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The Living Playing Cards
The Living Playing Cards
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THE LIVING PLAYING CARDS

Les cartes vivantes

Directed by Georges Méliès
France, 1904
Short, Comedy

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.