Shades of Gray

 August here, and we welcome it with another old ad that is similar to what I would commision if I have trying to sell booze to old-school D...

Mermaids and the gnomes are planning to party all month long with their special guest, the Frog King! We open the month with a drawing that ...

 If I was going to sell booze to old-school fantasy roleplaying game players, I'd use art like this ad that originally appeared in Jugen...

 Santa Claus is almost done working for the year, and he's stocking up for a month-long bender with Mrs. Claus.  It will be a season of ...

Edgar Allen Poe (aka "Edgar Allan Poe") (1909) Starring: Herbert Yost, Linda Arvidson, Arthur V. Johnson, David Miles, and Anita H...

The Drawing Lesson (aka "The Living Statue") (1903) Starring: Jehanne d'Alcy and Georges Méliès Director: Georges Méliès Ratin...

The Mermaid (1904) Starring: Georges Méliès Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Seven of Ten Stars A magician (Méliès) uses water from an empty...

The Disconnected Clown (aka "Mysterious Displacements") (1901) Starring: Andre Deeds Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Eight of Ten...

The Brahmin and the Butterfly (aka "The Butterfly's Chrysalis") (1901) Starring: Georges Melies and an anonymous dancer Direct...

The Tiny Dancer (aka 'The Dancing Midget') (1902) Starring: George Melies, an Anonymous Actor, and an Anonymous Ballerina Director: ...

A Trap for Santa Claus (1909) Starring: Marion Leonard, Gladys Egan, Henry B. Walthall, John Tansey, William J. Butler, and Mack Sennett Dir...

Le Tonneau des Danaïdes (aka "A Barrel of Danaides" and "Eight Girls in a Barrel) (1900) Starring: Georges Méliès Director: G...

Excelsior (aka "The Magician and the Human Pump" and "The Prince of Magicians") (1901) Starring: Georges Méliès Director...

The Country Doctor (1909) Starring: Frank Powell, Florence Lawrence, Kate Bruce, Gladys Egan, Rose King, Mary Pickford, and Adele DeGarde Di...

They Would Elope (1909) Starring: Mary Pickford, Billy Quirk, and James Kirkwood Director: D.W. Griffith Rating: Six of Ten Stars A young co...

To Save Her Soul (1909) Starring: Mary Pickford, Arthur V. Johnson, George Nichols, and William Beaudine Director: D.W. Griffith Rating: Sev...

Jupiter's Thunderballs (1903) Starring: Anonymous Actors and Dancers Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Eight of Ten Stars Zeus's thun...

Satan in Prison (1907) Starring: Georges Méliès and Jehanne d'Alcy Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Nine of Ten Stars After being impris...

Over 120 years ago, French filmmaker and showman Georges Méliès discovered the perfect way to stave off loneliness and to make sure you coul...

The Living Playing Cards (aka "Card Tricks") (1905) Starring: Georges Méliès Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Eight of Ten Stars A...