The Wonderful Living Fan (1904)

Original title

Le Merveilleux éventail vivant

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

2 min

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A magician uses a fan to summon and animate a series of characters. They appear and disappear in a sequence of visual tricks.

whimsicalsurrealplayfuldreamlikeold-fashionedfast-pacedinventivelighthearted

What happens

The Wonderful Living Fan (French: Le Merveilleux Éventail vivant) is a 1904 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 581–584 in its catalogues. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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