Before Méliès: The First Trick Films, 1888–1903

The ground zero of movie magic: the first beheaded queen on film, the first gag ever filmed, the first kiss, the first jaws — trick edits before anyone called it cinema.

Playlist by @hidden_melies_and_the_first_trick_films

9 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots — Library of Congress
2. Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) — Classic Film Channel
3. Louis & Auguste Lumière - L'arroseur arrose' - 1896 — Silvano Preziosi
4. Thomas Edison: The Kiss (1896) — Maria Popova
5. Carmencita — Library of Congress
6. Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph — Library of Congress
7. The Big Swallow — denchukozonoboken
8. "The Great Train Robbery" (1903) - 1080p HD — Old Films and Stuff
9. Going to Bed Under Difficulties (Le Déshabillage impossible, 1900) ㅡ Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès