Buncoed Stage Johnnie

1908 Comedy 2 minutes (surviving fragment) Directed by Georges Méliès

About Buncoed Stage Johnnie

A surviving fragment opens on a title that fills in the missing scenes. A man means to hand flowers to a stage star. A prankster gives them instead to a heavy cleaning woman.

Cast & crew

More about Buncoed Stage Johnnie

Produced by Georges Méliès. The French title is Pour l'étoile S.V.P. Direction is credited either to Méliès or to his assistant, the actor Manuel. Fernande Albany is in the cast. Wikidata times the fragment at 2 minutes.

Themes

Preservation

Only a fragment is known. A title card on the surviving piece explains the lost scenes.

Notes

  • The Commons file is labeled an excerpt.
  • The English title Buncoed Stage Johnnie is the American release name.

Scenes

  • The bouquet meant for the star is handed to the cleaning woman.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Pour l'étoile S.V.P. excerpt)