Segundo de Chomón made a lot of very good and creative films. However, he also made a career out of copying the styles and even the films of Georges Méliès--and I am sure Méliès did not particularly care for him nor his works. Some say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, but to the great French director it surely felt like Segundo was stealing his ideas.
In "The Enchanted Pong", you see a film which you might assume was one of Georges Méliès' films except for one innovation--the film is set in a natural outdoor location by a pond. As far as all the camera tricks go (such as making people appear and disappear), this is pure Méliès all the way, so the film clearly is lacking originality. However, it does keep your interest and is made well.
By the way, the film I copied (legally) from archive.org said it was a fragment, though it seemed rather complete. At only a little over a minute long, this is pretty normal for 1907 and the story seemed complete.
In "The Enchanted Pong", you see a film which you might assume was one of Georges Méliès' films except for one innovation--the film is set in a natural outdoor location by a pond. As far as all the camera tricks go (such as making people appear and disappear), this is pure Méliès all the way, so the film clearly is lacking originality. However, it does keep your interest and is made well.
By the way, the film I copied (legally) from archive.org said it was a fragment, though it seemed rather complete. At only a little over a minute long, this is pretty normal for 1907 and the story seemed complete.