Segundo de Chomón Movies

In an outdoor setting, a magician makes pond nymphs and frog people appear out of water and thin air.

In this remake of Ferdinand Zecca's "Plongeur fantastique" (The Fantastic Plunger, 1901), Segundo de Chomón shows a diver with reverse motion...

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

A beautiful seductive fairy makes gentle winged creatures appear.

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

A woman falls asleep on a park bench. The Devil appears and summons an imp who takes the woman to his fantastic lair. After a nightmarish episode,...

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...

A magical woman and her magical eggs.

A short film featuring several dancers from different countries: first an Arabian dancer, then an Algerian belly dancer, and finally Scottish...

A magician charms a caterpillar and turns it into a butterfly woman.

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

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

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

An old woman begs a young men to carry her heavy bundle of firewood. The man refuses: he rather goes to sleep. The woman, who turns out to be a...

Film about an inventor going wild

Short film about a dreaming musician

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 doctor finds himself infected by a deadly disease.

A monkey comes home and uses a magic wand to make himself dinner. No sooner as he falls asleep, a hungry burglar enters his house. This short film...

A woman imagines the revenge of a gypsy that she sent away. This piece is told in multiple scenes, in an increasingly artificial world, as the venue...