Segundo de Chomón Movies

A portrait of the cities of Lisbon and Oporto.

An artist is painting the portrait of a young woman dressed in a country costume in his attic studio. The landlord demands the rent, but the artist...

A Segundo de Chomón film filled with stop-motion animation and ghosts.

In this remake of Ferdinand Zecca's "Plongeur fantastique" (The Fantastic Plunger, 1901), Segundo de Chomón shows a diver with reverse motion...

Two contortionists, dressed as devils, invade a kitchen.

This magical masterpiece was released in 1912 by Segundo de Chomón.

Short film about a dreaming musician

A doctor finds himself infected by a deadly disease.

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

A remarkable early short silent movie that shows what may be achieved with the technology of the day. A woman sits in front of her dressing table...

Short trick film

French horror short from 1908.

This is a beautifully colored picture, opening with a scene in the laboratory of an old wizard, who is bending over a vessel compounding some sort of...

A house filled with spirits.

A trip to Kabilye.

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,...

In an uninhabited house, a burglar has to deal with objects that are set against him.

A short dance film in Pathécolor, also know as stencil colouring. The editing cuts correspond with the dancers' costume changes. More about...