The Express Sculptor
About The Express Sculptor
A sculptor and an assistant work a lump of clay into one face after another, fast enough that a head seems to arrive every few seconds. Among them are a man in a turban and a gap-toothed old woman. Julienne Mathieu is the assistant.
Cast & crew
More about The Express Sculptor
Segundo de Chomón directed. The French title is Le Sculpteur express. Julienne Mathieu, his wife and a regular in his Pathé shorts, is billed in the assistant's place.
Themes
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The heads are modeled in view of the camera rather than substituted on.
- Mathieu is credited on the Pathé short, not as a separate character with a name.
- The French title is also listed as Sculpture express.
Scenes
- A turbaned head and a gap-toothed old woman take shape under the sculptor's hands.
