Jehanne d'Alcy
Рождение : 1865-03-20, Vaujours, Seine-et-Oise [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Смерть : 1956-10-14
История
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.
Экран, делится пополам. В правой его части Париж. Президент Фальер дремлет в полотняном колпаке. В левой в Букингемском дворце. Под балдахином спит Эдуард VII. Оба видят во сне туннель под Ла-Маншем. Мы видим, как его прорывают рабочие с помощью сложных машин. Но сон кончается катастрофой. И уже в реальности, за завтраком оба правителя прогоняют инженеров, которые предлагают им построить туннель.
Забавно как сильные мира сего посещают стройку, английский принц торжественно пытается сделать удар киркой венценосной рукой. А французский вельможа, конечно же, попроще - раздает ордена, выкатывает бочку вина и вместе со строителями распивает.
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
Учёный делает в Академии доклад о возможности полёта на Луну. После бурных дискуссий решено отправить на Луну экспедицию, для которой строится космический корабль в виде полого снаряда, который запускается в космос выстрелом из огромной пушки.
Secretary / Star / Rocket Attendant (uncredited)
Учёный делает в Академии доклад о возможности полёта на Луну. После бурных дискуссий решено отправить на Луну экспедицию, для которой строится космический корабль в виде полого снаряда, который запускается в космос выстрелом из огромной пушки.
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)
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out? Méliès based the art direction on engravings by Gustave Doré. First known example of a fairy-tale adapted to film, and the first film to use dissolves to go from one scene to another.
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
Астроном наблюдает через телескоп на луну. Вдруг он видит на луне девушку и идёт к ней. Но его поедает луна. Потом он понимает, что это был сон.
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
Le Manoir du diable or The House of the Devil, released in the United States as The Haunted Castle and in Britain as The Devil's Castle, is an 1896 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film tells the story of an encounter with the Devil and various attendant phantoms. It is intended to evoke amusement and wonder from its audiences, rather than fear. However, because of its themes and characters, it has been considered to technically be the first horror film, as well as potentially the first vampire film. The film opens with a large bat flying into a medieval castle, circling a room, and then suddenly changing into the Devil. Producing a cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a young girl and various supernatural creatures in an effort to scare two cavaliers, eventually succeeding in causing one to flee. Ultimately the remaining cavalier is confronted face-to-face by the Devil before reaching for and brandishing a large crucifix, which causes the Devil to vanish.
Woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
Фокусник (Мельес) производил несколько пассов над дамой, сидящей в кресле. Дама исчезает.
Жорж Мельес после счастливой случайности на площади Оперы понял, что он может снять в Монтрэ один из знаменитейших номеров Робер-Удена «Похищение дамы» фокусника Буатье де Кольта без всяких приспособлений, употреблявшихся на сцене. Сделано это было очень просто. Мельес в костюме фокусника производил несколько пассов над дамой, сидящей в кресле. Потом останавливали съёмку на несколько секунд, когда Мельес застывал в неподвижности, а дама быстро убегала. После этого Мельес возобновлял свои магические манипуляции, и съёмка продолжалась. При проекции никто не замечал остановки, необходимой для исчезновения, и иллюзия была полной. Ещё до этого Мельес употреблял трюк ускоренной съёмки.