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A collection of rare and rediscovered original films by Georges Méliès. This disc contains a collection of films produced between 1907-1908. 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.

Included on Disc 4:

Films 1907:
La douche d'eau bouillante/Rogues' tricks (4:09)
Les fromages automobiles/The skipping cheeses (4:12)
Le tunnel sous la Manche, ou, Le cauchemar anglo-français/Tunnelling the English Channel (14:34) Eclipse de soleil en pleine lune/Eclipse, or, The courtship of the Sun and Moon (9:17)
Pauvre John, ou, Les aventures d'un buveur de whisky/Sightseeing through whisky (5:35)
La colle universelle/Good glue sticks (5:10)
Ali Barbouyou et Ali Bouf à l'huile/Delirium in a studio (1:36).

Films 1908:
Le tambourin fantastique/The knight of black art (5:50)
La cuisine de l'ogre/In the bogie man's cave (5:12)
Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes/The good luck of a souse (3:45)
Les torches humaines/Justinian's human torches 548 A.D. (2:56)
La génie du feu/The genii of fire (4:33)
Why that actor was late (5:43)
Le rêve d'un fumeur d'opium/Dream of an opium fiend (5:07)
La photographie électrique à distance/Long distance wireless photography (6:09)
La prophétesse de Thèbes/The prophetess of Thebes (1:42)
Salon de coiffure/In the barber shop (2:56)
Le nouveau seigneur du village/The new lord of the village (8:48)
L'avare/The miser (4:50)
Le conseil du Pipelet/Un tour à la foire/Side show wrestlers (7:34)
Lully, ou, Le violon brisé/The broken violin (3:13)
The woes of roller skates (7:02)
Amour et mélasse/His first job (5:07)
Les mésaventures d'un photographe/The mischances of a photographer (3:20) Le fakir de Singapour/An Indian sorcerer (5:08)
A tricky painter's fate (3:48)
French interpreter policeman/French cops learning English (7:15)
Anaïc, ou, Le balafré/Not guilty (9:59)
Pour l'étoile S.V.P./Buncoed stage Johnnie (1:30)
Conte de la grand-mère et rêve de l'enfant/A grandmother's story (5:12). 

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