Méliès, Georges 1861-1938

Overview

Works:	570 works in 989 publications in 5 languages and 20,912 library holdings
Genres:	Criticism, interpretation, etc History Drama Film adaptations Film and video adaptations Biography Silent films Fantasy films Trick films Short films
Roles:	Director, Actor, Attributed name, Producer, Performer, Film editor, Dedicatee, fmk, Illustrator, Author of screenplay, Scenarist, Narrator, Composer, Artist, Honoree, Other, Creator, Conceptor, Costume designer
Classifications:	PN1993.5.A1, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

1890 |

|2020

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Publications about Georges Méliès

Publications by Georges Méliès

Publications by Georges Méliès, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Georges Méliès

The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures by Brian Selznick ( Book )
Hugo by Martin Scorsese ( Visual )
The invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick ( Recording )
Fantastic voyages of the cinematic imagination Georges Méliès's Trip to the moon ( )
Marvellous Méliès by Paul Hammond ( Book )

Georges Méliès : the birth of the auteur by Elizabeth Ezra ( Book )
Artificially arranged scenes : the films of Georges Méliès by John Frazer ( Book )
La invención de Hugo Cabret : una novela narrada con palabras e ilustraciones by Brian Selznick ( Book )
The Brakhage lectures: Georges Méliès, David Wark Griffith, Carl Theodore Dreyer, Sergei Eisenstein by Stan Brakhage ( Book )
Georges Méliès, mage by Maurice Bessy ( Book )
Georges Méliès by Georges Sadoul ( Book )
Méliès l'enchanteur by Madeleine Malthête-Méliès ( Book )
Le boulevard du cinéma à l'époque de Georges Méliès by Jacques Deslandes ( Book )
Méliès et la naissance du spectacle cinématographique by Centre Culturel International ( Book )
Lumière et Méliès by Georges Sadoul ( Book )
The Star Film ranch : Texas' first picture show by Frank T Thompson ( Book )
Georges Méliès, l'illusionniste fin de siècle? : actes du colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle, 13-22 août 1996 by Centre culturel international ( Book )
Georges Méliès cinéaste : le montage cinématographique chez Georges Méliès by Pierre Jenn ( Book )
Méliès : magie et cinéma : Espace EDF electra, 26 avril-1er septembre 2002 by Jacques Malthête ( Book )
Le Grand Melies by Georges Franju ( Visual )

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Most widely held works by Georges Méliès

Around the world in 80 days by Jules Verne ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 1,038 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber

Landmarks of early film ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1994 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 620 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Compilació dels primers enregistraments d'imatges en moviment

The magic of Méliès by Georges Méliès ( Visual )
14 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of 15 early motion picture films by Georges Méliès for his Star Film company. Also includes a documentary on the life and career of Méliès

Méliès le cinémagicien by Georges Méliès ( Visual )
18 editions published between 1997 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 440 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes 15 of Melies' short films

Georges Méliès first wizard of cinema (1896-1913) ( Visual )
10 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Arranged in chronological order, this comprehensive thirteen hour collection gathers for the first time nearly all surviving films of Georges Méliès from his first (Card party, 1896) to his last (The voyage of the Bouririchon Family, 1913), bracketing more than 170 others. Beautiful new music has been prepared by ten leading practitioners of silent film accompaniment

The great train robbery & other primary works by ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1994 and 2002 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of early motion picture films, including works by Eadweard Muybridge, Louis and Auguste Lumière, Georges Méliès' "Le voyage dans la lune", Edwin S. Porter's "The great train robbery" and Segundo de Chomon's "The golden beetle."

Saved from the flames 54 rare and restored films 1896-1944 ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2008 and held by 223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A unique and wonderful collection of 54 rare and restored short films from the inflammable years of cinema. Movies were once made on nitrate film stock, which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay. This remarkable seven-hour anthology, organized in eight thematic groups over three DVDs, presents amazing treasures from the vaults of Lobster Films in Paris and from the Blackhawk Films Collection, rescued during half a century of gathering movies from the nitrate era."--Container

The great train robbery and other primary works a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913 ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 207 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of films from cinema's formative period. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise

Landmarks of early film ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1994 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection of films showcasing the work of Georges Méliés, a pioneer in special effects film

The movies begin a five part series ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of the cinema's formative works. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise

Georges Méliès encore new discoveries (1896-1911) ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2010 in French and English and held by 104 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Features 26 films produced by Georges Méliès between 1896 and 1911, plus two films in the Méliès style by Segundo de Chomon for Pathé, which for many years were misidentified as Méliès films. Some films are color tinted or have elaborate hand or stencil colors

A trip to the moon in its original 1902 colors ; The extraordinary voyage ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 71 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A group of astronomers take a trip to the moon

Le voyage dans la lune ( Visual )
21 editions published between 1902 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 68 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A fantasy. Trick photography is used in presenting thirty tableaux which picture travel in outer space by rocket. Includes scenes of dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet and acrobats from the Folies-Bergère

The movies begin a treasury of early cinema: 1894-1913 ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of 133 complete films from cinema's formative period. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise

Early cinema primitives and pioneers by Auguste Lumière ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1994 and 2005 in English and held by 58 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of 60 films from the pre-1910 period of cinema, presented with an optional commentary written by film historian, Barry Salt. The films, all preserved at the BFI NFT Archive, have been remastered for this collection. The anthology comes with a new isolated improvised score provided by Neil Brand, Stephen Horne and John Sweeney, pianists at the NFT in London

Le voyage dans la lune 1904 Georges Méliès Sci-Fi classic ( )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 55 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Origins of cinema ( Visual )
in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes examples of motion pictures from America, France and Great Britain produced between 1899 and 1908. Includes several films by George Méliès among others

Marvelous Melies by Georges Méliès ( Visual )
in French and English and held by 48 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A compilation of silent films by cinema pioneer Georges Melies, whose technical innovations paved the way for future filmmakers

Films of George Méliès ( Visual )
2 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 47 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of George Méliès trick films. These short films combine live action and special effects and feature travelers in time or space to fantastic or exotic locations

Le voyage dans la lune A trip to the moon ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 45 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The extraordinary voyage is a documentary about making A trip to the moon

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