Jehanne d'Alcy and Georges Méliès in The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin (1896)

The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin

Original title: Escamotage d'une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin
Short1896• 1m
ShortHorror
⭐ 6.3 / 10(2,246)

As an elegant maestro of mirage and delusion drapes his beautiful female assistant with a gauzy textile, much to our amazement, the lady vanishes into thin air.

Runtime
1m
Released
1896
Country
France

Details

Release year: 1896

Storyline

As an elegant maestro of mirage and delusion drapes his beautiful female assistant with a gauzy textile, much to our amazement, the lady vanishes into thin air.

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Did you know

• Melies remembered this is as the first of his films where, employing an accidentally discovered use of stopping his camera, he was able to convey the effect of a person disappearing.

• Georges Méliès's debut as an actor.

• Jehanne d'Alcy's debut.

User reviews

⭐ 6/10

By today's standards, it's not good...but for 1896...it was a sensation!

👍 4 · 2/10/2019
⭐ 6/10

Perhaps the first stop motion film

👍 1 · 7/9/2023
⭐ 7/10

Films Are a Magic Show

👍 1 · 12/2/2013

Technical specs

Sound mix
Silent
Color
Color, Black and White
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