L'acteur en retard

1908 Comedy 5 minutes Directed by Georges Méliès

About L'acteur en retard

An actor is due at a show and starts through Paris. One mishap after another keeps him from the theater.

Cast & crew

More about L'acteur en retard

Star Film released it in 1908. Georges Méliès produced it. A credit names his assistant Manuel as the director. The English title is Why That Actor Was Late. It runs 5 minutes. Émile Gajean, Gallois, and Henri Vilbert are billed.

Themes

Notes

  • The English release title is Why That Actor Was Late.
  • The destination is a theater call he cannot make.
  • Manuel, Méliès's assistant, is named on the direction.

Scenes

  • He sets out for the theater and is stopped again.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Why That Actor Was Late (1908).webm)