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poster Electrocuting an Elephant
Electrocuting an Elephant
1mn - Documentary
This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.
poster Onesime, Clockmaker
Onesime, Clockmaker
(3.2/5)
8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.
poster The Mysterious Portrait
The Mysterious Portrait
(3/5)
1mn - Fantasy
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.
poster Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
1mn - Documentary
The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint, a beating human heart and movements of the stomach.
poster An Extraordinary Dislocation
An Extraordinary Dislocation
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.
poster The Mysterious Knight
The Mysterious Knight
2mn - Fantasy
A knight performs several magic tricks with a disembodied head materialized from a chalkboard drawing.
poster The Charmer
The Charmer
4mn - Fantasy
A magician charms a caterpillar and turns it into a butterfly woman.
poster An Over-Incubated Baby
An Over-Incubated Baby
1mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
An up to date idea and a great picture. The professor sits in his laboratory with his newly invented baby incubator. A mother who is anxious for the growth of her child enters, places her baby in care of …
poster The Indian Sorcerer
The Indian Sorcerer
5mn - Fantasy
A sorcerer turns a small egg into a bigger one and keeps repeating this trick until the egg is large enough to do other things including delivering children.
poster Fantasmagorie
Fantasmagorie
(3.5/5)
2mn - Animation
An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with…
poster Willie's Magic Wand
Willie's Magic Wand
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A magician's son plays tricks with his father's magic wand.
poster The Microscopic Dancer
The Microscopic Dancer
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy
“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks all the eggs into a hat, and after having beaten them up after …
poster Anita Garibaldi
Anita Garibaldi
11mn - History
poster Whimsical Illusions
Whimsical Illusions
5mn - Comedy, Fantasy
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…
poster The Little Girl and Her Cat
The Little Girl and Her Cat
1mn - Documentary
A little girl sits at a table, holding a container of what appears to be some sort of food. Suddenly there's a flash of movement: a tortoiseshell cat, with long hair and a very furry tail, has leapt onto …
poster The Mystic Swing
The Mystic Swing
1mn - Fantasy
The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady disappear from the swing, to the surprise of the professor…
poster An Impossible Balancing Feat
An Impossible Balancing Feat
1mn - Comedy
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.
poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
poster Newark Athlete
Newark Athlete
1mn - Documentary
Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
poster Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
4mn -
Two men in a cave perform magic.
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