The Mysterious Box (1903)
- Original title
- La Boîte à malice
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1 min
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A magician performs a trick with a box that seems to shrink a woman. The film shows a simple stage illusion.
whimsicalplayfulbrieftheatricalsilentinventivelighthearted
What happens
La Boîte à malice, sold in the United States as The Mysterious Box and in Britain as The Shallow Trick Box, and also known as The Shallow Box Trick, is a 1903 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 458–459 in its catalogues. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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