Miss de Vère (English Jig)

Miss de Vère
Directed by Georges Méliès
Produced by Georges Méliès
Distributed by Star Film Company
Release dates
1896
Running time
20 meters/65 feet[1]
Country France
Language Silent

Miss de Vère (English Jig) (French: Miss de Vère) was an 1896 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 45 in its catalogues.[1] The "Miss de Vère" of the title was one of the daughters of Charles De Vere (real name H. S. G. Williams), an Englishman who had worked as a professional magician and who was then the owner of a Paris shop selling conjuror's supplies, electrical equipment, and films.[2]

The film is currently presumed lost.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Hammond, Paul (1974). Marvellous Méliès. London: Gordon Fraser. p. 135. ISBN 0900406380.
  2. Barnes, John (1992). Filming the Boer War. London: Bishopgate Press. p. 69. ISBN 1852190469.
  3. Frazer, John (1979). Artificially Arranged Scenes: The Films of Georges Méliès. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co. p. 242. ISBN 0816183686.


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