Movies: Trick photography

  • 1900
    The One-Man Band

    The One-Man Band (1900)

    The One-Man Band

    3.71900HD

    A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair, then rises and sits in the next chair. As the cymbal player sits down, a drummer appears in the seco...

    The One-Man Band
  • 1901
    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder

    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder (1901)

    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder

    1.81901HD

    An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a popular brand of indigestion powder....

    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder
  • 1948
    The Spice of Life

    The Spice of Life (1948)

    The Spice of Life

    3.31948HD

    A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and Robert Benchley had done for years in American short subjects. Amo...

    The Spice of Life
  • 1908
    Dreams of Toyland

    Dreams of Toyland (1908)

    Dreams of Toyland

    3.11908HD

    A young boy’s toys come to life through animation....

    Dreams of Toyland
  • 1910
    The Clown and His Donkey

    The Clown and His Donkey (1910)

    The Clown and His Donkey

    2.41910HD

    A pioneering effort in bringing shadow puppetry to the cinema....

    The Clown and His Donkey