The Snow Man (1899 film)
The Snow Man (French: La Statue de neige) was an 1899 French short silent comedy film by Georges Méliès.
| The Snow Man | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Starring | Georges Méliès |
Production company | |
| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Méliès appeared in the film as a policeman interacting with a snowman.[1] Snowmen had been a popular feature in winter-themed stage entertainment in the decades preceding the film, and an actuality film depicting children making a snowman had appeared as far back as 1896.[2]
The film was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 225 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a scène comique (comic scene).[1] Méliès burned the original camera negatives of his films late in life; The Snow Man is among the films currently presumed lost.[2]
References
- Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 104, ISBN 9782732437323
- Eckstein, Bob (2018), The Illustrated History of the Snowman, Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, pp. 47–48, ISBN 9781493036677
External links
- The Snow Man at IMDb
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