The Golden Beetle
Crazed old man tries some early extermination and it backfires on him. Not terribly clever, but at only 3 minutes it is worth watching. It is also worth noting the...
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Segundo de Chomón
Films
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The Golden Beetle
As a sorcerer captures a beetle and casts it into his cauldron, it transforms into a glorious woman wearing golden beetle wings and soon turns the tables by casting her own delightful spells. Filled with poetic trick cinematography and optical effects, Segundo de Chomon's THE GOLDEN BEETLE is a beautiful...Start your free trial to watch
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The Red Spectre
This impressive trick film was made for Pathé by Segundo de Chomón and Ferdinand Zecca. Works dealing with the netherworld and the supernatural were much in vogue at the time. The color was hand-screened on to each print by Pathe's superb stencil process, introduced in 1904 and used throughout the silent film era. The...Start your free trial to watch
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An Excursion to the Moon
Georges Méliès' best known film, A TRIP TO THE MOON, is inspired by Jules Verne's "From Earth to the Moon" and H.G. Wells' "First Men on the Moon." In 1908, Segundo de Chomón was originally hired to prepare Spanish titles for the Pathé films sold in Spain. Proving adept at every possible camera trick, he...Start your free trial to watch
Genres
- Fantasy / Fable
- International / European / French
- International / European / French
- International / European / French
- International / European / French
- Fantasy / Magic
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Horror / Occult
- Silent / Silent Fantasy
- Silent / Silent Fantasy
- Silent / Silent Horror
- Silent / Silent Science Fiction
- Science Fiction / Space Travel
- Short / Trick
- Short / Trick
- Short / Trick
Recent Reviews
An Excursion to the Moon
shazam! love the "special effects".
The Red Spectre
The original CG - celluloid generated.
An Excursion to the Moon
1908 they were on it back in the day... It´s an interesting film to watch, since you can see certain advancements in the tech departement (Specially interesting is their primitive...
The Red Spectre
Loved "Hugo"? Then watch this magnificently restored film. It's not Melies, but Pathe, and many of the same techniques Melies perfected. Exquisite.