The Clock-Maker's Secret
About The Clock-Maker's Secret
A town crier posts the mayor's notice: bids for a town clock will be taken at four o'clock. An old clockmaker cannot make his design work until the devil hands him a drawing no human hand could build. The mayor accepts it. In the workshop the devil asks for the man's soul. He refuses, then gives in when the devil shows the clock vanishing. His daughter slips into the room. In the square the clock is unveiled and the old man is carried in triumph, until she accuses him of the pact. The devil comes to collect. An angel with a sword drives him off.
Cast & crew
More about The Clock-Maker's Secret
Gaston Velle directed this Pathé féerie. Italian catalogue notes give the length as 232 metres. Pathé imported it to the United States and showed it on November 30, 1907, under the title The Clock-Maker's Secret.
Themes
Preservation
A print circulates on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The French title is Le secret de l'horloger.
- The opening is only the crier and the wall poster. The pact comes after the clockmaker stops to read it.
- Boblipton, writing on IMDb, noted a ballet-like way of moving, and Pathé's corps de ballet among the players.
Scenes
- The devil shows the clockmaker a design and later asks for his soul.
- An angel with a sword drives the devil out of the square.
Also available
- Internet Archive (1907.-le-secret-de-lhorloger)
