Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers

Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 24, 1902

Runtime

0h 3m

Genres

Comedy

Original Title

L'Armoire des frères Davenport

Production Companies

Star Film

Director

Georges Méliès

Description

A prestidigitator orders his assistant to bring a cabinet, which is displayed piece by piece to the audience. Two gentlemen are then introduced; they enter the cabinet and are securely bound with ropes to the chairs. The doors are closed and immediately the heads of the two men appear through apertures in the doors. The doors are immediately thrown wide open and the men are disclosed bound to the chairs as securely as at first. From this moment the most amusing scenes are enacted without interruption. The poor prestidigitator even loses his head, which is found upon a stool, while his body has been struggling in the most amusing way.