Trick Film Movies

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...

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

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...

A mischievous witch uses her dark magic on an innocent cyclist until he is all confused. He is forced to pedal backwards and at the same time, his...

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

As the above title indicates, the scene does not take place in an ordinary restaurant, but one in which all natural rules of order and gravitation...

A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.

The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they...

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

A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The...

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...

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

Pickpock is behind bars. But more elusive than Arsène Lupin, no chain resists him and he plays with policemen like a cat with mice. After...

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...

A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes...

Four prisoners, in convicts' stripes, march backwards down stairs and, under the watchful eyes of guards, hop backwards into their cells. Later, one...

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...

Innovative early 'trick' film showing the popular 'flying the foam' stunt performed on - or rather off - Brighton's West Pier.

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...