Cinderella 1899 george melies biography
Cinderella 1899 george melies biography
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Cinderella (1899 film)
1899 French trick film
Cinderella (French: Cendrillon) is an 1899 French trick film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 219–224 in its catalogues, where it is advertised as a grande féerie extraordinaire en 20 tableaux.[1]
It was the first known film adaption of Cinderella as follow the release date of feature length version of Cinderella.
Cast
The casts of Méliès's films are in many cases unidentified. Most of the following listing is based on cast identifications made by the film scholars Georges Sadoul, Jacques Malthête, and Laurent Mannoni.[1]
- Mlle Barral as Cinderella.[1] Barral had also acted in Méliès's bedroom farceThe Bridegroom's Dilemma earlier that year.[2]
- Bleuette Bernon as the Fairy Godmother.[3] Méliès discovered Bernon in the 1890s, when she was performing as a singer at