The Vanishing Lady
The Vanishing Lady French Escamotage dune dame chez RobertHoudin is an 1896 French short silent trick film directed by Georges Mlis.
The film is based on a magic act developed by the French magician Buatier de Kolta. When the illusion was produced onstage, a trapdoor was used to create the appearances and disappearances for the film, however, Mlis needed no trapdoor, using instead an editing technique called the substitution splice. The Vanishing Lady marks Mliss first known use of the effect.The Vanishing Lady was released by Mliss Star Film Company and is numbered 70 in its catalogues. Though the surviving print of the film is in blackandwhite, handcolored prints of Mliss films were also sold the Mlis expert Jacques Malthte reconstructed a handcolored version of the film in 1979, using authentic materials. ........
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