Trick Film Movies

A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human...

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

A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

A series of trick film hallucinations and scary doubling effects result when Patachon smokes an opium cigarette.

A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.

A magician shows tricks with money.

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and...

An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

Poor Uncle Josh is trying to get to sleep, but being constantly bedevilled by a fellow in red long underwear with horns. A short early trick editing...

A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends,...

A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

A magician produces a chicken from an immense egg, and then six chicks from eggs laid by that chicken. The chicken is wrapped in paper and put into a...

Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and...

The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.

Cretinetti sidesteps his creditors using several amazing tricks.

Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.

A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.