Segundo de Chomón
1871 - 1929
La guerra e il sogno di Momi
Giovanni Pastrone, Segundo de Chomón
Stellina Toschi, Alberto Nepoti
"The War and the Dream of Momi" was a patriotic war film directed by Giovanni Pastrone. Segundo de Chomón was responsible for the animation effects.
The War and the Dream of Momi
Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves
Segundo de Chomón
Pickpock is behind bars. But more elusive than Arsène Lupin, no chain resists him and he plays with policemen like a cat with mice. After having masterfully taken them for a ride, having brought them down to an effigy, he rolls them up and throws them out the window. But the policemen come back to life and the chase goes on. Pickpock, caught a second time, locked up behind heavy bars, finds a new way of escaping and imprisoning in turn the policemen.
Slippery Jim
L'araignée d'or
Segundo de Chomón
Some gnomes are searching for a wonderful spider that weaves webs of golden coins. Intent on their search, they are unaware that their movements are closely followed by a poor woodcutter, who also penetrates into their caves when they have caught the spider and imprisoned it there. He watches the wonderful spider making gold and other articles with wonder and in this scene the moving picture camera has excelled itself in turning out some good tricks, and finally he steals the golden spider. (Moving Picture World)
The Gold Spider
Le voyage sur Jupiter
Segundo de Chomón
The King and his official astronomer are alone in the study viewing the heavenly bodies through the monstrous telescope. They go out on the balcony and the gay old ruler is much absorbed in the phenomenon, and spends some time in studying the stars and planets. The evening has been well spent with the many mysteries which have made such a deep impression upon the King's mind that they are still with him in his dreams. (Moving Picture World synopsis)
A Trip to Jupiter
Sculpteur moderne
Segundo de Chomón
Julienne Mathieu, André Deed
The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take life, and one can follow a snake-like line branding on the polished face of the stone the name of the house of Pathé Frères. As soon as this stone has been engraved, as by magic, a handsome young lady appears with a huge lump of clay covered with a cloth. As soon as the cloth is removed from the soft mass it starts whirling and turning as if stricken mad, and one is asking one's self what all the contentions are going to lead to, when the vague shape of an animal not yet discernible seems to appear, and before one has time to make one's mind as to the category of brutes to which it belongs one sees the form of a remarkably well made orang-utan modelled out of the clay, who calmly smokes his pipe. Then the statue is removed by the same winning young lady and another covered block of the same substance is carried forward.
Modern Sculptors
Le Voleur invisible
Segundo de Chomón
A man in a suit and cap stops in front of the display of a bookseller, finds and flips… "Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells! Fascinated by the subject, he buys the book and goes home with the intention to test the invisibility formula described by the author…
Le Voleur invisible
Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs
Segundo de Chomón
Али-Баба находит тайную пещеру, где сорок разбойников хранят своё награбленное добро. Он рассказывает о пещере брату, но Касим забывает секретные слова, открывающие двери, и оказывается заперт внутри. Вернувшись, разбойники обнаруживают Касима и казнят его. Стремясь защитить свою тайну, они выходят на след Али-Бабы.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
