Tuesday, 14 February 2012

The Living Playing Cards (1904) George Melies


The living playing cards or in french "Les Cartes vivantes" was a silent film released by George Melies in 1904.

A bearded magician holds up a large playing card and makes it larger. He tears up a card of a queen, burns the torn bits, and a life-size Queen of Hearts card appears; then, it becomes alive. The magician puts her back into the card. The same thing happens with the King of Clubs: the card becomes alive. The king removes his costume, and becomes the magician!

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