Good Glue Sticks
About Good Glue Sticks
A street peddler, played by Georges Méliès, sets up a stall and pitches the best glue. A crowd gathers. Two policemen drive the customers off and shut him down. He goes after them while they sit on a park bench. Substitution splices carry the revenge.
Cast & crew
More about Good Glue Sticks
Star Film numbers 1005–1009. The French title is La Colle universelle. A circulating copy runs 5 minutes 6 seconds. John Frazer's 1979 book described a print that had the ending stuck at the front. A 1981 Centre national de la cinématographie guide put the scenes back in order.
Themes
Preservation
Surviving prints once circulated with the last scene moved to the start. A corrected order was published in 1981.
Notes
- Méliès wrote the short and plays the peddler.
- The English title is Good Glue Sticks. The French means universal glue.
- Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Scenes
- The stall is shut down, and the peddler turns on the two officers on the bench.
Also available
- Internet Archive (LaColleUniverselle)
