Between Calais and Dover
Between Dover and Calais (French: Entre Calais et Douvres), also known as Between Calais and Dover, is an 1897 short silent film directed by Georges Méliès.
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Directed by | Georges Méliès |
Release date | 1897 |
Running time | Short |
Country | France |
Language | Silent film |
It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 112 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a scène comique à bord d'un paquebot.[1]
The film was filmed outside in the garden of Méliès's property in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, with painted scenery. The rolling motion of the ship was created by a special articulated platform, built by Méliès for Sea Fighting in Greece the same year.[1] The set of the film includes a trademark with the initials "M.R.," referring to Méliès and Lucien Reulos, a colleague who was then Méliès's business partner.[2]
The film features Méliès himself as the man in the checked suit; Georgette Méliès, his daughter, as the little girl with the doll; and Joseph Grapinet, a sculptor from Montreuil, as the man with binoculars.[1]
References
- Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 92, ISBN 9782732437323
- Essai de reconstitution du catalogue français de la Star-Film; suivi d'une analyse catalographique des films de Georges Méliès recensés en France, Bois d'Arcy: Service des archives du film du Centre national de la cinématographie, 1981, p. 52, ISBN 2903053073, OCLC 10506429