Jehanne d'Alcy
Nascimento : 1865-03-20, Vaujours, Seine-et-Oise [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Morte : 1956-10-14
História
A performer at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin from 1888, when it was re-opened by Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy (also known as Fanny Manieux) later became Méliès's mistress and appeared in a number of his films, including the first of his risqué productions Après le bal - le tub (1897). Méliès's first wife Eugenie died in May 1913, and in 1925 he married d'Alcy. Her concession of a toy stall at the Gare Montparnasse, Paris, manned by Georges, provided their only income for several years. In 1932 they moved into an apartment at a home for cinema veterans. After Méliès's death, d'Alcy appeared in the poignant framing sequences of Georges Franju's short dramatisation of his life, Le Grand Méliès (1952), with Méliès's son André playing his father. Jehanne d'Alcy died on 14 October 1956 at Versailles, aged ninety-two.
Herself
This 1952 film by Georges Franju is a biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès. It features Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as herself, and their son, André, as his own father. LE GRAND MÉLIÈS, like Franju’s Louis Feuillade tribute, JUDEX, is a revealing homage to one of the director’s idols.
The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.
Villager at Seaport (uncredited)
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
Two men in a cave perform magic.
Costume Designer
Uma associação de astrônomos concordou em ouvir o plano do professor Barbenfouillis, seu presidente, de voar para a lua. Com a única voz dissidente anulada por Barbenfouillis e os outros membros, o plano é aprovado com Barbenfouillis escolhendo cinco outros para acompanhá-lo. A maior parte da preparação para a viagem está na construção da embarcação e do mecanismo de lançamento, que se assemelha a uma bala grande e a uma arma grande, respectivamente.
Secretary / Star / Rocket Attendant (uncredited)
Uma associação de astrônomos concordou em ouvir o plano do professor Barbenfouillis, seu presidente, de voar para a lua. Com a única voz dissidente anulada por Barbenfouillis e os outros membros, o plano é aprovado com Barbenfouillis escolhendo cinco outros para acompanhá-lo. A maior parte da preparação para a viagem está na construção da embarcação e do mecanismo de lançamento, que se assemelha a uma bala grande e a uma arma grande, respectivamente.
Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
A series of fantastical wrestling matches.
Fairy Godmother (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
Uma fada madrinha transforma magicamente os trapos de Cinderela em um lindo vestido e uma abóbora em uma carruagem. Cinderela vai ao baile, onde conhece o príncipe - mas será que ela se lembrará de sair antes que a magia acabe? Méliès baseou a direção de arte nas gravuras de Gustave Doré. Primeiro exemplo conhecido de um conto de fadas adaptado para o cinema, e o primeiro filme a usar dissolves para ir de uma cena para outra.
le fantôme de Cléopâtre
A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it.
Ayesha
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an angelic woman emerges from the pot. The devil and the pot vanish as the woman performs a dance, waving about her diaphanous sleeves until she conjures forth another fire, then she rises amongst the smoke into the air.
Seductive Woman Who Appears on the Cross (uncredited)
St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when the bust leaves the body and crossing the room mocks at him standing with the lower portion of her body in his hands. Further startling illusions are seen in this most beautiful picture.
Phoebe
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.
Woman
A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.
Woman in Toga
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
Young woman
Filme que é considerado o primeiro filme de horror da história. Mostra a luta de Mefisto com um cavaleiro.
O filme contém muitos elementos tradicionais de pantomima e foi intencionalmente feito tendo em vista entreter as pessoas, mais do que assustá-los. Apesar disso, é considerado o primeiro filme de terror da história.
Woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.
