Méliès
Americannoun
noun
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Not long after his death, a shoemaker’s son named Georges Méliès purchased the Theatre Robert-Houdin and upon seeing a demonstration of the newly invented cinematograph by the Lumière brothers, acquired his own projector.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
The first person to adapt Cinderella for the big screen was the French magician turned film director Georges Méliès.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2021
It opens with a clip from an 1896 film by Georges Méliès, the primordial filmmaker of special effects and onscreen magic.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 2019
George Méliès, the illusionist-turned-film-maker, shot A Trip to the Moon almost 70 years before Neil Armstrong stepped foot on it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
"A Trip to the Moon" was delightfully entertaining as is, combining today's technology with the antique look of the Georges Méliès 1902 science fiction silent film of the same name that partly inspired the piece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2018
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