PRINCESS NICOTINE (1909) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: J. Stuart Blackton
Paul Panzer, Gladys Hulette
A man seated next to a table lights up and smokes away, while a tiny figure at his elbow plays with matches and dances in and around a cigar box. An early visual-effects piece, complete with stop-motion animation and a camera trick, done with a mirror, that allows the normal-sized man and the six-inch-tall fairy to appear together in the same frame. Pretty impressive for 1909. (5 minutes)
