Les malheurs d'un photographe

1908 Comedy 3 minutes Directed by Georges Méliès

About Les malheurs d'un photographe

A family comes into a photographer's studio. He pushes the boy around, and the parents do not stop him. The boy gets his own back. A second scene was shot outdoors.

Cast & crew

More about Les malheurs d'un photographe

Sold in the United States as Star Film 1250–1252. No French release at the time is known. The English title is The Mischances of a Photographer. The lead is unidentified but looks like the lead of The Dream of an Opium Fiend, made the same year. The outdoor scene is in front of Studio B, whose glass wall shows in the background.

Themes

  • A photographer who shoves a boy
  • The boy's revenge
  • A studio set reused from other Méliès films
  • photographer
  • boy
  • studio
  • Robert-Houdin
  • Studio B

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • A bust of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin stands in the first set.
  • The wardrobe had already been used in Rogues' Tricks (1907).
  • The camera rig had been used in A Mix-up in the Gallery (1906).
  • The fireplace and candlesticks come back in The Diabolic Tenant (1909).
  • The Wikipedia duration is 3 minutes and 12 seconds.

Scenes

  • The boy, pushed around during the sitting, turns the session on the photographer.