Tom Old Boot

Tom Old Boot (a grotesque dwarf) (French: Tom Old Boot (nain grotesque)) was an 1896 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 75 in its catalogues.[1]

Tom Old Boot
Directed byGeorges Méliès
StarringTom Old Boot
Production
company
Release date
  • 1896 (1896)
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent

Though no synopsis survives,[2] the film appears to have captured a performance by Tom Old Boot, a small-sized entertainer who played at Méliès's stage venue, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin, as an "American dwarf" ("nain americain").[3] The magazine La Vie Parisienne reported Tom Old Boot playing at the Robert-Houdin in late December 1895 at Thursday and Sunday matinées with great success, getting many laughs, especially from the children in the audiences.[4] The newspaper Le Petit Parisien, reporting on March 1896 performances at the Robert-Houdin, called Tom Old Boot a "joyful, eccentric dwarf comedian" ("joyeux nain comic excentric").[5]

The film Tom Old Boot is currently presumed lost.[1]

References
  1. Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 337, ISBN 9782732437323
  2. Malthête, Jacques (1996), Méliès: images et illusions, Paris: Exporégie, p. 203
  3. Guido, Laurent (2014), "De la performance scénique à la ciné-chorégraphie: Les avatars de la danse chez Georges Méliès", in Malthête, Jacques; Gaudreault, André; Le Forestier, Laurent (eds.), Méliès, carrefour des attractions; suivi de Correspondances de Georges Méliès (1904-1937), Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, pp. 63–72 (here 63)
  4. Pitt (1895-12-21), "Paris-Partout", La Vie Parisienne, 33 (51): 742
  5. "Courrier des Théâtres", Le Petit Parisien, 21 (7079): 3, 1896-03-15


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