The Living Playing Cards

The Living Playing Cards

3 mins | Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1905

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 there's something very familiar about him. (IMDb)

The Living Playing Cards

3 mins | Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1905

The Living Playing Cards
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 there's something very familiar about him. (IMDb)
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Star-Film
Original title Les cartes vivantes
Directors Georges Méliès
Writers

Cast

Georges Méliès

as The Magician