Trick Film Movies

  • 1901
    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

    4.71901HD

    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...

    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
  • 2012
    A Mouse's Tale

    A Mouse's Tale

    A Mouse's Tale

    5.82012HD

    A magical adventure begins Once upon a time, within a vast and wild forest there was a fantastic Kingdom called Rodencia, a place where wonderful...

    A Mouse's Tale
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1901
    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6.31901HD

    A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

    Bluebeard
  • 1912
    Onesime, Clockmaker

    Onesime, Clockmaker

    Onesime, Clockmaker

    61912HD

    In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and...

    Onesime, Clockmaker
  • 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
  • 1904
    Barnum's Trunk

    Barnum's Trunk

    Barnum's Trunk

    5.71904HD

    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.

    Barnum's Trunk
  • 1909
    Come Cretinetti paga i debiti

    Come Cretinetti paga i debiti

    Come Cretinetti paga i debiti

    6.81909HD

    Cretinetti sidesteps his creditors using several amazing tricks.

    Come Cretinetti paga i debiti
  • 1904
    Japanese Varieties

    Japanese Varieties

    Japanese Varieties

    5.51904HD

    A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and...

    Japanese Varieties
  • 1903
    The Mystical Flame

    The Mystical Flame

    The Mystical Flame

    51903HD

    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...

    The Mystical Flame
  • 1906
    The Invisible Men

    The Invisible Men

    The Invisible Men

    5.21906HD

    A scientist concocts a potion that can turn people invisible for short periods of time. Two crooks steal the potion and go on a crime spree.

    The Invisible Men
  • 1908
    Unusual Cooking

    Unusual Cooking

    Unusual Cooking

    51908HD

    A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human...

    Unusual Cooking
  • 1908
    Paper Cock-a-Doodles

    Paper Cock-a-Doodles

    Paper Cock-a-Doodles

    6.21908HD

    Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

    Paper Cock-a-Doodles
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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