Monocle

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poster The Magic Lantern
The Magic Lantern
5mn - Fantasy
Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends, they open up the lantern to reveal a group of dancing girl…
poster Chicot the Jester
Chicot the Jester
(2.8/5)
59mn -
The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Coun…
poster Cordeliers' Square in Lyon
Cordeliers' Square in Lyon
1mn - Documentary
Pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.
poster Glass Half
Glass Half
(3.5/5)
3mn -
Two amateur art critics meet in a gallery and argue passionately about the pieces they see, until finally they find a piece on which they can agree...
poster How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
5mn - Comedy
An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if seen through a telescope.
poster Il biglietto da mille
Il biglietto da mille
16mn -
A film from the SocietĂ  Anonima Ambrosio company.
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 Four Troublesome Heads
The Four Troublesome Heads
(3.8/5)
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposi…
poster Girona, the Spanish Venice
Girona, the Spanish Venice
3mn - Documentary
One of ChomĂłn's documentary films: A short tour of the city of Girona, the "Venice of Spain". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
poster Le cigare introuvable
Le cigare introuvable
1mn - Comedy
Three portly, white-face clowns wrangle over a cigar stub. One of them keeps it by hiding it in his mouth and similar ruses.
poster The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
(2.9/5)
1mn - Documentary
Down the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
poster It's a Greek Life
It's a Greek Life
(2.6/5)
7mn - Animation
Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a …
poster A Mesmerian Experiment
A Mesmerian Experiment
3mn - Fantasy
A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.
poster Déchargement d’un navire
Déchargement d’un navire
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
A shot of a ship that is being unloaded.
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 Game of Cards
Game of Cards
(2.8/5)
1mn - Comedy, History
Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.
poster Black Magic
Black Magic
(3.2/5)
67mn - Comedy, Crime, Drama
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.
poster Hollow Triumph
Hollow Triumph
(3.4/5)
83mn - Thriller, Crime
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
poster An Impossible Balancing Feat
An Impossible Balancing Feat
1mn - Comedy
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.
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…
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