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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 example of early hand-tinting. Though this innovative director was born in Spain, much of his filmmaking was completed in France (which has occasionally resulted in a number of his films being misattributed to Georges Méliès).
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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
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The Automatic Moving Company
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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 body types of the beauties they used at that time period.
There is something both incomprehensible and awesome about pre-1910 special effects.
An interesting look at film-making over 100 years ago. Early film tricks put a smile on my face. Saw on fandor website. My rating 6/10.
For an old film is has nice effects. The music goes great with the plot.