A Mesmerian Experiment
About A Mesmerian Experiment
Georges Méliès, as Dr. Mesmer, brings a troupe of dancers out of the air. The French title is Le Baquet de Mesmer. The dancers are the Snow-drops from the Alhambra Theatre of Variety in London. The tricks are few. The film is mostly their number.
Cast & crew
More about A Mesmerian Experiment
Star Film catalog numbers 693–695. Wikidata times it at 3 minutes. The effects were done with pyrotechnics and substitution splices. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Méliès's American catalog names the dancers as the Alhambra Snow-drops.
- The baquet is Mesmer's tub, the prop in the French title.
- The Commons file uses the French title.
Scenes
- The dancers appear around Mesmer's tub and take the rest of the short.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Le baquet de Mesmer)
