Segundo de Chomón Movies

The documentary was entirely filmed in the province of Burgos, containing monuments and architecture considered emblematic of Spanish heritage. Color...

This French film isn't that well known today but it will mainly appeal to those film buffs with a thing for early cinema or those wanting to see some...

A top-hatted man gets dressed in the morning, and starts to yawn, causing his housekeeper to yawn as well. He sets off down the street where he...

De Chomon short from 1912

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...

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 man and his wife try to enjoy a picnic, but strange and surreal happenings prevent them from doing so.

A magician performs a magic show involving women turning into bouquets of roses. Later the roses are festooned together in a fancy way to decorate...

The town-crier summons the inhabitants of the town and they read a manifesto which is posted on a wall announcing the fact that at 4 o'clock on that...

“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their...

Stencil-coloured version of Segundo de Chomón's Les roses magiques (1906).

An evil magician visits the rajah's palace to perform his magic tricks, but he also steals a valuable casket making his getaway aboard a dragon. The...

Views of the waterfalls at Monasterio de Piedra, in Spain.

After a witch has finished her breakfast and has flown away, two bandits break into her house. They scatter various magic canisters, and as a result,...

A family living in poverty, in a tiny house with no furniture. When mama goes to sleep, the youngsters head out to rustle up some firewood....

A devil puts a woman into a boiling cauldron in a fiery cave.

A soldier attempts to rest at an inn, but his bed plays tricks on him, never giving the poor man a chance to sleep. The inn continues to haunt him...

A family tries to eat dinner, but the table vanishes and reappears, changes shape and location, all in the usual manner laid down by Melies, but here...

Captivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous...

In this funny picture we see the vacuum cleaner, the modern dust eradicator, performing some very droll tricks. As soon as the fellow turns on the...