The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
About The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
A fat wrestler and a lean one fight a run of matches that stop being a sport. They change size, vanish, and come back. Georges Méliès directed. Jehanne d'Alcy is billed. The French title is Nouvelles Luttes extravagantes. It was also sold as The Wrestling Sextette.
Cast & crew
More about The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
Star Film, 1900. The listed length is 2 minutes. Méliès plays in it.
Themes
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The English titles are Fat and Lean Wrestling Match and The Wrestling Sextette.
- D'Alcy is the other billed player.
- The size changes are the trick, not a straight bout.
- The French title says the bouts are extravagant, and new.
Scenes
- The two wrestlers swell, shrink, and disappear in the middle of a hold.
