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Georges Méliès: first wizard of cinema (1896-1913)
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Flicker Alley
Publication Date
[2008]
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English
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DISC ONE. Le grand Méliès (1953); Films 1896: Une partie de cartes = Playing cards (1:07 min.)
Une nuit terrible = a terrible night (1:07)
Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin = The vanishing lady (1:15)
Le cauchemar = a nightmare (1:08)
Films 1897: Le château hauté = Haunted castle (0:44)
Prise de Tournavos = Surrender of Tournavos (0:56)
Entre Calais et Douvres = Between Calais and Dover (1:07)
L'auberge ensorceleé = The Bewitch Inn (2:00)
Après le bal = After the ball (1:11)
Films 1898: Visite sous-marine du Maine = Divers at work on the wreck of the "Maine" (0:51)
Panorama pris d'un train en marche = Panorama from top of a moving train (1:15)
Magicien = Magician (1:08)
Illusions fantasmagoriques = Famous box trick (1:11)
Guillaume tell et le clown = Adventures 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)
Films 1899: L'illusionniste fin de siècle = The conjurer (0:58 min.)
Diable au couvent = Devil in a convent (3:09)
Danse du feu = Pillar of fire (1:04)
Portrait mystérieux = Mysterious portrait (1:06)
L'affaire Dreyfus, la dicteé du bordereau = Dreyfus court martial, the arrest of Dreyfus (1:07)
L'affaire Dreyfus, a l'ile du diable = Dreyfus: Devil's Island, within the palisade (1:04)
L'affaire Dreyfus, mise aux fers de Dreyfus = Dreyfus put in irons (1:05)
L'affaire Dreyfus, suicide du Colonel Henry = Dreyfus: suicide of Colonel Henry (1:07)
L'affaire Dreyfus, débarquement à Quiberon = Landing of Dreyfus at Quiberon (0:57 min.)
L'affaire Dreyfus, entrevue de Dreyfus et de sa femme à Rennes = Dreyfus meets his wife at Rennes (1:04)
L'affaire Dreyfus, attentat contre Maitre Labori = Dreyfus: the attempt against the life of Maitre Labori (1:01)
L'affaire Dreyfus, bagarre entre journalistes = Dreyfus: the fight of reporters (1:07 )
L'affaire Dreyfus, Le conseil de guerre en seánce à Rennes = Dreyfus: the court martial at Rennes (2:11)
Cendrillon = Cinderella (5:41)
Le Chevalier mystère = Mysterious knight (1:32)
Films 1900: Tom Whisky ou l'illusionniste toqué = Addition and substraction (0:58 min.)
La Vengeance du gâte-sauce = Cook's revenge (0:54)
Les infortunes d'un explorateur ou les momies recalcitrantes = Misfortunes of an explorer (0:16)
L'Hommme orchestre = One-man band (1:31)
Jeanne d'Arc = Joan of Arc (10:19)
Rêve du Radjah ou la forêt enchanteé = Rajah's dream (2:25)
Sorcier, le prince et le bon genie = The wizard, the prince and the good fairy (2:05)
Livre magique = Magic book (2:37)
Spiritisme abracadabrant = Up-to-date spiritualism (1:10)
L'illusionniste double et la tête vivante = Triple conjurer and the living head (1:15)
Rêve de Noel = Christmas dream (4:15)
Nouvelles luttes extravagantes = Fat and lean wrestling match (2:14)
Repas fantastique = Fantastical meal (1:32)
Deshabillage impossible = Going to bed under difficulties (1:54 )
Tonneau des Danaïdes = Eight girls in a barrel (1:17)
Savant et le chimpanzé = Doctor and the monkey (1:02)
Réveil d'un monsieur pressé = How he missed his train (1:10)
Films 1901: Maison tranquille = What is home without the boarder (1:19)
Chrysalide et le papillon = Brahmin and the butterfly (1:59)
Dislocation mysterieuse = Extraordinary Illusions (1:45)
L'antre des esprits = Magician's cavern (2:55)
Chez la sorciére = Bachelor's paradise (1:51)
Excelsior! = Excelsior! Prince of magicians (2:04)
Barbe-bleue = Blue Beard (10:18)
Le Chapeau à surprise = Hat with many surprises (2:33)
L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc = Man with the rubber head (2:30)
Diable geánt ou le miracle de la madone = Devil and the statue (2:01)
Nain et geánt = Dwarf and the giant (0:55)
DISC TWO. Films 1902: Douche du colonel = Colonel's shower bath (0:58 min.)
Danseuse microscopique = Dancing midget (2:43)
Voyage dans la Lune = A trip to the moon (12:46)
Clownesse fantome = Shadow-girl (1:04)
Treśors de Satan = Treasures of Satan (2:39)
L'homme-mouche = Human fly (1:47)
L'Equilibre impossible = Impossible balancing feat (1:21)
Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les geánts = Gulliver's travels among the Lilliputians and the giants (4:13)
Sacre d'Edouard VII = Coronation of Edward VII (3:53)
Films 1903: Guirlande merveilleuse = Marvellous wreath (3:54 min.)
Malheur n'arrive jamais seul = Misfortune never comes alone (2:58)
Cake-walk infernal = Infernal cake-walk (5:19)
Boîte á malice = Mysterious box (2:08)
Puits fantastique = Enchanted well (3:36)
L'Auberge du bon repos = Inn where no man rests (5:00)
Statue animeé = Drawing lesson (2:33)
Le Sorcier = Witch's revenge (3:22)
L'oracle de Delphes = Oracle of Delphi (1:34)
Portrait Spirite = Spiritualistic photographer (2:18)
Le Melomane = The melomaniac (2:48)
Le Monstre = The monster (2:29)
Royaume des feés = Kingdom of fairies (16:30 min.)
Chaudron infernal = Infernal calderon (1:45)
Le Revenant = Apparitions (2:39)
Tonnerre de Jupiter = Jupiter's Thunderballs (3:32)
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)
Lanterne magique = Magic lantern (4:56)
Rêve du maître de ballet = Ballet master's dream (2:42)
Faust aux enfers = Damnation of Faust (6:42)
Films 1904: Bourreau turc = Terrible Turkish executioner (2:25 min.)
Clair de la lune ou Pierrot malheureux = Moonlight serenade (2:57)
Prêté pour un rendu = Tit for tat (2:00)
Coffre enchanté = Bewitched trunk (3:01)
Roi du maquillage = Untamable whiskers (2:42)
Rêve de l'horloger = Clockmaker's dream (2:41)
Transmutations imperceptibles = Imperceptible transmutations (1:55)
Miracle sous l'Inquisition = Miracle under the Inquisition (2:23)
Damnation du Docteur Faust = Faust and Marguerite (4:28)
Thaumaturge chinois = Tchin-Chao, the Chinese conjurer (3:31)
Merveilleux éventail vivant = Wonderful living fan (3:23)
Sorcellerie culinaire = Cook in trouble (4:31)
Planche du diable = Devilish prank (1:43)
Sirene = Mermaid (4:08)
DISC THREE. Films 1904 (con't): Voyage à travers l'impossible = Impossible voyage (20:13)
Court-Métrage Mes films La Cascade de feu = Firefall (2:50)
Films 1905: Cartes vivantes = Living playing cards (2:52 min.)
Diable noir = Black imp (4:02)
Pheńix ou le coffret de cristal = Magic dice (1:11)
Menuet lilliputien = Lilliputian minuet (0:52)
Palais des mille et une nuits = Palace of the Arabian Nights (21:05)
Compositeur toque = Crazy composer (4:36)
Chaise á porteurs enchanteé = Enchanted sedan chair (3:19)
Raid Paris: Carlo en deux heures = Adventurous automobile trip (10:17)
Feu d'artifice improvisé = Unexpected fireworks (3:04)
Legende de Rip Van Winckle = Rip's dream (14:15)
Films 1906: Tripot clandestin = Scheming gamblers' paradise (3:07)
Chute de cinq étages = Mix-up in the gallery (2:37)
Jack le ramoneur = Chimney sweep (10:06)
Maestro do-mi-sol-do = Luny musician (3:35)
Cardeuse de matelas = Tramp and the mattress makers (4:15)
Affiches en goguette = Hilarious poster (3:26)
Les Incendiaires = Desperate crime (7:26)
L'anarchie chez Guignol = Punch and Judy (0:26)
L'hôtel des voyageurs de commerce ou les suites d'une bonne cuite = Roadside inn (3:31)
Bulles de savon vivantes = Soap bubbles (3:40)
Quatre cents farces du diable = Merry frolics of Satan (17:00)
L'alchimiste Parafaragaramus ou la cornue infernale = Mysterious retort (3:25)
Feé Carabosse ou le poignard fatal = The witch (11:57)
DISC FOUR. Films 1907: Douche d'eau bouillante = Rogues' tricks (4:09 min.)
Fromages automobiles = Skipping cheeses (4:12)
Tunnel sous la Manche ou le cauchemar anglo-francais = 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)
Colle universelle = Good glue sticks (5:10)
Ali Barbouyou et Ali Bouf à l'huile = Delirium in a studio (1:36)
Films 1908: Tambourin fantastique = Knight of black art (5:50 min.)
Cuisine de l'ogre = The Bogie Man's cave (5:12)
Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes = Good luck of a souse (3:45)
Torches humaines = Justinian's human torches 548 A.D. (2:56)
Genie du feu = Genii of fire (4:33)
Why that actor was late (5:43)
Rêve d'un fumeur d'opium = Dream of an opium fiend (5:07)
Photographie electrique à distance = Long distance wireless photography (6:09)
Prophétesse de The bes = Prophetess of Thebes (1:42)
Salon de coiffure = In the barber shop (2:56)
Nouveau seigneur du village = New lord of the village (8:43)
L'avare = The miser (4:50)
Conseil du Pipelet / un tour à la foire = Side show wrestlers (7:34)
Lully ou le violon brisé = Broken violin (3:13)
Les Patineurs = Woes of roller skates (7:02)
Amour et melasse = His first job (5:07)
Meśaventures d'un photographe = Mischances of a photographer (3:20 min.)
Fakir de Singapour = Indian sorcerer ( 5:08)
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-mére et rêve de l'enfant = Grandmother's story (5:12)
DISC FIVE. Films 1908 (con't): Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou le truc du potard = Pharmaceutical hallucinations (13:28)
La Bonne bergère et la mauvaise princesse = Good sheperdess and the evil princess (13:31)
[Unidentified] (1:30 )
Films 1909 - 1913: Locataire diabolique = Diabolic tenant (1909, 7:01 min.)
Les Illusions fantaisistes = Whimsical illusions (1909, 4:45)
Les Hallucinations du Baron de Münchausen = Baron Munchausen's dream (1911, 10:31)
A la conquête du pôle = Conquest of the pole (1912, 30:22)
Cendrillon ou la pantoufle merveilleuse = Cinderella (1912, 23:45)
Chevalier des neiges = Knight of the snow (1912, 16:01)
Voyage de la famille Bourrichon = Voyage of the Bourrichon family (1913, 15:23)
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Subjects
Subjects
Adventure -- Short
Adventure films
Comedy -- Short
Comedy films
Erotic -- Short
Erotic films
Fantasy -- Short
Fantasy films
Fiction films
Historical -- Short
Historical films
History and criticism
Melodrama
Melodrama -- Short
Méliès, Georges
Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938
Nonfiction films
Short films
Silent films
Silent films -- History and criticism
Adventure films
Comedy -- Short
Comedy films
Erotic -- Short
Erotic films
Fantasy -- Short
Fantasy films
Fiction films
Historical -- Short
Historical films
History and criticism
Melodrama
Melodrama -- Short
Méliès, Georges
Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938
Nonfiction films
Short films
Silent films
Silent films -- History and criticism
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ISBN
9781893967359
UPC
617311673597
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