Miniature Theatre
About Miniature Theatre
Three children set a table and put a miniature stage on it. The curtain opens. A carpet appears and unrolls by itself. Two puppet figures come out and run through a series of turns.
More about Miniature Theatre
Wikidata credits Segundo de Chomón as director. IMDb credits Gaston Velle. Both list Ferdinand Zecca as the writer, and Pathé Frères as the company. The French title is Le théâtre de Bob. A reissue title is Le théâtre électrique de Bob, and the American reissue title is Bob's Electric Theatre. An Internet Archive copy gives the length as 105 meters, about 5 minutes, with an April 1906 American release and a reissue on 18 October 1909. A reissue print was hand-colored.
Themes
Look
The carpet and the puppets move on a stage small enough to sit on a table. A later issue was hand-colored.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive under LeThtrelectriqueDeBob, timed at 5 minutes 10 seconds.
Notes
- The catalog leaves the director blank. Wikidata names Chomón. IMDb names Velle.
- The American release title used for the picture is Miniature Theatre.
- The Internet Archive identifier is LeThtrelectriqueDeBob. The catalog's internetArchiveId field is empty.
Scenes
- The curtain opens and the carpet unrolls with nobody pulling it.
- Two puppet figures step out and perform.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Le Théâtre de Bob (1906).webm)
- Internet Archive (LeThtrelectriqueDeBob)