The Untamable Whiskers
The Untamable Whiskers (French: Le Roi du maquillage, lit. 'The King of Makeup'), also known as The King of the Mackerel Fishers and Les Moustaches indomptables, is a 1904 silent film directed by and starring Georges Méliès.
The Untamable Whiskers | |
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Directed by | Georges Méliès |
Starring | Georges Méliès |
Country | France |
Language | Silent |
Plot
Georges Méliès, after greeting the audience, makes rapid-fire sketches on a chalkboard and transforms magically into a succession of different characters.
Release
Unusually for Méliès's work, The Untamable Whiskers is framed entirely in a medium shot. The film testifies to Méliès's skill at quick drawing; he had already put this skill to use in the A Lightning Sketch series, now presumed lost. [1]
The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 552–553 in its catalogues. It was sold in the United States as The Untamable Whiskers and in Britain as The King of the Mackerel Fishers,[2] and is also known as Les Moustaches indomptables.[3]
References
- 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. 180, ISBN 2903053073, OCLC 10506429
- Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 347, ISBN 9782732437323
- "Le Roi du maquillage (1904)", BFI.org, retrieved 3 June 2019