The Magic Mirror
About The Magic Mirror
At her dressing table, Julienne Mathieu sprays a liquid onto the mirror with a bulb atomizer. A woman's reflection appears, then another, four in all. She does the same to the jewels in her box, and women show on the jewelry. The French title is Le Miroir magique.
Cast & crew
More about The Magic Mirror
Segundo de Chomón directed the two-minute Pathé fantasy in 1908. Mathieu is billed on the film as Mlle Suzanna, the name she used on stage before films. Four dancers appear in the reflections.
Themes
Making
The reflections were made by filming the dancers separately and cutting those images into the mirror and the jewels.
Technique
The women in the glass and on the jewels are separate exposures, cut into the shot of the dresser.
Music
Silent.
Notes
- Julienne Mathieu was Chomón's wife.
- The credit 'Mlle Suzanna' is her earlier stage name.
- She runs the trick, rather than assisting a male magician.
Scenes
- Four women appear one after another in the sprayed mirror.
- The same trick moves onto the jewels in the box.
