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La Guirlande merveilleuse
FRANCE · 1902

La Guirlande merveilleuse

Georges Méliès
trick photography multiple exposure silent film fantasy early cinema
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Synopsis

La Guirlande merveilleuse, sold in the United States as The Marvellous Wreath and in Britain as The Marvellous Hoop, is a 1903 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 445–448 in its catalogues. Méliès plays the musketeer in the film, the main special effect of which is a closeup superimposed into a circular opening by multiple exposure;

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