Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream
About Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream
A grandmother reads to a small child and puts the child to bed. The dream brings an angel over the bed, then a land of giant toys. A woman leads the child into a forest where women dressed as butterflies dance.
Cast & crew
More about Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream
Georges Méliès sold it as Star Film numbers 1314–1325. The French title is Conte de la grand-mère et Rêve de l'enfant. It was also called Au pays des Jouets. The complete negative was about 243 meters. Effects use stage machinery, substitution splices, multiple exposures, and dissolves.
Themes
Preservation
Fragments survive. Some scenes from the middle of the 243-meter original are presumed lost.
Notes
- André Méliès, the director's son, plays the child. He was seven.
- Middle scenes are presumed lost. What remains is a fragment of the 243-meter film.
- Wikidata times a circulating copy at 5 minutes.
- A file is on Wikimedia Commons under the French title.
Scenes
- An angel stands over the bed and the dream opens onto giant toys.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Conte de la grand-mère et Rêve de l'enfant)
