Mishaps of the New York–Paris Race (French: Le Raid New York–Paris en automobile) was a 1908 French silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired...

The 1908 New York to Paris Race was an automobile competition consisting of drivers attempting to travel from New York to Paris. This was a considerable...

of stage illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris. Victor André, Delpierre, Farjaux, Kelm, and Brunnet as the astronomers. André worked at the Théâtre...

(ed.), Fantastic Voyages of the Cinematic Imagination: Georges Méliès's Trip to the Moon, Albany: State University of New York Press, p. 2, ISBN 9781438435817...

American branch of his company in New York in 1903, under the direction by his brother Gaston Méliès, for added copyright protection. The film was believed...

taken from the English-language description of the film published by Méliès in the catalog of the Star Film Company's New York Branch. A society of geographical...

in 2020), making it the most expensive comedy film at the time. The story was inspired by the actual 1908 New York to Paris Race. It is known for one...

Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s, only to become embroiled in a mystery surrounding his late father's automaton and the pioneering filmmaker Georges...

late husband. The three then travel to Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, and the Wild West (including the Sioux Nation). Reaching New York, they arrange...

the mistress and eventual wife of filmmaker and inventor Georges Méliès. D'Alcy had achieved success in theatrical productions by 1896, but left the stage...