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poster Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
3mn - Comedy
A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from …
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 The Magician and the Imp
The Magician and the Imp
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth is suddenly transformed into a beautiful girl, clad i…
poster An Impossible Balancing Feat
An Impossible Balancing Feat
1mn - Comedy
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.
poster King of Dollars
King of Dollars
2mn - Fantasy
A magician shows tricks with money.
poster The Imperceptible Transmutations
The Imperceptible Transmutations
2mn -
This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.
poster A Mesmerian Experiment
A Mesmerian Experiment
3mn - Fantasy
A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.
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…
poster Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1mn - Fantasy
A magician performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.
poster The Bewitched Trunk
The Bewitched Trunk
3mn - Fantasy
A medieval magician performs a magic show involving a long ornate trunk in which he makes his assistants appear, disappear, and transform into other people.
poster The Mysterious Portrait
The Mysterious Portrait
(3/5)
1mn - Fantasy
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.
poster The Enchanted Sedan Chair
The Enchanted Sedan Chair
3mn - Fantasy
A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate palanquin is summoned. Now, what does the illusionist …
poster Comical Conjuring
Comical Conjuring
2mn - Comedy
In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant, believing that he would be comfortable in an armchair, s…
poster The Living Playing Cards
The Living Playing Cards
3mn - Fantasy
poster The Magician's Cavern
The Magician's Cavern
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.
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 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 A Spiritualist Photographer
A Spiritualist Photographer
(2.8/5)
2mn - Fantasy
A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.
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 Wonderful Living Fan
The Wonderful Living Fan
(2.8/5)
3mn - Fantasy
As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer then has a large box brought in. It is opened, revealing …
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