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A collection of rare and rediscovered original films by Georges Méliès. This disc contains films produced in 1905. 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 1904:
Voyage à travers l'impossible/ The impossible voyage (20:13)
Court-métrage mes films La cascade de feu/ The firefall (2:50).

Films 1905:
Les cartes vivantes/ The living playing cards (2:52)
Le diable noir/ The black imp (4:02)
Le phénix, ou, Le coffret de cristal/ The magic dice (1:11)
Le menuet lilliputien/ The Lilliputian minuet (:52)
Le palais des mille et une nuits/ The Palace of the Arabian Nights (21:05)
Le compositeur toqué/ A crazy composer (4:36)
La chaise à porteurs enchantée/ The enchanted sedan chair (3:19)
Le raid Paris : Carlo en deux heures/ An adventurous automobile trip (10:17)
Un feu d'artifice improvisé/ Unexpected fireworks (3:04)
La légende de Rip Van Winckle/ Rip's dream (14:15).

Films 1906:
Le tripot clandestin/ The scheming gamblers' paradise (3:07)
Une chute de cinq étages/ A mix-up in the gallery (2:37)
Jack le ramoneur/ The chimney sweep (10:06)
Le maestro do-mi-sol-do/ The luny musician (3:35)
La cardeuse de matelas/ The tramp and the mattress makers (4:15)
Les affiches en goguette/ The hilarious posters (3:26)
Les incendiaires/ A desperate crime (7:26)
L'anarchie chez Guignol/ Punch and Judy (:26)
L'hôtel des voyageurs de commerce, ou, Les suites d'une bonne cuite/ A roadside inn (3:31)
Les bulles de savon vivantes/ Soap bubbles (3:40)
Les quatre cents farces du diable/ The merry frolics of Satan (17:00)
L'alchimiste Parafaragaramus, ou, La cornue infernale/ The mysterious retort (3:25)
La fée Carabosse, ou, Le poignard fatal/ The witch (11:57). 

Kanopy Streaming:
https://swccd.kanopy.com/video/georges-melies-first-wizard-cinema-volume-four-0