This Georges Méliès film isn't quite a minute long...so watch carefully! It's typical of many of his films in that he plays a magician who makes a girl appear and disappear again and again. Later in the film, he also appears and disappears.
To achieve this trick, the filmmaker simply turned off the camera, walked off camera and then began filming once again. This sort of thing was repeated again and again and wowed audiences in the day. Now in the 21st century it seems so quaint and silly. Not a bad film but since the filmmaker must have made at least a hundred like this one, also not a particularly outstanding example of his work.
To achieve this trick, the filmmaker simply turned off the camera, walked off camera and then began filming once again. This sort of thing was repeated again and again and wowed audiences in the day. Now in the 21st century it seems so quaint and silly. Not a bad film but since the filmmaker must have made at least a hundred like this one, also not a particularly outstanding example of his work.