Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer (1904): Cast

A Chinese conjurer steps up beside a table, which instantly duplicates itself into two. He transforms a fan into a parasol while lanterns flicker into existence and vanish. Spinning the opened parasol, a dog leaps from behind it; the dog then becomes a woman, followed by the appearance of a masked man. He places the woman and the man on separate boxes a short distance apart, then they mysteriously switch places. The routine continues with further disappearances and transpositions against a simple backdrop.

• GM Georges Méliès

Also known as

• Ilusionismo
• Csin-Csao, a kínai csodatevő