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Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
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Title: Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

Release Date: 29 Apr 1904

Runtime: 3m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Star Film Company

Production Companies: Star Film Company

Overview: A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from behind it. The dog becomes a woman, then a masked man appears. The conjurer sits them each on a box a few feet apart: suddenly the woman and man have changed places. The disappearing and the transfers continue in front of a simple backdrop.

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Average Vote: 4.759 (27 votes)

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  • : Georges Méliès
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