Segundo de Chomón
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- 2 May 1929) was a pioneering Spanish
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film director. He produced many short films in France
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while working for Pathé Frères
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and has been compared to Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
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, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions.
Selected filmography
- 1902: Choque de trenes, Monserrat.
- 1903: Pulgarcito, Gulliver en el país de los Gigantes.
- 1905: Eclipse de sol, Los guapos del Parque, La gallina de los huevos de oro, dirigida por Albert CapellaniAlbert CapellaniAlbert Capellani was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 168 films between 1940 and 1922...
. - 1906: El hijo del diablo (1906), dir. LépineLépineLépine is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Lépine is situated 6 miles south of Montreuil-sur-Mer, just off the N1 on the D140 road.-Population:-Places of interest:...
. Excursión a la luna, dirigida por Ferdinand ZeccaFerdinand ZeccaFerdinand Zecca was an early French film director.Zecca was a cafe entertainer, playing the cornet, before switching to film in his mid-30s...
. - 1907: Vida y pasión de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo y El pescador de perlas, filmes de Ferdinand ZeccaFerdinand ZeccaFerdinand Zecca was an early French film director.Zecca was a cafe entertainer, playing the cornet, before switching to film in his mid-30s...
. La casa encantada, Satán se divierteSatán se divierteSatan s'amuse or is a 1907 French - Spanish silent film directed by pioneer Segundo de Chomón.In an unnamed place, Satan is bored. Despite his servants' exertions, nothing can be found to cheer him up....
, Les ombres chinoises, La Légende du Fantôme, Le Chevalier mystère, Voyage à la planète Jupiter. - 1908: El Hotel eléctricoEl Hotel eléctricoEl hotel eléctrico is a 1908 silent Spanish comedy-fantasy film directed by Segundo de Chomón.-Background:The film displays one of the earliest uses of stop motion animation in history, though it is not de Chomón's first try at this technique. His 1906 film, Le théâtre de Bob, use animated puppets...
, Alarde equilibrista, El escultor moderno, El castillo encantado, El teatro eléctrico de Bob, Mars, Cuisine magnétique, La Table magique, Transformation élastique. - 1909: El sueño de un cocinero, Una excursión incoherente, Les Jouets vivants, Voyage au centre de la terre, Voyage dans la lune.
- 1910: Amor Gitano, La expiación, El puente de la muerte, Venganza de un carbonero, La fecha de Pepín, La fatalidad, El ejemplo, Pragmática real, Justicias del rey don Pedro, La manta del caballo, La hija del guardacostas, La gratitud de las flores o Flores y perlas, Los guapos, El puñao de rosas, Las carceleras, La tempranica, El pobre Valbuena, Lucha fratricida o Nobleza Aragonesa, Los pobres de levita, Los dulces de Arturo, Una farsa de Colás, Flema inglesa, Gerona: la Venecia española, La heroica Zaragoza.
- 1911: Pulgarcito
- 1912: El talismán del vagabundo, Soñar despierto, El gusano solitario (film de André DeedAndré DeedHenri André Chapais, known as André Deed, was a French-born actor and director, best known for his Foolshead comedies, produced in the 1900s and 1910s...
). Padre, de Giovanni PastroneGiovanni PastroneGiovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco , was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti...
(Itala Films). - 1913: Tigre reale (Italy) directed by Giovanni PastroneGiovanni PastroneGiovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco , was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti...
. - 1914: CabiriaCabiriaCabiria is a silent movie from the early years of Italy's movie industry, directed by Giovanni Pastrone . The movie is set in ancient Sicily, Carthage, and Cirta during the period of the Second Punic War . It follows a melodramatic main plot about an abducted little girl, Cabiria, and features...
(Italy) directed by Giovanni PastroneGiovanni PastroneGiovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco , was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti...
. - 1915: El fuego
- 1916: Tigre real
- 1917: La guerra e il sogno di Momi (Italy) directed with Giovanni PastroneGiovanni PastroneGiovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco , was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti...
. - 1919: Hedda Gabler.
- 1926: El negro que tenía el alma blancaEl Negro que tenía el alma blancaEl Negro que tenía el alma blanca is a 1951 Argentine film.-Cast:*Hugo del Carril *María Rosa Salgado *Antonio Casal *Félix Fernández *Carlos Díaz de Mendoza*Manuel Arbó *María Asquerino*Antonio Riquelme*Helga Liné *Porfiria Sanchíz...
(Spain), by Benito PerojoBenito PerojoBenito Perojo , was a successful Spanish film director and film producer.-Selected Filmography as director:* El Negro que tenía el alma blanca.* Corazones sin rumbo.* La bodega.... - 1927: Napoleon (France), by Abel GanceAbel GanceAbel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
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