"A magician does the impossible." 13 September 1902 Comedy 1 mins
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.
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Georges Méliès as The Magician
Georges Méliès Director
An Impossible Feat of Balancing Trailer
France 13 September 1902
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1902:
17 October 1902
Alexandra (1844-1925), daughter of Christian IX, married in 1863 to Prince Edward (1841-1910), who after Queen Victoria's death in 1901 became King Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland.
24 October 1902
A woman, in her bedroom, is putting her jewelry away. Alarmed by strange noises at her door, she hides behind her bed.
16 September 1902
First narrative polish film. The janitor sweeps the pavement in front of the tenement house. A carriage comes with a rather solidly inserted young man.
01 March 1902
The bicycle was still a novelty at the beginning of the 20th century. At the Villa Belle Rive in Cannes, the Lavanchy-Clarke family engage with it cyclically, with gaps in the film in order to convey a sense of the laps.
25 September 1902
Harlequin is walking in a garden with Columbine. As he moves away to the distance and leaves her on her own, Mephisto appears, from inside a well, and tries to woo her.
20 December 1902
Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by hand to colour it.
20 August 1902
"Danse excentrique" (Gaumont #587) is part of the "Miss Lina Esbrard. Danseuse cosmopolite et serpentine" series of 4 films, and should not be confused with "Danse serpentine" (Gaumont #588, the only extant film in the series), "Danse fantaisiste" (Gaumont #589) or "La Gigue" (Gaumont #590).
01 October 1902
Scene Bowery. Young woman drops her handkerchief while passing a Rube. He picks it up and gives it to her.
15 June 1902
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon.
12 September 1902
View from the train front as it travels through the station in Devon, England.
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