Trick Film Movies

  • 1901
    The Waif and the Wizard

    The Waif and the Wizard

    The Waif and the Wizard

    6.51901HD

    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...

    The Waif and the Wizard
  • 1909
    Le Voleur invisible

    Le Voleur invisible

    Le Voleur invisible

    6.41909HD

    A man in a suit and cap stops in front of the display of a bookseller, finds and flips… "Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells! Fascinated by the...

    Le Voleur invisible
  • 1908
    Magic Bricks

    Magic Bricks

    Magic Bricks

    5.41908HD

    Experimental color film that shows a magician and his assistant making objects and people appear and disappear. Then they stack up some blocks and a...

    Magic Bricks
  • 1901
    The Magician's Cavern

    The Magician's Cavern

    The Magician's Cavern

    61901HD

    A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

    The Magician's Cavern
  • 1903
    A Spiritualist Photographer

    A Spiritualist Photographer

    A Spiritualist Photographer

    5.71903HD

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

    A Spiritualist Photographer
  • 1903
    The Infernal Cakewalk

    The Infernal Cakewalk

    The Infernal Cakewalk

    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 Cakewalk
  • 1903
    Faust and Mephistopheles

    Faust and Mephistopheles

    Faust and Mephistopheles

    4.5481903HD

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

    Faust and Mephistopheles
  • 1904
    A Moonlight Serenade

    A Moonlight Serenade

    A Moonlight Serenade

    5.21904HD

    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
  • 1903
    The Mystical Flame

    The Mystical Flame

    The Mystical Flame

    4.71903HD

    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
  • 1908
    Whimsical People

    Whimsical People

    Whimsical People

    5.51908HD

    A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the...

    Whimsical People
  • 1900
    How He Missed His Train

    How He Missed His Train

    How He Missed His Train

    5.61900HD

    A man misses his train due to his clothes turning into other types of clothes.

    How He Missed His Train
  • 1907
    The Doll's Revenge

    The Doll's Revenge

    The Doll's Revenge

    71907HD

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

    The Doll's Revenge
  • 1906
    The Impossible Convicts

    The Impossible Convicts

    The Impossible Convicts

    5.61906HD

    Four prisoners, in convicts' stripes, march backwards down stairs and, under the watchful eyes of guards, hop backwards into their cells. Later, one...

    The Impossible Convicts
  • 1912
    Onesime, Clockmaker

    Onesime, Clockmaker

    Onesime, Clockmaker

    5.71912HD

    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
    Wonderful Mirrors

    Wonderful Mirrors

    Wonderful Mirrors

    41907HD

    A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes...

    Wonderful Mirrors
  • 1905
    A Mesmerian Experiment

    A Mesmerian Experiment

    A Mesmerian Experiment

    5.11905HD

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

    A Mesmerian Experiment
  • 1899
    Mesmerist and Country Couple

    Mesmerist and Country Couple

    Mesmerist and Country Couple

    2.51899HD

    “Mr. and Mrs. Hayseed have heard of this wonderful Professor, and come to his office. They waken him from a trance, give him a fee and he...

    Mesmerist and Country Couple
  • 1898
    Disappearing Act

    Disappearing Act

    Disappearing Act

    4.6751898HD

    An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

    Disappearing Act
  • 1909
    Come Cretinetti paga i debiti

    Come Cretinetti paga i debiti

    Come Cretinetti paga i debiti

    5.21909HD

    Cretinetti sidesteps his creditors using several amazing tricks.

    Come Cretinetti paga i debiti
  • 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