Segundo de Chomón Movies

In this remake of Ferdinand Zecca's "Plongeur fantastique" (The Fantastic Plunger, 1901), Segundo de Chomón shows a diver with reverse motion...

Two rag-pickers enter their hovel with their bags of scraps. After a little preliminary comedy they set up a white sheet. One of the rag-pickers now...

A short dance film in Pathécolor, also know as stencil colouring. The editing cuts correspond with the dancers' costume changes. More about...

A portrait of the cities of Lisbon and Oporto.

Short film about a dreaming musician

A remarkable early short silent movie that shows what may be achieved with the technology of the day. A woman sits in front of her dressing table...

De Chomon short from 1912

This early silent era film was released in France circa 1908 by Segundo de Chomón. It is partially hand coloured and shows several Japanese...

A rehearsal of dancing heads?

Steampunk fantasia of interplanetary travel and submarine life.

This magical masterpiece was released in 1912 by Segundo de Chomón.

In this funny picture we see the vacuum cleaner, the modern dust eradicator, performing some very droll tricks. As soon as the fellow turns on the...

French horror short from 1908.

A frog hops around a magic fountain.

Short film about a magic ride

A short drama featuring three fictitious scenes of the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814).

A magician performs a magic show involving women turning into bouquets of roses. Later the roses are festooned together in a fancy way to decorate...

This is a beautifully colored picture, opening with a scene in the laboratory of an old wizard, who is bending over a vessel compounding some sort of...

Film about an inventor going wild

Short movie on Barcelona's "Citadel Park" produced by Segundo de Chomón for Pathé Frères. Directed and filmed by Segundo de...