Segundo de Chomón Movies

A bourgeois gentleman gets excited reading about cops and robbers on the newspaper. His wife, bored by his comments, falls asleep and right after,...

Short film about a magic ride

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

This is not only a colored film of great beauty, but one showing a series of clever trick pictures in which great ingenuity on the part of the...

Gaston Velle's 'Les Fleurs Animées' was screened by the Australian-based Corrick Family Entertainers as part of their variety act. In their...

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

This magical masterpiece was released in 1912 by Segundo de Chomón.

A beautiful seductive fairy makes gentle winged creatures appear.

De Chomon short from 1912

This French film isn't that well known today but it will mainly appeal to those film buffs with a thing for early cinema or those wanting to see some...

The devil performs his magical powers.

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...

A remarkable early short silent movie that shows what may be achieved with the technology of the day. A woman sits in front of her dressing table...

People magically appear and disappear from an oversized musical cigar dispenser.

In a living room, four contemporary couples from the time the film was shot dance a waltz under the direction of a violinist (Linder). They begin a...

A sorcerer draws signs on the sand making charming young women.

Fascinating views of Toledo: Bridges, elaborately decorated halls and other architectural highlights that appear to date from as early as the 8th...

A family tries to eat dinner, but the table vanishes and reappears, changes shape and location, all in the usual manner laid down by Melies, but here...

A portrait of the cities of Lisbon and Oporto.