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GEORGES MÉLIÈS CABINET CARD PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH

GEORGES MÉLIÈS

GOLDEN AGE OF CINEMA MAGIC, 1890

Important Original Georges Méliès Portrait Photograph

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Publisher: unknown

Cabinet Photograph

Size: 4.5 x 6.25 in; 11.43 x 15.88 cm

Signed: unsigned

Rare circa 1890 cabinet photo of Georges Méliès, French filmmaker and magician generally regarded as the first person to recognize the potential of narrative film. He made about 520 films between 1896 and 1912, covering a range of genres including trick films, fantasies, comedies, advertisements, satires, costume dramas, literary adaptations, erotic films, melodramas, and imaginary voyages. His works are often considered as important precursors to modern narrative cinema, though some recent scholars have argued that Méliès's films are better understood as spectacular theatrical creations rooted in the 19th-century féerie tradition.

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