La Clownesse fantome (Star Film's English title, The Shadow-Girl)

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Title	La Clownesse fantome (Star Film's English title, The Shadow-Girl)
Creator	Melies-Star Films
Description	A lost Georges M?li?s production, or at least a well-preserved half of one, resurfaced in the Sulphur Springs discovery. Assisted by the costumed 'Imp', the Magician makes a Woman materialize, disappear, and transform into a man, using a hoop, a barrel, and stop-camera effects. The long shot frontal view of an artificial painted backdrop with exposed beams evokes a theatrical setting for cinematic illusions M?li?s could not possibly have accomplished on stage. The restored print contains about half the film's advertised length of 100 ft., which fortuitously retains a logical sense of closure. The Star Films' catalog describes a levitation trick that originally concluded the film. Here, after M?li?s has turned the man back into the Woman, the three performers bow to the audience, then turn apparently to begin the levitation trick as the print stops. Duped by both Lubin and Edison, this print carries a faint Edison copyright notice at the head. The Wizard sold the film under the title The Magician and the Imp. (Worland, 1995: http://www.fiafnet.org/pdf/uk/fiaf51.pdf)
Contributors	Worland, Rick
Original Date	1902
Original Format	35 mm nitrate film
Related Resources	Worland, R. 1995. The Sulphur Springs, Texas early films discovery. Journal of Film Preservation 51: 54-64. http://www.fiafnet.org/pdf/uk/fiaf51.pdf (Note: go to page 56 in the.pdf file)
Item Number	SSM21
Type	Video
Digitization Date	Digitized for web: 2011
Digital Format	TRT 00:00:32.49 ; Archival File: Video: DV-NTSC, 640 x 480; Streaming File: Presented in Vimeo as 480 x 360
Digitization Process	Files were ripped from source DVD to create NTSC .mov master file. Utilized reverse-telecine using standard 2s3w pattern to create a 640x480, 23.98fps, square pixel master file. Uploaded .mp4 derivative to Vimeo.
Web Page	http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/ssm/stream/SSM21_Stream.html
Movie File	ssm21_clownesse_up.mp4
SMU File Path	ARCHIVE\ContentDM\Hamon\SSM_SulphurSpringsMovies\SSM_Stream
Related SMU Files	DIGITAL MASTERS: ARCHIVE\ContentDM\ Hamon\SSM_SulphurSpringsMovies\SSM_Masters. PROJECT FILES: PROJECT\Libraries\DigitalCollections\ Hamon\SSM_SulphurSpringsMovies
Digital Collection	Sulphur Springs Collection of Pre-Nickelodeon Films
Part of	Sulphur Springs
Library	Hamon Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	This movie has been determined to be in the public domain. Under this copyright status, it may be freely used. Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, G. William Jones Film and Video Collection as the source of this file. For more information, contact filmarchive@smu.edu.

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La Clownesse fantome (Star Film's English title, The Shadow-Girl)

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