Segundo de Chomón Movies

De Chomon short from 1912

A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he...

An artist watches as musical instruments come to life and St. Cecile appears. Segundo de Chomón's as director is speculative.

A female magician presents several impressive metamorphoses, combining stop-motion animation and camera tricks.

Short film about a magic ride

“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their...

A musketeer, whose sword has the power to transform objects at will, stays at an inn and amuses himself by mystifying his hosts. That night, a...

In a bower of giant tulips a boy and girl practice flower magic. They cause flowers and birds to open and human forms to issue therefrom, and on the...

A demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.

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 portrait of the cities of Lisbon and Oporto.

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...

A man and his wife try to enjoy a picnic, but strange and surreal happenings prevent them from doing so.

A man in a suit and cap stops in front of the display of a bookseller, finds and flips… "Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells! Fascinated by the...

A trip to Kabilye.

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

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

De Chomon film from 1908. Existing film is incomplete in length.

The King and his official astronomer are alone in the study viewing the heavenly bodies through the monstrous telescope. They go out on the balcony...

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...