Movies: Manuel

  • 1907
    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    6.11907HD

    In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of youn...

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
  • 1907
    Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

    Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil (1907)

    Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

    5.51907HD

    The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then picks up as the painter goes haywire and sends the assistant into the painting....

    Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil
  • 1907
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    5.11907HD

    The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including...

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • 1907
    Sightseeing Through Whisky

    Sightseeing Through Whisky (1907)

    Sightseeing Through Whisky

    5.11907HD

    John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the site of a ruin where he starts having hallucinations....

    Sightseeing Through Whisky
  • 1906
    A Desperate Crime

    A Desperate Crime (1906)

    A Desperate Crime

    6.51906HD

    A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost....

    A Desperate Crime
  • 1909
    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions (1909)

    Whimsical Illusions

    6.11909HD

    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....

    Whimsical Illusions
  • 1908
    Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler

    Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler (1908)

    Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler

    5.51908HD

    The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders....

    Tribulations; or, The Misfortunes of a Cobbler