Méliès Essentials: The Trick Shorts That Started It All

The 60-to-240-second films where a stage magician invented movie special effects: vanishing ladies, five-headed astronomers, haunted bedrooms and a one-man band.

Playlist by @hidden_melies_and_the_first_trick_films

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Haunted Castle 1896 George Melies Silent Film — silentfilmhouse
2. The Astronomers Dream (1898) Georges Méliès — silentfilmhouse
3. Un homme de têtes (or The Four Troublesome Heads) by Georges Melies, 1898 — The Lucky Dog Picturehouse
4. GEORGES MÉLIÈS : L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc (1901) LES CHEVALS & LAWRENCE LEHERISSEY (2013) — oscar4ans
5. La Sirène (1904) Georges Méliès — iconauta
6. A Nightmare (Le Cauchemar, 1896) ㅡ Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès
7. The One Man Band (1900) George Melies — silentfilmhouse
8. The Vanishing Lady (Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin, 1896) ㅡ Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès
9. Playing Cards (Une partie de cartes, 1896) ㅡ Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès
10. A Terrible Night (Une nuit terrible, 1896) ㅡ Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès