An Up to Date Conjuror


LIllusionniste fin de sicle, released in the United States as An UptoDate Conjurer and in Britain as An UptoDate Conjuror, and also known as LImpressionniste fin de sicle and The Conjurer, is an 1899 French short silent trick film directed by Georges Mlis.

Mlis plays the conjuror. The special effects in the film were created using sophisticated substitution splices, with the shots carefully cut and matched together to allow the midmotion transformations to seem smooth.Mlis made two versions of An UptoDate Conjuror, with a different dancer and different scenery, as well as slight variations in the action. It is possible that other Mlis films could have likewise been filmed more than once. The scenery in the more commonly available version of the film was reused for Mliss later film Fat and Lean Wrestling Match. ........

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