Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979

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Eugène Thiébault’s Henri Robin and a Specter, in which a man about to shoot himself is confronted by his own ghost. Thiébault achieved the effect of the ghost through the use of double exposure.
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Eugène Thiébault’s Henri Robin and a Specter, in which a man about to shoot himself is confronted by his own ghost. Thiébault achieved the effect of the ghost through the use of double exposure.

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Jeanne d’Alcy in La source enchantée (c.1890s, dir. Georges Méliès) (via)

Jeanne d’Alcy in La source enchantée (c.1890s, dir. Georges Méliès) (via)

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1899 (via)

From the lost film Sortie sans permission (c.1898-1908, dir. Georges Méliès) (via)

From the lost film Sortie sans permission (c.1898-1908, dir. Georges Méliès) (via)

Georges Méliès (far right, standing) with his wife, Eugénie Genin (seated, with hat), and other relatives, circa 1890 (via)

Georges Méliès (far right, standing) with his wife, Eugénie Genin (seated, with hat), and other relatives, circa 1890 (via)