Playing Cards
About Playing Cards
Three men sit at cards in a beer garden. One orders. The waitress brings a bottle and three glasses. They pour, touch glasses, and drink. Georges Méliès, his brother Gaston, and his daughter Georgette are at the table.
Cast & crew
More about Playing Cards
Georges Méliès's first film, Star Film catalogue no. 1. He made it as a remake of the Lumière picture of a card game, Partie de cartes, released earlier the same year. It was shot in the garden at Montreuil.
Themes
In film history
The first film in the Star Film catalogue, and the start of Méliès's work as a director.
Preservation
A print survives. Wikimedia Commons holds 1896-melies-une-partie-de-cartes.webm.
Scenes
- The waitress sets down the bottle, and the three men touch glasses.
Influenced by
- Louis Lumière's Partie de cartes (1896)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1896-melies-une-partie-de-cartes.webm)
