The Doctor's Secret
About The Doctor's Secret
A hydrotherapist, played by Georges Méliès, puts a patient into a machine. The machine blows the patient to pieces. The doctors gather the parts, put him back together, and he walks off unhurt.
Cast & crew
More about The Doctor's Secret
The French title is Hydrothérapie fantastique. Star Film numbers 1476–1485. The English Wikipedia dates the film 1909. This record's year is 1910, which matches the Wikidata publication date. The bathtub prop comes from Méliès's 1907 film Rogues' Tricks. Effects use substitution splices, stage machinery, and pyrotechnics. Stills at the Cinémathèque Française suggest it remakes an unidentified Méliès film from about 1900.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons. The Cinémathèque Française holds stills of the earlier version.
Notes
- Méliès appears as the hydrotherapist.
- The Commons file is titled with the 1909 date used on the English Wikipedia.
- Two stills of the earlier, unidentified version are at the Cinémathèque Française.
Scenes
- The machine blows the patient apart, and the doctors fit the pieces back together.
Influenced by
- Rogues' Tricks (1907), for the bathtub
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Hydrothérapie fantastique)
