Trick Film Movies

  • 1906
    The Magician from Arabia

    The Magician from Arabia

    The Magician from Arabia

    51906HD

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

    The Magician from Arabia
  • 1901
    The Waif and the Wizard

    The Waif and the Wizard

    The Waif and the Wizard

    6.51901HD

    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...

    The Waif and the Wizard
  • 1912
    Ein neuer Erwerbszweig

    Ein neuer Erwerbszweig

    Ein neuer Erwerbszweig

    01912HD

    A love doctor successfully produces men on order for needy women, until his system for delivering them – through the mail as puppets in...

    Ein neuer Erwerbszweig
  • 1900
    Addition and Subtraction

    Addition and Subtraction

    Addition and Subtraction

    5.81900HD

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

    Addition and Subtraction
  • 1901
    The Fantastic Plunger

    The Fantastic Plunger

    The Fantastic Plunger

    4.41901HD

    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 of the...

    The Fantastic Plunger
  • 1907
    Fantaisies endiablées

    Fantaisies endiablées

    Fantaisies endiablées

    5.91907HD

    This is a mesmerising little short that employs a peculiar bird’s eye view of a mischievous devil who dances around, performing strange tricks...

    Fantaisies endiablées
  • 1900
    Hooligan Assists the Magician

    Hooligan Assists the Magician

    Hooligan Assists the Magician

    4.31900HD

    This is a new adventure in which our friend, Mr. Hooligan, appears in an entirely new capacity. On a stage a professor of magic is performing some...

    Hooligan Assists the Magician
  • 1912
    The Jester's Joke

    The Jester's Joke

    The Jester's Joke

    6.51912HD

    A cheeky female jester uses the smoke of her cigarette to make things appear and disappear. After showing her talents by playing with a chair or a...

    The Jester's Joke
  • 1905
    A Mesmerian Experiment

    A Mesmerian Experiment

    A Mesmerian Experiment

    5.11905HD

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

    A Mesmerian Experiment
  • 1900
    How He Missed His Train

    How He Missed His Train

    How He Missed His Train

    5.61900HD

    A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.

    How He Missed His Train
  • 1900
    A Fantastical Meal

    A Fantastical Meal

    A Fantastical Meal

    6.21900HD

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

    A Fantastical Meal
  • 1908
    Diabolical Pickpocket

    Diabolical Pickpocket

    Diabolical Pickpocket

    5.21908HD

    A pickpocket manages to escape the police through a series of fantastic tricks. The director is this film is unknown.

    Diabolical Pickpocket
  • 1904
    The Untamable Whiskers

    The Untamable Whiskers

    The Untamable Whiskers

    6.21904HD

    The background of this picture represents a scene along the beautiful river Seine in Paris. A gentleman enters, and taking a blackboard from the side...

    The Untamable Whiskers
  • 1905
    Lilliputian Dance

    Lilliputian Dance

    Lilliputian Dance

    51905HD

    A basket of flowers appears and moves by itself to the middle of a decorative arch. From the basket, a woman magician appears. From a cylinder, the...

    Lilliputian Dance
  • 1908
    Whimsical People

    Whimsical People

    Whimsical People

    5.51908HD

    A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the...

    Whimsical People
  • 1901
    Artistic Creation

    Artistic Creation

    Artistic Creation

    61901HD

    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...

    Artistic Creation
  • 1901
    The Magician's Cavern

    The Magician's Cavern

    The Magician's Cavern

    61901HD

    A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

    The Magician's Cavern
  • 1899
    Fantastic Dining Room

    Fantastic Dining Room

    Fantastic Dining Room

    4.21899HD

    Showing the interior of a dining room of a modest cottage, whereto enter a young couple to partake in their meal, which is being served up by the...

    Fantastic Dining Room
  • 1913
    Bloomer Smokes Opium

    Bloomer Smokes Opium

    Bloomer Smokes Opium

    61913HD

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

    Bloomer Smokes Opium
  • 1900
    An Animated Luncheon

    An Animated Luncheon

    An Animated Luncheon

    51900HD

    The scene takes place in a fashionable cafe. A well dressed couple enter, and after a careful perusal of the menu, conclude on an order of boiled...

    An Animated Luncheon