The Wonderful Living Fan

1904 Fantasy 2 minutes Directed by Georges Méliès

About The Wonderful Living Fan

A conjurer waits. A procession brings a royal visitor in a sedan chair. A large box is opened and a huge fan is spread. The designs on the fan start to move. Star Film sold it as numbers 581–584. The French title is Le Merveilleux Éventail vivant.

Cast & crew

More about The Wonderful Living Fan

Georges Méliès directed it and plays the conjurer. The listed length is 2 minutes.

Themes

  • A royal visitor in a sedan chair
  • A fan whose pictures move
  • fan
  • sedan chair
  • Méliès
  • Star Film
  • 581–584

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • The catalogue numbers are 581–584.
  • The visitor arrives in a chair, before the fan is opened.
  • The fan's pictures move. That is the trick the title names.
  • Méliès is the billed player.

Scenes

  • The fan is spread and the designs on it begin to move.