Jack the Chimney Sweep
About Jack the Chimney Sweep
Jack, a kidnapped boy, sweeps chimneys for an employer who beats him. He sleeps, dreams of his mother, and the Fairy of Dreams leads him through Dream Country and makes him a king, until the employer wakes him. Behind the bricks of a chimney he finds a box of gold, and the employer tries to take it. A chase ends when the employer falls into a pit and is dunked in a water cask. Jack finds his family and, rich, forgives the man.
Cast & crew
More about Jack the Chimney Sweep
Georges Méliès directed. Star Film numbers are 791–806, and the original length is 320 meters. The ballet is the corps of the Théâtre du Châtelet, choreographed by Madame Stitchel, and the English dancing troupe the Ping-Pongs play the troops of Dream Country.
Themes
Preservation
A fragment survives. The rest of the 320-meter film does not.
Notes
- The French title is Jack le ramoneur.
- Méliès and Emile Gajean are two of the men in the chase.
Scenes
- The dream court makes Jack a king.
- Townspeople dunk the muddy employer in a cask of water.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Jack le ramoneur (1906).webm)
