Segundo de Chomón Movies
- 1906
Miniature Theatre
Miniature Theatre5.11906HD
Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet...
- 1907
Enchanted Glasses
Enchanted Glasses51907HD
Devilish looking man dances with a dress in his arms. The dress stands up by itself and a woman magician appears in it. She conjures six women and...
- 1905
Loïe Fuller
Loïe Fuller4.61905HD
This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a...
- 1907
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves61907HD
- 1913
Stronger than Sherlock Holmes
Stronger than Sherlock Holmes4.51913HD
A bourgeois gentleman gets excited reading about cops and robbers on the newspaper. His wife, bored by his comments, falls asleep and right after,...
- 2014
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo
El hombre que quiso ser Segundo62014HD
The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.
- 1907
The Cigar Box
The Cigar Box4.61907HD
People magically appear and disappear from an oversized musical cigar dispenser.
- 1906
The Troubadour
The Troubadour4.21906HD
On an elaborately decorated stage, the titular troubadour of the title bows. He then proceeds to pull several cards out of mid air and arrange them...
- 1908
The Frog
The Frog5.21908HD
A frog hops around a magic fountain.
- 1912
Girona, the Spanish Venice
Girona, the Spanish Venice4.71912HD
One of Chomón's documentary films: A short tour of the city of Girona, the "Venice of Spain". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
- 1907
The Yawner
The Yawner4.21907HD
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...
- 1908
Magic Bricks
Magic Bricks5.41908HD
Experimental color film that shows a magician and his assistant making objects and people appear and disappear. Then they stack up some blocks and a...
- 1907
The Golden Beetle
The Golden Beetle5.81907HD
A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.
- 1907
Music, Forward!
Music, Forward!5.11907HD
“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their...
- 1908
The Chinese Shadows
The Chinese Shadows51908HD
At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.
- 1917
The War and the Dream of Momi
The War and the Dream of Momi71917HD
"The War and the Dream of Momi" was a patriotic war film directed by Giovanni Pastrone. Segundo de Chomón was responsible for the animation...
- 1912
Old Toledo
Old Toledo4.31912HD
Fascinating views of Toledo: Bridges, elaborately decorated halls and other architectural highlights that appear to date from as early as the 8th...
- 1907
The Tulips
The Tulips51907HD
In a bower of giant tulips a boy and girl practice flower magic. They cause flowers and birds to open and human forms to issue therefrom, and on the...
- 1905
The Heroes of the Siege of Saragossa
The Heroes of the Siege of Saragossa3.31905HD
A short drama featuring three fictitious scenes of the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814).
- 1915
The Immigrant
The Immigrant6.51915HD
Directed by Febo Mari.