The cinema magic of George Melies
By: Kino International ; produced by Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by David Shepard
Contributors: Melies, Georges, 1861-1938; Montgomery, Patrick; Martinengo, Luciano; Film Preservation Associates; British Film Institute; Kino International Corporation
Series: Movies begin, a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1914 -- 4
Publisher: Kino on Video
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Silent films; History; Motion pictures; Motion picture industry; Cinematographers; Cinematography; Special effects; Motion picture producers and directors
Other titles: Magic of  Melies; Movies begin, a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1914,; treasury of early cinema 1894-1914,; Untamable whiskers.; Cook in trouble.; Tehin-Chao: the Chinese conjuror.; Wonderful living fan.; Mermaid.; Living playing cards.; Black imp.; Enchanted sedan chair.; Scheming gambler's paradise.; Hilarious posters.; Mysterious retort.; Courtship of Sun and Moon.; Good glue sticks.; Long distance wireless photography.; Impossible voyage.; Georges Melies: cinema magician.
Description: The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this 5-part collection of the cinema's formative works which reveal the foundation from which the styles and plots of contemporary cinema would later evolve. This fourth program highlights fifteen fantastic works by the cinema's first special effects wizard, Georges Melies.
Notes: Includes documentary "Georges Melies: cinema magician" by Patrick Montgomery and Luciano Martinengo, c1978.

Originally produced in 1994.

Music composed and performed by Alexander Rannie ; enclosed annotations by Charles Musser.

DVD, NTSC.
Table of contents: title: Untamable whiskers (1904); title: Cook in trouble (1904) - Tehin-Chao: the Chinese conjuror (1904); title: Wonderful living fan (1904); title: Mermaid (1904); title: Living playing cards (1905); title: Black imp (1905); title: Enchanted sedan chair (1905); title: Scheming gambler's paradise (1905); title: Hilarious posters (1906); title: Mysterious retort (1906); title: Courtship of Sun and Moon (1907); title: Good glue sticks (1907); title: Long distance wireless photography (1908); title: Impossible voyage (1904); title: Georges Melies: cinema magician (1978).