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The Vanishing Lady is a french film directed by Georges Méliès with Georges Méliès
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Add to a movie listThe Vanishing Lady (French: Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin) is an 1896 French short silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès.
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A magician walks onto a stage and brings out his assistant. He spreads a newspaper on the floor (thus demonstrating that no trap door is hidden there) and places a chair on top of it. He has his assistant sit in the chair, and spreads a blanket over her. When he removes the blanket, she has disappeared. He then waves his arms in the air and conjures up a skeleton. He places the blanket over the skeleton and removes it to reveal his assistant, alive and well.Actors
Georges Méliès
(Magician)
Jehanne d'Alcy
(Woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy))
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