The Snow Man (1899 film)

The Snow Man
Directed byGeorges Méliès
StarringGeorges Méliès
Production
company
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent

The Snow Man (French: La Statue de neige) is an 1899 French short silent comedy film by Georges Méliès.

Plot

Méliès appeared in the film as a policeman interacting with a snowman.[1] Snowmen had been a popular feature in winter-themed stage entertainment in the decades preceding the film, and an actuality film depicting children making a snowman had appeared as far back as 1896.[2]

Release

The film was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 225 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a scène comique (comic scene).[1] Méliès burned the original camera negatives of his films late in life; The Snow Man is among the films currently presumed lost.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 104, ISBN 9782732437323
  2. ^ a b Eckstein, Bob (2018), The Illustrated History of the Snowman, Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, pp. 47–48, ISBN 9781493036677


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