The Fugitive Apparitions

1904 Fantasy 2 minutes Directed by Georges Méliès

About The Fugitive Apparitions

A magician makes a woman appear, vanish, and reappear. Georges Méliès plays the magician. The French title is Les Apparitions fugitives. The British title is Short Lived Apparitions.

Cast & crew

More about The Fugitive Apparitions

Star Film catalog numbers 550–551. Wikidata times it at 2 minutes. The effects are substitution splices, dissolves, and multiple exposures. A paper print is at the Library of Congress. A copy is on the Internet Archive.

Themes

  • A woman who will not stay
  • Splices and dissolves
  • magician
  • Méliès
  • apparition
  • Star Film 550

Preservation

A paper print survives at the Library of Congress. A copy is on the Internet Archive.

Notes

  • The woman is the apparition. Méliès is the only named player.
  • The Library of Congress holds a paper print.
  • The Internet Archive identifier is silent-les-apparitions-fugitives-aka-the-fugitive-apparitions.

Scenes

  • The woman is brought in, taken out, and brought back by a splice.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-les-apparitions-fugitives-aka-the-fugitive-apparitions)