
An Up-to-Date Conjurer(1899)
A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.
Addition and Subtraction is a comedy film released in 1900 exploring themes of silent film, trick film. Directed by Georges Méliès, A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.
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