Segundo de Chomón Movies

  • 1905
    King of Dollars

    King of Dollars

    King of Dollars

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    A magician shows tricks with money.

    King of Dollars
  • 1908
    Whimsical People

    Whimsical People

    Whimsical People

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    A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the...

    Whimsical People
  • 1908
    La Grotte des esprits

    La Grotte des esprits

    La Grotte des esprits

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    In this weird picture we take a pleasure trip into the infernal regions and are entertained by his Satanic Majesty and all the spooks that are...

    La Grotte des esprits
  • 1906
    A Hundred Tricks

    A Hundred Tricks

    A Hundred Tricks

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    A Hundred Tricks
  • 1912
    The Waterfalls of Monasterio de Piedra

    The Waterfalls of Monasterio de Piedra

    The Waterfalls of Monasterio de Piedra

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    Views of the waterfalls at Monasterio de Piedra, in Spain.

    The Waterfalls of Monasterio de Piedra
  • 1909
    An Awful Symphony

    An Awful Symphony

    An Awful Symphony

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    Many of the scenes of this split-reel short about a bizarre group of tramp musicians who disappear into and out of drums, beach umbrellas and...

    An Awful Symphony
  • 1915
    The Fear of Zeppelins

    The Fear of Zeppelins

    The Fear of Zeppelins

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    Cretinetti is about to get married and he could not be any happier and more in love with his Junoesque consort. But just on the day of his wedding,...

    The Fear of Zeppelins
  • 1908
    Japanese Butterflies

    Japanese Butterflies

    Japanese Butterflies

    5.41908HD

    This early silent era film was released in France circa 1908 by Segundo de Chomón. It is partially hand coloured and shows several Japanese...

    Japanese Butterflies
  • 1910
    A Fallen Spirit

    A Fallen Spirit

    A Fallen Spirit

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    A Fallen Spirit (L'Epee du spirite, 1910) by pioneer filmmaker Segundo de Chomón is a fantasy swashbuckler that opens with the arrival at an...

    A Fallen Spirit
  • 1907
    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

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    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
  • 1912
    Diabolical Physics

    Diabolical Physics

    Diabolical Physics

    5.51912HD

    The devil performs his magical powers.

    Diabolical Physics
  • 1907
    Enchanted Glasses

    Enchanted Glasses

    Enchanted Glasses

    51907HD

    Devilish looking man dances with a dress in his arms. The dress stands up by itself and a woman magician appears in it. She conjures six women and...

    Enchanted Glasses
  • 1907
    Wonderful Mirrors

    Wonderful Mirrors

    Wonderful Mirrors

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    A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes...

    Wonderful Mirrors
  • 1912
    Girona, the Spanish Venice

    Girona, the Spanish Venice

    Girona, the Spanish Venice

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    One of Chomón's documentary films: A short tour of the city of Girona, the "Venice of Spain". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

    Girona, the Spanish Venice
  • 1906
    Magic Roses

    Magic Roses

    Magic Roses

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    A magician performs a magic show involving women turning into bouquets of roses. Later the roses are festooned together in a fancy way to decorate...

    Magic Roses
  • 1907
    Haunted Kitchen

    Haunted Kitchen

    Haunted Kitchen

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    Two contortionists, dressed as devils, invade a kitchen.

    Haunted Kitchen
  • 1907
    Métempsycose

    Métempsycose

    Métempsycose

    4.81907HD

    Stencil-coloured version of Segundo de Chomón's Les roses magiques (1906).

    Métempsycose
  • 1907
    The Express Sculptor

    The Express Sculptor

    The Express Sculptor

    5.31907HD

    A sculptor creates several faces in a span of four minutes.

    The Express Sculptor
  • 1908
    Paper Cock-a-Doodles

    Paper Cock-a-Doodles

    Paper Cock-a-Doodles

    5.71908HD

    Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

    Paper Cock-a-Doodles
  • 1908
    The Chinese Shadows

    The Chinese Shadows

    The Chinese Shadows

    51908HD

    At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.

    The Chinese Shadows