THE LIVING PLAYING CARDS

Name: The Living Playing Cards
Director: Georges Méliès
Genre: Short, Comedy
Duration: 3 min
Rating: 3.5

Les cartes vivantes

Directed by Georges Méliès

France, 1904

Short, Comedy

3 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.

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THE LIVING PLAYING CARDS

Les cartes vivantes

Directed by Georges Méliès

France, 1904

Short, Comedy

3 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.