19 February 1905 Fantasy, Comedy 1 mins
The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in miniature.
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Georges Méliès Director
France 19 February 1905
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1905:
01 September 1905
An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.
15 December 1905
A man dancing at a party finds one of his socks has fallen down. Retreating where no one can see him, he removes the offending item.
30 August 1905
Spanish lost film about the 30 August 1905 solar eclipse.
21 July 1905
A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate palanquin is summoned.
27 March 1905
A happy Russian family is broken up when their patriarch is arrested for treason. His distraught wife joins the secret society of nihilists and is assigned to commit an act of terror.
11 November 1905
Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera.
02 November 1905
This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janaki and Milton Manaki's grandmother, was recorded weaving in one high-angle shot.
10 September 1905
On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.
06 March 1905
A soldier attempts to rest at an inn, but his bed plays tricks on him, never giving the poor man a chance to sleep.
23 May 1905
Nothing to do with potties... Baby gets a good wash. In this charming Hepworth actuality film, a crisply uniformed, no-nonsense nurse bounces a baby girl on her lap before submerging the unsuspecting infant into a tub of soapy water.
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