Magicians

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 disappear mysteriously in the air. He then takes a white hand…

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

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

A magician shows tricks with money.

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

Two men in a cave perform magic.

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

A medieval magician performs a magic show involving a long ornate trunk in which he makes his assistants appear, disappear, and transform into other people.

The magician appears upon the stage with an imp as his assistant. The imp holds a piece of cloth in his hand. At the command of the magician the cloth is suddenly transformed into a beautiful girl, clad i…

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

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 performs tricks. First with a top hat, then with his audience.

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, they open up the lantern to reveal a group of dancing girl…

In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant, believing that he would be comfortable in an armchair, s…

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

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