The special effects pioneer Segundo de Chomón reinterprets for the camera a famous stage illusion that featured a metamorphosis from one object (or person) into another. Here a statue turns into a butterfly fairy who performs a number of dazzling costume transformations that are a feast for the eyes.
(Muet, 4mn) Le récit du Colonel est une fantaisie particulièrement débridée. Lors d’un dner mondain, un colonel se voit prié de raconter une bataille où il s’est illustré. Se laissant emporter par son récit, il commence à mimer l’action avec tant d'ardeur que la salle du dner se retrouve rapidement mise à sac. Sur le plan cinématographique, il n’y a sans doute rien d’exceptio...
A devilish-like man appears in a puff of smoke. He conjures up a dress which stands by itself, and vanishes. A woman appears in the dress, and, taking a blanket makes various pretty girls appear and disappear. She then transforms her clothing into that of a man, and lines up several pedestals. There is a sudden rush of steam, and the same pretty girls we've seen before are show...
