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Pierrot mystifié
Also known as Pierrot’s Mystification in the USA : [Pierrot Mystified]
(1903) France
B&W : [?] 115, 131, 132 or 135? feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes production; distributed by Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Pierrot’s Mystification [?] by S. Lubin and/or Edison Manufacturing Company? in June 1904.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [From Pathé promotional materials] Pierrot is in love with Colombine. While her father Cassandre is out, he manages to enter her house. But he has not counted upon Satan who turns up as Arlequin and fools the poor Pierrot. Satan disappears suddenly leaving the pitied lover tied up in a sack. // [From Lubin promotional materials] A beautiful girl appears, followed by a clown. They plight their troth and leave together. Satan appears, and with a magic wand, proceeds to bewitch the place. The harlequin arrives and, placing himself in the path of the clown lover, annoys him by hitting him with a witch’s broom, but before the clown can defend himself it rains brooms and he is almost lost in the broom storm. Finally he sees the author of his trouble, and, seizing one of the brooms, attempts to hit him, but the harlequin disappears only to appear in the rear. This is repeated several times, until he is caught in a corner against a huge tree. Bracing himself for a final effort, the clown swings the broom, but when it strikes, there is nothing but a skeleton, and he is scared almost to death. The harlequin finally throws a bag at the clown and he is at once enveloped therein and finds it impossible to extricate himself. He rolls on the floor, and an old man, walking along, who does not see him, is thrown violently to the ground. In the excitement occasioned by the old man's fall and the cries of the clown, the pretty maid appears, but is unable to help her lover, and thus the picture ends. Exciting.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 17 February 2010.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 43 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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