The Miser
About The Miser
An old miser keeps his money and turns away people who ask for help. In the surviving fragment he is later terrified, as if the money has been taken. Georges Méliès plays both a poor man and the man who brings a cask back. The miser is probably Harpagon, from Molière.
Cast & crew
More about The Miser
Star Film numbers 1146–1158, listed as a scène artistique dramatico-comique. The French title is L'Avare. The first scene was shot under the glass roof at Montreuil. Sun and then tracing-paper diffusers throw visible shadows. Other shots were made in the garden.
Themes
Look
The opening interior was filmed under Méliès's glass roof. Cloud, then sun, then paper diffusers change the shadows in a single shot.
Preservation
The surviving print is incomplete. Another scene, known from a still, is presumed lost.
Notes
- The Commons file of the fragment runs 4 minutes 42 seconds.
- A production still shows a scene that is missing from the print and is presumed lost.
- That fragment was issued on the set Georges Méliès: The First Wizard of Cinema (1896–1913).
Scenes
- Méliès, as the poor man, is turned away, and later appears as the man returning the cask.
Influenced by
- Molière's The Miser
Also available
- Georges Méliès: The First Wizard of Cinema (1896–1913)
- Wikimedia Commons (L'Avare excerpt)
