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Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
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Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin was a French watchmaker, magician and illusionist, widely recognized as the father of the modern style of conjuring. He transformed magic from a pastime for the lower classes
HQ photo of Robert Houdin
HQ photo of Robert Houdin
This is the public "dragons" display at Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin's house in Blois, which has been turned into a museum. The "dragons" move in and out
This is the public "dragons" display at Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin's house in Blois, which has been turned into a museum. The "dragons" move in and out of the windows in a theatrical display. A statue of Robert-Houdin is at lower right.
Statue in front of Robert-Houdin's home in Blois
Statue in front of Robert-Houdin's home in Blois
Commemorative plaque, 11 rue de Valois in Paris, where one could experience the Soirées fantastiques of Robert-Houdin
Commemorative plaque, 11 rue de Valois in Paris, where one could experience the Soirées fantastiques of Robert-Houdin
Georges Méliès
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Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès was a French filmmaker, actor, magician, and toymaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of cinema, primarily in the fantasy and science fict
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
…too busy to perform at the theatre, so he arranged for Pierre Edouard Brunnet to present the show. After his death, Émile's widow sold the theatre to Georges Méliès in 1888. Méliès, himself a magician but best known to history as one of the greatest early innovators of film making, later presented his first movies…
Plaque commemorating the site of Méliès's birth – "In this block of flats was born on 8 December 1861 Georges Méliès, creator of the cinematic spectac
Plaque commemorating the site of Méliès's birth – "In this block of flats was born on 8 December 1861 Georges Méliès, creator of the cinematic spectacle, prestidigitator, inventor of numerous illusions"
A painting by Méliès, c. 1883, Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany
A painting by Méliès, c. 1883, Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany
Georges Méliès in a scene from The Vanishing Lady (1896)
Georges Méliès in a scene from The Vanishing Lady (1896)
Scene from A Terrible Night
Scene from A Terrible Night