Pure Magic

The Walt Disney Studios theme park at Paris doesn't have the beautiful windows to honour filmmakers and honoraries of film, like Main Street U.S.A does for those Disney Legends. Instead, the Studios has dedicated some of its main streets to these visionaries. We have looked at them here before.

The street that leads from the centre of the Park, at Cinemagique, to the Backlot area is dedicated to Georges Méliès, Rue George Méliès.
The plaque reads (in English, and French):

George Méliès
1861 - 1938

Méliès, a popular Parisian stage magician, made over 500 films between 1895 and 1914. He is credited with discovering such quintessential special effects as stop motion, slow-motion, dissolves, fade-outs, and super imposition.

His most famous film was A Trip To The Moon (Le voyage dans la Lune). Although it may be possible that you have never heard of this film, you will surely know the infamous picture associated with it. Like our very own Walt Disney, Méliès was also presented with Legion d'honneur (Légion of Honour).