The Marvellous Wreath (1903)

Original title

La Guirlande merveilleuse

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

4 min

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a 1903 silent trick film by Georges Méliès, a musketeer performs magical stunts with a wreath. The film uses early special effects like pyrotechnics and multiple exposures to create its illusions.

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What happens

La Guirlande merveilleuse, sold in the United States as The Marvellous Wreath and in Britain as The Marvellous Hoop, is a 1903 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 445–448 in its catalogues. Méliès plays the musketeer in the film, the main special effect of which is a closeup superimposed into a circular opening by multiple exposure; Méliès used a similar effect in Alcofrisbas, the Master Magician later that year. Other special effects in The Marvellous Wreath are worked using pyrotechnics, substitution splices, and dissolves. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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