The Old Footlight Favorite (1908)
- Original title
- Trop vieux!
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An aging performer struggles with becoming irrelevant as time passes. The film shows his attempts to stay in the spotlight while facing his own limitations.
melancholicbittersweetreflectivenostalgicsentimentalslowsimplequiet
What happens
The Old Footlight Favorite (French: Trop vieux!, literally "Too Old!") is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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