The French pioneer Georges Melies made films from 1896 to 1913. This compilation has three parts. Part one includes “The Vanishing lady” his first trick film; “The Brahmin and the buttefly”; “Indiarubber head” and “Reproduction: coronation ceremonies. Part Two incudes: “A Trip to the moon”; “The Mysterious box” and “The Marvellous wreath”. Part Three: “The Melomaniacs”; “The Bewitched trunk”; “The Four hundred tricks of the devil” and “The Knight of the black art”.
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ACMI Identifier
003682
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Cinematography - Special effects
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture producers and directors - France
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Production and direction
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Surrealism in motion pictures
Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism in motion pictures
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)