Trick Film Movies

  • 1897
    The X-Ray Fiend

    The X-Ray Fiend

    The X-Ray Fiend

    5.51897HD

    A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

    The X-Ray Fiend
  • 1901
    The Haunted Curiosity Shop

    The Haunted Curiosity Shop

    The Haunted Curiosity Shop

    5.41901HD

    An old proprietor is startled and haunted by the strange happenings inside his curiosity shop.

    The Haunted Curiosity Shop
  • 1905
    Flower Fairy

    Flower Fairy

    Flower Fairy

    5.51905HD

    A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

    Flower Fairy
  • 1903
    The Infernal Cake-Walk

    The Infernal Cake-Walk

    The Infernal Cake-Walk

    5.61903HD

    Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted...

    The Infernal Cake-Walk
  • 1909
    Slippery Jim

    Slippery Jim

    Slippery Jim

    6.7921909HD

    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...

    Slippery Jim
  • 1902
    The Treasures of Satan

    The Treasures of Satan

    The Treasures of Satan

    5.21902HD

    The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth....

    The Treasures of Satan
  • 1900
    Addition and Subtraction

    Addition and Subtraction

    Addition and Subtraction

    5.91900HD

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

    Addition and Subtraction
  • 1900
    Uncle Josh's Nightmare

    Uncle Josh's Nightmare

    Uncle Josh's Nightmare

    41900HD

    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...

    Uncle Josh's Nightmare
  • 1906
    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    6.51906HD

    Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he...

    The Merry Frolics of Satan
  • 1907
    The Doll's Revenge

    The Doll's Revenge

    The Doll's Revenge

    6.41907HD

    A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

    The Doll's Revenge
  • 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
  • 1898
    Adventures of William Tell

    Adventures of William Tell

    Adventures of William Tell

    5.61898HD

    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...

    Adventures of William Tell
  • 1900
    Sherlock Holmes Baffled

    Sherlock Holmes Baffled

    Sherlock Holmes Baffled

    5.21900HD

    Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.

    Sherlock Holmes Baffled
  • 1903
    Faust and Mephistopheles

    Faust and Mephistopheles

    Faust and Mephistopheles

    4.61903HD

    A re-telling of the classic tale of Faust in all of two minutes by French filmmaker Alice Guy.

    Faust and Mephistopheles
  • 1898
    Disappearing Act

    Disappearing Act

    Disappearing Act

    4.81898HD

    An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air. There is no credited director for this film, although three different persons get attributed,...

    Disappearing Act
  • 1905
    The Living Playing Cards

    The Living Playing Cards

    The Living Playing Cards

    6.41905HD

    The Living Playing Cards
  • 1903
    A Moonlight Serenade

    A Moonlight Serenade

    A Moonlight Serenade

    5.31903HD

    Pierrot goes to the house of his love to serenade her, but her father kicks him out. Soon the moon and its goddess Diana come towards the man and...

    A Moonlight Serenade
  • 1901
    The Magician's Cavern

    The Magician's Cavern

    The Magician's Cavern

    6.21901HD

    A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

    The Magician's Cavern
  • 1900
    Hooligan Assists the Magician

    Hooligan Assists the Magician

    Hooligan Assists the Magician

    4.81900HD

    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
  • 1904
    The Untamable Whiskers

    The Untamable Whiskers

    The Untamable Whiskers

    61904HD

    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