Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer (1904)

*Spoiler Alert: Le Thaumaturge chinois film review contains leaks that might bother those of you who haven’t watched it.

Synopsis: A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from behind it. The dog becomes a woman, then a masked man appears. The conjurer sits them each on a box a few feet apart: suddenly the woman and man have changed places. The disappearing and the transfers continue in front of a simple backdrop.

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Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer