Segundo de Chomón Movies

A Fallen Spirit (L'Epee du spirite, 1910) by pioneer filmmaker Segundo de Chomón is a fantasy swashbuckler that opens with the arrival at an...

A couple steals food from a grocery store. To stop them from repeating their crime, the cunning salesman electrifies his shop.

An evil magician visits the rajah's palace to perform his magic tricks, but he also steals a valuable casket making his getaway aboard a dragon. The...

De Chomon film from 1908. Existing film is incomplete in length.

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

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

Stencil-coloured version of Segundo de Chomón's Les roses magiques (1906).

A short film featuring several dancers from different countries: first an Arabian dancer, then an Algerian belly dancer, and finally Scottish...

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

A woman imagines the revenge of a gypsy that she sent away. This piece is told in multiple scenes, in an increasingly artificial world, as the venue...

A sorcerer draws signs on the sand making charming young women.

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

In this weird picture we take a pleasure trip into the infernal regions and are entertained by his Satanic Majesty and all the spooks that are...

This early silent era film was released in France circa 1908 by Segundo de Chomón. It is partially hand coloured and shows several Japanese...

Italian silent film Victory or Death, directed by Caserini. An early crime thriller, the plot revolves around the Countess Alberti -- played by Berta...

A Spanish wedding scene.

A doctor finds himself infected by a deadly disease.

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...