The Cigar Box
About The Cigar Box
A magician steps out of a revolving door on a giant cylindrical cigar box. He draws dancing women from the compartments, and the group multiplies. He lights five cigars, and each cigar turns into another dancer.
Cast & crew
More about The Cigar Box
Segundo de Chomón made it for Pathé Frères. Wikidata dates the release October 19, 1907. Kinorium also credits him as cameraman.
Themes
Look
Segundo de Chomón is credited as cameraman. The circulating print is tinted.
Technique
Women are substituted into the box compartments, and five lit cigars are replaced by dancers.
Preservation
A tinted print of just over four minutes is the copy in circulation.
Notes
- The Spanish title is La caja de puros.
- A Fema La Rochelle program note has a young woman come out of each compartment, then a dance.
- The Wikimedia file La Boîte à cigares (1907).webm runs 4 minutes 7 seconds.
- An IMDb plot line calls the circulating copy remarkably tinted.
Scenes
- The magician comes out through the spinning door of the cigar box.
- Five cigars he lights turn into dancers.
