A Hundred Tricks
About A Hundred Tricks
In a drawing room a magician runs a string of appearances and disappearances. Clowns, a ballet dancer, and a lady show up, change clothes, double themselves, and switch from men to women. Acrobats and dancers assist. There is no other story.
Cast & crew
More about A Hundred Tricks
Segundo de Chomón directed for Pathé. The French title is Les Cent trucs. The Filmoteca de Catalunya describes the tricks as transformations, superimpositions, substitutions, and reverse motion.
Themes
Preservation
A print is held by the Filmoteca de Catalunya.
Notes
- The Filmoteca holds it as a public-domain print and also lists the title Un centenar de juegos.
- A reviewer who counted the tricks on screen stopped at twenty-nine.
- It is a drawing-room act, not a chase or a féerie plot.
Scenes
- A lady and a dancer appear, change costume, and vanish again.
Also available
- Filmoteca de Catalunya