Segundo de Chomón Movies

  • 1908
    Elastic Transformation

    Elastic Transformation

    Elastic Transformation

    61908HD

    A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.

    Elastic Transformation
  • 1927
    Napoleon

    Napoleon

    Napoleon

    7.91927HD

    A biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a...

    Napoleon
  • 1908
    Magie moderne

    Magie moderne

    Magie moderne

    41908HD

    A Segundo de Chomón trick film.

    Magie moderne
  • 1912
    Metamorphoses

    Metamorphoses

    Metamorphoses

    6.2731912HD

    A female magician presents several impressive metamorphoses, combining stop-motion animation and camera tricks.

    Metamorphoses
  • 1909
    The Haunted Hotel

    The Haunted Hotel

    The Haunted Hotel

    51909HD

    Pathé film #2871. In a hotel, a weary traveler settles down to rest. But, hallucinations brought on by fatigue: monsters appear around the...

    The Haunted Hotel
  • 1909
    An Awful Symphony

    An Awful Symphony

    An Awful Symphony

    5.21909HD

    Many of the scenes of this split-reel short about a bizarre group of tramp musicians who disappear into and out of drums, beach umbrellas and...

    An Awful Symphony
  • 1908
    Artistic Ragpickers

    Artistic Ragpickers

    Artistic Ragpickers

    51908HD

    Two rag-pickers enter their hovel with their bags of scraps. After a little preliminary comedy they set up a white sheet. One of the rag-pickers now...

    Artistic Ragpickers
  • 1906
    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    6.41906HD

    A magician charms a caterpillar and turns it into a butterfly woman. This film is a blatant remake of Georges Méliès's "La Chrysalide...

    The Charmer
  • 1912
    Andalusian Superstition

    Andalusian Superstition

    Andalusian Superstition

    6.31912HD

    A woman imagines the revenge of a gypsy that she sent away. This piece is told in multiple scenes, in an increasingly artificial world, as the venue...

    Andalusian Superstition
  • 1913
    The Dread of Doom

    The Dread of Doom

    The Dread of Doom

    01913HD

    A doctor finds himself infected by a deadly disease.

    The Dread of Doom
  • 1912
    Diabolical Physics

    Diabolical Physics

    Diabolical Physics

    6.751912HD

    The devil performs his magical powers.

    Diabolical Physics
  • 1908
    The Frog

    The Frog

    The Frog

    5.21908HD

    A frog hops around a magic fountain.

    The Frog
  • 1906
    Hallucination musicale

    Hallucination musicale

    Hallucination musicale

    101906HD

    An artist watches as musical instruments come to life and St. Cecile appears. Segundo de Chomón's as director is speculative.

    Hallucination musicale
  • 1907
    The Yawner

    The Yawner

    The Yawner

    5.21907HD

    A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he...

    The Yawner
  • 1908
    Secret Suitcase

    Secret Suitcase

    Secret Suitcase

    01908HD

    De Chomon film from 1908. Existing film is incomplete in length.

    Secret Suitcase
  • 1915
    The Immigrant

    The Immigrant

    The Immigrant

    6.51915HD

    Directed by Febo Mari.

    The Immigrant
  • 1916
    The Fire

    The Fire

    The Fire

    6.61916HD

    A film based on Gabriele D'Annunzio's novel The Flame. Pina Menichelli plays a vamp who ruins a painter's life just for the fun of it.

    The Fire
  • 1916
    The Royal Tigress

    The Royal Tigress

    The Royal Tigress

    5.61916HD

    "Tigre Reale" (1916) was the film that consolidated Frau Menichelli's stardom, a film more than suitable for her performing skills and silent...

    The Royal Tigress
  • 1908
    Modern Sculptors

    Modern Sculptors

    Modern Sculptors

    6.91908HD

    The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take...

    Modern Sculptors
  • 1907
    Fantaisies endiablées

    Fantaisies endiablées

    Fantaisies endiablées

    5.81907HD

    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