Segundo de Chomón Movies

A sculptor creates several faces in a span of four minutes.

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

Short film about a magic ride

A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the...

Rising from a stage are two vases which separate to reveal a female dancer behind each of the vases. They create magical circles of flowers from...

Short movie on Barcelona's "Citadel Park" produced by Segundo de Chomón for Pathé Frères. Directed and filmed by Segundo de...

Escamillo has a tapeworm.

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 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...

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

Short film about a dreaming musician

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...

Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.

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

French horror short from 1908.

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

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

Steampunk fantasia of interplanetary travel and submarine life.

Two contortionists, dressed as devils, invade a kitchen.