The Prolific Magical Egg
About The Prolific Magical Egg
An attendant lays a skeleton on a table and leaves. The skeleton kicks, waves its arms, and turns into a magician, played by Georges Méliès. He produces an egg, draws a face on the shell, and sets it small-end down. The egg grows until it is the size of a head. Star Film released the short. The French title used on the archive copy is L’Oeuf du sorcier, ou l’oeuf magique prolifique.
Cast & crew
More about The Prolific Magical Egg
Wikidata times it at 2 minutes. An Internet Archive identifier is silent-loeuf-du-sorcier-ou-loeuf-magique-prolifique-aka-prolific-magic-egg. Méliès is the magician who comes out of the skeleton.
Themes
Making
Méliès uses a substitution to turn the skeleton into himself, then a growing prop for the egg.
Preservation
The short survives. A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The skeleton is on the table before anyone speaks. There are no titles.
- The face is drawn on the shell by hand.
- The growth is the last trick in the catalog description.
- The archive file pairs the French and English titles.
Scenes
- The skeleton kicks and becomes the magician.
- A drawn face on the egg swells to the size of a head.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-loeuf-du-sorcier-ou-loeuf-magique-prolifique-aka-prolific-magic-egg)
