Trick Film Movies

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

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...

Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

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

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...

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

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...

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

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

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

A sorcerer draws signs on the sand making charming young women.

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

A little flower film by Gaston Velle.

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

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

A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Segundo de Chomón's remake "Plongeur...

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

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...

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...