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Méliès the Magician
(1898-1997)

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Georges Méliès is best known for his inventive and visually-striking short films that helped to establish the new technology of motion pictures as a worldwide entertainment industry.

2002 Arte Video DVD edition

Méliès the Magician (1898-190?), black & white, 130 minutes total, not rated,
with Méliès Magic Show (1997), black & white, 55 minutes, not rated.

Arte Video, distributed by Facets Video, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered? DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo? sound, English language intertitles?, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, standard DVD keepcase, $29.95.
DVD release date: 15 January 2002.
Country of origin: USA

This collection of 15 films by pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès also contains a documentary on Méliès by Jacques Mény.

We have not seen this disc for review as yet. However, we have heard that a small logomark is superimposed on the lower left-hand corner throughout the program, and some or all of the films are tightly cropped.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

Other GEORGES MÉLIÈS films available on home video.

Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other EARLY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other SHORT DRAMA FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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