Friday, September 05, 2008

La Fée aux choux / The Cabbage Patch Fairy


Alice Guy: La Fée aux choux / The Cabbage Patch Fairy. Three versions: 1896 (58 mm without perforations, lost), 1900 (35 mm, aka Une fée dépose des bébés vivants qu'elle retire des choux) and 1902 (35 mm, aka Sage-femme de première classe).

FR 1900. P: Gaumont. D: Alice Guy. Conte fantastique. This version (Une fée dépose des bébés vivants qu'elle retire des choux) was identified in 1996 at Svenska Filminstitutet. Short film projected from the dvd Gaumont Box: Le Cinéma premier Vol 1 (1897-1913) Guy - Feuillade - Perret. Viewed at the Nordic meeting, Bio Carl, Filmens Hus, Copenhagen, 5 September 2008. - Charming fantasmagoria: children are born from cabbages.

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