Category: Movie • Genre: Short, Fantasy • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón, Ferdinand Zecca
Writer
na
Cast
na
Plot
A sorcerer tosses an iridescent little beetle into a flaming ceremonial cauldron, and much to his amazement, a six-winged fairy in the body of a beautiful young woman emerges. Is his sorcery potent enough to tame her?
Category: Movie • Genre: Short, Comedy • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón
Writer
na
Cast
na
Plot
A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.
Category: Movie • Genre: Animation, Short • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón
Writer
Camille de Morlhon
Cast
na
Plot
On a fine winter morning, an aristocratic couple of city dwellers decide to have a picnic in the great outdoors, however, everything seems to go wrong, all at once.
Category: Movie • Genre: Short, Fantasy • Country: France • Language: na
Director
Segundo de Chomón
Writer
na
Cast
na
Plot
Experimental color film that shows a magician and his assistant making objects and people appear and disappear. Then they stack up some blocks and a moving picture of a little girl appears on them.
Category: Movie • Genre: Short, Fantasy • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón
Writer
na
Cast
Julienne Mathieu
Plot
From the rocky center of a fountain a fairy emerges, and with a wave of her wand she causes to appear a huge, green bullfrog, which begins to hop around the fountain. Suddenly the rocks disappear and the scene is enveloped in show...
Category: Movie • Genre: Short • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón
Writer
Segundo de Chomón
Cast
na
Plot
A close-up of a magician's hand, in which appear gold coins. The hand drops the coins in a bowl, then a man leans into the picture and proceeds to let more coins tumble out of his mouth. The picture is hand-colored.
Category: Movie • Genre: Short, Crime • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón, Ferdinand Zecca
Writer
H.G. Wells
Cast
na
Plot
A man buys the novel The Invisible Man by "G.H. Wells" at a bookshop, and in it finds the recipe for Wells' invisibility potion. Then the opportunity makes the thief.
Category: Movie • Genre: Short, Horror • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón
Writer
Segundo de Chomón
Cast
Julienne Mathieu
Plot
A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the ghost appearing compels her to remain. He explains to the terrified girl that she mu...
Category: Movie • Genre: Short, Comedy • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón
Writer
na
Cast
na
Plot
Slippery Jim, a captured pickpocket, is brought into the police station. From the valuable jewelry in his pocket, he is evidenced to be guilty of numerous crimes; thus, the policemen escort him to a jail cell where he is chained u...
Category: Movie • Genre: Animation, Short • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón
Writer
Ferdinand Zecca
Cast
na
Plot
Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet unrolls by itself. Two puppet figures then come out and begin to perform a series of...
Category: Movie • Genre: Short, Drama • Country: France • Language: None, French
Director
Segundo de Chomón
Writer
na
Cast
na
Plot
The legend of Ali Baba and the forty thieves: Ali Baba discovers a hidden cave where a band of thieves have stored their enormous treasure. Cassim also learns about the cave, but he is caught by the thieves and put to death. Knowi...
