Escamotage D'une Dame Chez Robert Houdin (1896)

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The Vanishing Lady ( French: Escamotage d'une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin, literally The Conjuring of a Woman at the Théâtre Robert Houdin ) is an 1896 French short black-and-white silent film directed by French magician Georges Méliès. It is number 70 on the Star Films catalog. Georges Méliès walks onto a stage and brings out his assistant Jeanne d'Alcy. He spreads a newspaper out on the floor and places a chair on top of it. He then has Jeanne sit in the chair and spreads a blanket over…

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1 minutes