The School for Sons-in-law (1897)
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This French silent comedy is set in a painted garden. It follows silly lessons meant for men being trained as good sons in law.
lightcomedicplayfulwhimsicaltheatricalbrisksimplesilent-film charm
What happens
The School for Sons-in-law (French: L'École des gendres) is an 1897 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was inspired by a vaudeville (in the sense of a light stage comedy) by Eugène Bertol-Graivil, a French playwright whose real name was Eugène Domicent (1857–1910). The School for Sons-in-law was filmed outdoors in the garden of the Méliès family property in Montreuil-sous-Bois, with painted scenery; many parts of the set were reused in other films. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 102 in its catalogues, but is currently presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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