Trick Film Movies
- 1918
Birth of Shri Krishna
Birth of Shri Krishna4.91918HD
This film begins with the invocation of 'almighty god' at a river where several people are gathered. The child god Krishna rises out of the water astr...
- 1907
The Doll's Revenge
The Doll's Revenge71907HD
A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.
- 1901
Artistic Creation
Artistic Creation61901HD
An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real w...
- 1908
Paper Cock-a-Doodles
Paper Cock-a-Doodles41908HD
Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.
- 1900
Addition and Subtraction
Addition and Subtraction5.81900HD
A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.
- 1908
Modern Sculptors
Modern Sculptors6.41908HD
The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take...
- 1901
The Magician's Cavern
The Magician's Cavern61901HD
A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.
- 1909
An Awful Symphony
An Awful Symphony5.21909HD
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 whatnots...
- 1904
Japanese Varieties
Japanese Varieties5.31904HD
A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and superimposing/project...
- 1903
Faust and Mephistopheles
Faust and Mephistopheles4.5481903HD
A re-telling of the classic tale of Faust in all of two minutes by French filmmaker Alice Guy.
- 1898
Disappearing Act
Disappearing Act4.6751898HD
An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.
- 1906
The Magician from Arabia
The Magician from Arabia51906HD
A sorcerer draws signs on the sand making charming young women.
- 1906
Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving
Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving51906HD
Innovative early 'trick' film showing the popular 'flying the foam' stunt performed on - or rather off - Brighton's West Pier.
- 1905
Flower Fairy
Flower Fairy5.31905HD
A little flower film by Gaston Velle.
- 1903
A Spiritualist Photographer
A Spiritualist Photographer5.71903HD
A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.
- 1912
Onesime, Clockmaker
Onesime, Clockmaker5.71912HD
In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and t...
- 1901
The Fantastic Plunger
The Fantastic Plunger4.41901HD
A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Segundo de Chomón's remake "Plongeur fantast...
- 1901
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
The Haunted Curiosity Shop5.251901HD
An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.
- 1900
Uncle Josh's Nightmare
Uncle Josh's Nightmare41900HD
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 f...
- 1901
The Waif and the Wizard
The Waif and the Wizard6.51901HD
The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's ano...