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Voidsville Follies

Works from Georges Méliès (12)

A Terrible Night (Une nuit terrible)

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1896, month unknown
Minutes: 1

Man's sleep disturbed by a giant bug. This gag is expanded in 'The Farmer's Troubles in a Hotel' (1902), then later refined in Max Linder's 1911 'Une nuit agitee' [Star Film 26]

Featured elements:

: comedy

The Devil's Castle/The Haunted Castle/The House of the Devil (Le manoir du diable)

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Jeanne d'Alcy (lead)
Jules-Eugène Legris (lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1896, month unknown
Minutes: 3

The Devil plays tricks, some (bats, shifting furniture) later used in the 1902 'The Farmer's Troubles in a Hotel'. [Star Film 78-80]

Featured elements:

: fantasy; haunted house

The Bewitched Inn (L'auberge ensorcelée)

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1897, month unknown
Minutes: 2

Traveler enters an inn to rest, but magically mutinous objects refuse to remain inanimate. [Star Film 122-123]

Featured elements:

: comedy; fantasy; haunted house; magical mutiny gag

The Cook’s Revenge

Georges Méliès (director)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1900, month unknown
Minutes: 1

The lighter side of beheadings. [Star Film 243]

Featured elements:

: beheading; comedy; fantasy

Going to Bed Under Difficulties (Le Déshabillage impossible)

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1900, month unknown
Minutes: 2

Man finds it impossible to undress for bed, because new clothes magically keep appearing on him. [Star Film 312-313]

Featured elements:

: comedy; fantasy; magical mutiny gag

How He Missed His Train

Georges Méliès (director)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1900, month unknown
Minutes: 1

Getting out of bed under difficulties...One man learns to embrace his Inner Slacker. [Star Film 322]

Featured elements:

: comedy; fantasy; magical mutiny gag

A Trip to the Moon

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in Sep 1902
Minutes: 13

Astronomers make a trip to the Moon. [Star Film 399-411]

Featured elements:

: adventure; fantasy; sci-fi

Misfortune Never Comes Alone

Georges Méliès (director)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in Jun 1903
Minutes: 3

Anarchic comedy (with a cool noir-ish title), away from standard Star fare. [Star Film 451-452]

Featured elements:

: comedy; slapstick

The Cake-Walk Infernal

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in Jun 1903
Minutes: 4

The Hollywood musical from Hell. [Star Film 453-457]

Featured elements:

: dance; dance-cakewalk; fantasy; music

The Inn Where No Man Rests (L'auberge du bon repos)

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in Jun 1903
Minutes: 5

Drunk gags + 'Bewitched Inn' + 'Going to Bed Under Difficulties' + chase, all rolled into one. [Star Film 465-469]

Featured elements:

: boozy-woozy; chase; comedy; fantasy; haunted house; magical mutiny gag

The Melomaniac (Le Mélomane)

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in Aug 1903
Minutes: 2

A music lesson, using telegraph wires - and the teacher's head. Must be a French thing... [Star Film 479-480]

Featured elements:

: beheading; fantasy; music

The Kingdom of the Fairies

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Bleuette Bernon (lead)
Nicolas Brazier (author)
Pierre Carmouche (author)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in Sep 1903
Minutes: 17

Méliès masterpiece, accompanied by an original composition [Star Film 483-498]

Featured elements:

: fantasy

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