Chinese conjurer (3:31)
Le merveilleux éventail vivant/The wonderful living fan (3:23)
Sorcellerie culinaire/The cook in trouble (4:31)
La planche du diable/The devilish prank (1:43)
La sirène/The mermaid (4:08)"Maine" (0:51)
Panorama pris d'un train en marche /Panorama from top of a moving train (1:15)
Magicien /Magician (1:08)
Illusions fantasmagorique/sFamous box trick (1:11)
Guillaume tell et le clownAdventures of William Tell (1:00)
La lune à un mètre/Astronomer's dream (3:11)
Un homme de tête/Four troublesome heads (1:05)
Tentation de Saint Antoine/Temptation of Saint Anthony (1:10). 

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