Star Film Company

A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the second chair, and then likewise moves on to the third chair. In this way, an entire band is soon formed, and is then ready to perform.

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses and drink. Then the man asks for a newspaper. He reads a funny story in it and the three friends burst out laughing while the waitress merely smiles.

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs of ancient Araby. Guided by the mysterious Khalafar, the troupe (alongside him go some cowardly scholars) encounter skeletons, fire-breathing lizards, and mirages on their journey through the lower world.

A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.

This is a moving picture that moves. Positively the greatest magical picture ever offered. A Hindoo magician appears and dances for the entertainment of six pretty maidens. Then, to the astonishment of all, he runs up the wall, dances and turns handsprings in mid-air, introducing many tricks that are entirely new in animated photography. The most puzzling of all the mystical series. (Star Film Catalog)

Shows the interior of the cell of the Prison Militaire du Cherche-Midi, Paris, where Colonel Henry is confined. He is seated at a table writing a letter, on completion of which he rises and takes a razor out he had concealed in his porte-manteau, with which he cuts his throat. The suicide is discovered by the sergeant of the guard and officers.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

A magician produces a living portrait of himself.