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"A woman dressed in the costume of the ancien-regime dozes on a garden bench, where she dreams of nightmarish dwarfs, then beautiful court figure. Segundo de Chomon was a Spanish cameraman who, since about 1903, had turned producer for Pathe, making the sort of stop-motion magic pictures that are better recalled as from Melies' studio. Although Melies shot most of his movies in the studio, where he had a well-thought-out system for the varied shots and camera movements, de Chomon was not averse to going outdoors. To a large extent, their backgrounds determined their differences. Melies wa..."