A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and superimposing/projecting images on top of one another.
Watch the official Japanese Varieties 1904 trailer in HD below.
Sorry, we can't find the movie trailer you're looking for.
Either a trailer for this movie has not been released yet, or it was removed following a request from the copyright holder.
Magic Bricks Trailer
France 16 March 1904
If you liked the Japanese Varieties trailer, you may like these ones:
18 March 1910
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster.
01 January 1966
A young woman who lives with her uncle begins to dream about a monster that lurks in the shadows of the night.
02 February 1927
One of the earliest cinematic adaptation of Chinese classic novel Journey to the West. When seeking for food alone, Tang Xuanzang was kept prisoner by seven spider monsters who took the form of seven beautiful women.
04 October 2012
A homeless bum, bored of eating the same food every night, promises his girlfriend a special dinner. He plans to take her out with money robbed from a passing stranger.
03 April 2006
A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather.
29 October 1920
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
29 October 1904
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
13 October 1926
God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.
24 September 1924
A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
14 January 1915
This mostly lost film is often confused with director Paul Wegener third and readily available interpretation of the legend; Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920).
01 January 1974
An ordinary man wakes up in a world upside down! Illegible newspaper, people backing up, cars backing up: nothing is the same anymore, but everything seems to be going well.
01 January 1960
A man with an umbrella emerges from his grave to be momentarily reunited with his lost loved one.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1904:
05 August 1904
A fairly venturesome piece of filmmaking for the era: Based on the Jules Verne story, the film utilizes a dozen cuts, irised lenses, panning shots and vivid tints to weave an intrepid and exciting story.
10 August 1904
A husband rushes for a doctor and his wife has triplets.
01 January 1904
Newsreel footage of an execution by beheading of Li-Tang, the Chinches chief of a band of Manchurian bandits.
25 April 1904
It's one on those thingies you see at amusement parks. You get into a small gondola, the machine starts whirling about, and centrifugal force lifts the gondolas up in the air.
30 November 1904
During a game of hide and seek, a new bride hides in a chest and remains undiscovered until a strange visitation thirty years later.
01 July 1904
A small child in the surf at the seashore. The child is evidently frightened at the rushing waves and stands terrified until a larger wave than usual comes along, whereupon the child turns and runs toward the shore.
14 May 1904
The view from a moving train shows some of the Westinghouse interests and the surrounding areas.
22 May 1904
A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Carts carrying parts and pieces of machinery pass by on rails; cranes lift machinery; and men perform their various duties, including hammering objects.
06 May 1904
A cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.
14 August 1904
People doing the Cake Walk dance on the Beach at Coney Island.
Have you watched Japanese Varieties yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1904 Pathé Frères.