乔治·梅里爱 — Director (208)
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The Good Luck of a Souse (1908) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes
director: 乔治·梅里爱 actor: Fernande Albany / Manuel …
other title: 好运的酒鬼 / Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes …
This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of them landing on the ground and then we go back to the room where the drunk is now trying to kill himself.
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The Prophetess of Thebes (1907) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
La Prophétesse de Thèbes
director: 乔治·梅里爱
other title: La Prophétesse de Thèbes
Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly refuses to forecast the coming events of his sovereign, even under the pain of death; but he brings forth a priestess who possesses the powers of divination. This priestess is introduced in a wonderful way: a throne is brought forward, and then a box from which the pieces of a statue are removed and piled up in regular order; the statue suddenly becomes animated. The king implores the latter to foretell his life. She commands him to look through a telescope toward the side of the room. A vision appears. (Moving Picture World)
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The Miser (1908) [Movie] Douban
L'avare
director: Georges Méliès
other title: 悭吝人 / L'avare
从前有个贪婪的守财奴，他最大的爱好就是一个人呆在家中清点和擦拭他积攒下来的钱币。但是这个家伙伟人悭吝刻薄，听到敲门声便连忙将钱币藏好，对待那些穷困潦倒亟需帮助的人冷漠无情，绝然不施与半点恩惠。
虽然他小心备至，然而某天他的钱财还是不翼而飞。这可要了守财奴的命，他哭天抢地，苦苦哀求，疯了一般四下寻找，绝望之余甚至想投井一死了之……
乔治•梅里爱（Georges Méliès）1908年作品，现仅残片存世。
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The Broken Violin (1908) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Lully ou Le violon brisé
director: 乔治·梅里爱
other title: 破碎的小提琴 / Lully ou Le violon brisé …
If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment. Hopefully one day a complete print will turn up but until then at least we have this. The film starts off in some sort of bakery as the boss starts giving orders and then a bit later we see a young man pull out a violin he has been hiding and start to play it. The film then flashes to another location but this is where it cuts off so I'm not certain where the story went from here.
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The woes of Roller Skates (1908) [Movie] Douban IMDb Douban
Les Patineurs
director: 乔治·梅里爱 actor: Fernande Albany / Charles Claudel …
other title: 旱冰鞋之灾 / Les Patineurs …
金碧辉煌的表演大厅内，三名旱冰鞋溜冰手正奉上精彩绝伦的演出。他们技巧娴熟，从容流畅，令在座的观众惊叹不已，眼花缭乱。演出圆满落下帷幕，观众们心满意足地走出表演大厅。在大厅门口，有一个小商贩正在兜售二手旱冰鞋，几个男女兴致勃勃也想尝试一下，于是人手一双。
他们一行人来到餐厅准备用餐，等待的功夫几个人将旱冰鞋套在脚上，结果却因技术生疏摔得人仰马翻，还把餐厅弄得一团糟。闻讯赶来的警察将这几个倒霉蛋带回警局收押，并扣留了所有的旱冰鞋。不过……
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Pharmaceutical Hallucinations (1908) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou Le truc de potard
director: 乔治·梅里爱 actor: Bleuette Bernon
other title: Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou Le truc de potard / Hallucinations pharmaceutiques
There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in his cave, and a fairy appears -- then there's this massive feast with about a dozen people. Then it ends.
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Whimsical Illusions (1909) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Les illusions fantaisistes
director: 乔治·梅里爱 actor: 乔治·梅里爱 / Manuel
other title: Les illusions fantaisistes / Las ilusiones fantásticas …
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assistant.