Showing posts with label Georges Méliès. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georges Méliès. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Artful magic... or is it magical art?

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The Drawing Lesson (aka "The Living Statue") (1903) Starring: Jehanne d'Alcy and Georges Méliès Director: Georges Méliès Ratin...
Thursday, May 4, 2023

Magicians and Mermaids and Babes--Oh My!

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The Mermaid (1904) Starring: Georges Méliès Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Seven of Ten Stars A magician (Méliès) uses water from an empty...
Thursday, March 2, 2023

The Cave Clown is here, there, and everywhere!

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The Disconnected Clown (aka "Mysterious Displacements") (1901) Starring: Andre Deeds Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Eight of Ten...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

A 120+ year-old movie that's still fresh

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The Brahmin and the Butterfly (aka "The Butterfly's Chrysalis") (1901) Starring: Georges Melies and an anonymous dancer Direct...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

Movie Magic ala Georges Melies!

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The Tiny Dancer (aka 'The Dancing Midget') (1902) Starring: George Melies, an Anonymous Actor, and an Anonymous Ballerina Director: ...
Friday, November 4, 2022

What's more fun than a barrel full of monkeys?

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Le Tonneau des Danaïdes (aka "A Barrel of Danaides" and "Eight Girls in a Barrel) (1900) Starring: Georges Méliès Director: G...
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Monday, October 31, 2022

It's a Danse Macabre Monday

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Halloween is here, the ghouls and goblins are dancing and the witches and wraiths are flying! To get the most fun celebration of darkness of...
Friday, September 23, 2022

A silent movie that Stan Lee would approve of!

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Excelsior (aka "The Magician and the Human Pump" and "The Prince of Magicians") (1901) Starring: Georges Méliès Director...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

The Electric Boogaloo of the Gods

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Jupiter's Thunderballs (1903) Starring: Anonymous Actors and Dancers Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Eight of Ten Stars Zeus's thun...
Saturday, November 27, 2021

It's 120+ years old... and still amazing!

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A Turn-of-the-Century Illusionist (aka "An Up-to-Date Conjurer") (1899) Starring: Georges Méliès and an Anonymous Dancer Director:...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

How do you cage the devil? Apparently, you don't....

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Satan in Prison (1907) Starring: Georges Méliès and Jehanne d'Alcy Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Nine of Ten Stars After being impris...
Thursday, September 23, 2021

Use the Melies Method to never again be lonely!

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Over 120 years ago, French filmmaker and showman Georges Méliès discovered the perfect way to stave off loneliness and to make sure you coul...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Silent Movie Magic Fun

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The Living Playing Cards (aka "Card Tricks") (1905) Starring: Georges Méliès Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Eight of Ten Stars A...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

No Rest for the Wandering Jew

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The Wandering Jew (1905) Starring: Georges Méliès Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Six of Ten Stars A man (Méliès), who has been cursed to w...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

His nightmare is our entertainment

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A Nightmare (1896) Starring: Georges Melies and Jehanna d'Alcy Director: Georges Melies Rating: Seven of Ten Stars A man (Melies) has a ...
Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Happy birthday, Georges Méliès!

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On December 8 in 1861, Georges Méliès, the father of movie special effects and first person to make sci-fi and fantasy films, was born. Join...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

'The Black Imp' brings special effects fun

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The Black Imp (1905) Starring: Georges Melies Director: Georges Melies Rating: Eight of Ten Stars A traveler rents a room already inhabited ...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Opium Fiend vs Booze-Stealing Moon Hussy

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The Dream of an Opium Fiend (1908) Starriing:  Jeanne d'Alcy and an otherwise anonymous cast Director: Georges Méliès Rating: Eight of T...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

Halloween Warm-Up: The Monster

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Here's a little flick from the cinematic special effects pioneer Georges Méliès that may help you get in the proper mood this Halloween ...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

Halloween Warm-Up: The Apparition

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Pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès was making special-effects laden fantasy films and horror comedies when most of his contemporaries could...