Puppet master

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows puppet master

poster Punch and Judy
Punch and Judy
1mn - Comedy
A group of people watches a guignol (the French version of a Punch and Judy show). Outtake from a longer, now lost, film.
poster Der Jongleur
Der Jongleur
1mn - Documentary
A man performs tricks on a theatre stage with a bowler hat and a billiards ball in equilibrium on his arms and body.
poster The Cavalier's Dream
The Cavalier's Dream
1mn - Horror, Fantasy
He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast. Mephistopheles appears; then the old witch, who suddenly changes to …
poster The Man with Wax Faces
The Man with Wax Faces
11mn - Horror, Thriller
A man does not know what fear is. His good friend dares him to spend one night in a scary place. A house of wax will get the job done.
poster The Marvellous Wreath
The Marvellous Wreath
3mn - Fantasy
A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.
poster Kill or Be Killed
Kill or Be Killed
90mn - Action, Adventure, Drama
Two former ranking figures of the Axis powers (the evil General Von Rudloff and Japanese master Miyagi) schedule a deadly martial arts tournament in Von Rudloff's desert castle. They race to assemble the…
poster Playmates
Playmates
7mn -
Baby Peggy and Brownie the Dog star in this adorable short.
poster An Artist's Dream
An Artist's Dream
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from the frames and walk forward, admiring their costumes. Mep…
poster Maniac
Maniac
51mn - Horror
An ex-vaudeville actor is working as the assistant to a doctor who has Frankenstein aspirations. The ex-vaudeville actor kills the doctor and decides to assume the identity of the dead physician.
poster The Mysterious Portrait
The Mysterious Portrait
(3/5)
1mn - Fantasy
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.
poster Scullion's Dream
Scullion's Dream
7mn - Comedy, Fantasy
When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands, which he cuts off while they snooze -- to do their work.
poster The Diabolical Church Window
The Diabolical Church Window
7mn - Fantasy
Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass church wi…
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 Dwarf and the Giant
The Dwarf and the Giant
1mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.
poster His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz
(2.7/5)
59mn - Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A wicked king has taken over the Emerald City, and wants his daughter, Princess Gloria to marry the horrid courtier Googly-Goo, though she loves Pon, the Gardener's Boy. The camera follows two farmers pla…
poster The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle
(3.4/5)
3mn - Fantasy, Horror
In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.
poster The Famous Box Trick
The Famous Box Trick
(3.1/5)
1mn - Fantasy
A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.
poster Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots
(2.7/5)
10mn - Animation
A boy falls for a princess, his cat for hers. But her father does not like the idea of a commoner marrying a noblewoman and kicks him out. After seeing a Rudolpho Valensino movie at the local theater his …
poster The Curtain Pole
The Curtain Pole
10mn - Comedy
An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumu…
poster The Mysterious Box
The Mysterious Box
2mn - Fantasy
As scene as pleasing as incomprehensible. A juggler summons two chairs, which come to the stage jumping and twirling around. Across the back of these chairs the operator places a sheet of glass on which h…
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