The Magician
About The Magician
A magician enters an interior, bows, and throws a glove, a hat, and a coat into the air. Each one vanishes. He holds a white handkerchief in front of his legs; when he takes it away, the long trousers are knickers. He gestures, a table piled with streamers appears, and three geese fly out toward the camera.
Cast & crew
More about The Magician
Edwin S. Porter directed this trick film for Thomas Edison's Edison Manufacturing Company. The Edison catalog sold prints to theaters for $9.
Themes
Preservation
A print is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The same 1900 Edison catalog listed other trick subjects: Ching Ling Foo Outdone, The Clown and the Alchemist, Congress of Nations, and Hooligan Assists the Magician.
Scenes
- The handkerchief drops and the trousers have become knickers.
- Three geese fly out of the streamers toward the lens.
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheMagicianSilentFilm1900)
