Cook In Trouble, The (1904)
*** (out of 4)
aka Sorcellerie culinaire
One of Melies' better films, this one has a mean cook throwing out an old, homeless man asking for food but it turns out this man is really a sorcerer. The sorcerer unleashes some little devil-like creatures to cause the cook to go crazy. There's some early examples of slapstick on display here and these scenes are the real highlight of the movie as the creatures run around from one side of the shop to the next just making the cook chase them. The special effects hold up pretty well as we see things appear and disappear.