| The Imperceptible Transmutations | |
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 A scene from the film | |
| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Starring | Georges Méliès |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Les Transmutations imperceptibles, sold in the United States asThe Imperceptible Transmutations and in Britain asImperceptible Transformation, is a 1904 Frenchsilenttrick film byGeorges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès'sStar Film Company and is numbered 556–557 in its catalogues.[1]
A magician dressed as aRenaissance-era nobleman forms a cylinder from a large sheet of paper, and after showing that it is empty, conjures a boy inside it. The boy proceeds to dance with atambourine. Placing the cylinder back around the boy and laying him out recumbent between a stool and chair, the magician causes him to vanish within the cylinder. Emphasizing the feat by throwing the cylinder away, the magician then reconjures the boy atop a table before suddenly transforming him into a maiden towards whom he makes amorous advances. Just as the magician is about to kiss her, she transforms back into the boy, much to the magician’s displeasure. He transforms the boy back into the maiden, and after both bow to the audience together, they depart offstage arm in arm.
Méliès stars in the film as the magician, who is identified in the Star Film catalogues as a prince. The special effects were created withsubstitution splices anddissolves.[2]
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