Ten Ladies in One Umbrella
| Ten Ladies in One Umbrella | |
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Starring | Georges Méliès |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
La Parapluie fantastique, known in English as Ten Ladies in One Umbrella, Ten Girls in One Umbrella, and Ten Ladies in an Umbrella, is a 1903 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès.
Production and themes
Méliès plays the magician in the film, the
The film is strongly influenced by the
auloi and the lyre, and a backdrop showing a classical landscape with a tempietto. Classical scholar Martin M. Winkler concludes: "Méliès the filmmaker-wizard-creator is evidently a modern Pygmalion."[2]
Release
The film was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 506–507 in its catalogues. In America, the film was sold as Ten Ladies in One Umbrella; in Britain, the title was Ten Girls in One Umbrella.[3] The variant title Ten Ladies in an Umbrella was used for David Shepard's 2008 restoration of the film.[4] A paper print of the film survives at the Library of Congress.[5]
References
- ISBN 2903053073
- ^ Winkler, Martin M. (2020), Ovid on Screen: A Montage of Attractions, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 173
- ISBN 9782732437323
- ISBN 978-1893967359
- ^ Niver, Kemp R.; Bergsten, Bebe (1985), Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, p. 321
External links
- Ten Ladies in One Umbrella at IMDb
