The New Lord of the Village

1907 Fantasy 9 minutes Directed by Georges Méliès

About The New Lord of the Village

A village square gives way to a wilderness with figures that look like gods, a giant crab, and a giant frog, then the view returns to the village. Georges Méliès released it. An employee of his, billed as Manuel, supervised the shoot. Fernande Albany and Mlle. Bodson are on the catalog cast. It is also called On ne badine pas avec l'amour and No Trifling With Love.

Cast & crew

More about The New Lord of the Village

The English-language article dates the release 1908 and gives the French title Le Nouveau Seigneur du village. The listed length is 9 minutes. Méliès is billed. The file year is 1907.

Themes

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • Manuel supervised. Méliès's name is on the release.
  • The crab and the frog are the wilderness shots.
  • Albany and Bodson are the women on the catalog cast.
  • The 1908 date is the one on the English article. This file keeps 1907.

Scenes

  • The square is replaced by the gods, the crab, and the frog, then the village returns.