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The Black Imp


Alternate title: Le Diable Noir
Date: 1905
Type: Comedy
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White / Silent / Short
Director: Georges Melies
Producer:

Comment/Synopsis

A mischievous imp causes chaos in a hotel room by moving furniture around the room and making the disappear and reappear. The film makea a lot of use of substitution splices to more things about and make them disappear and reappear. Thjis was a common technique that Melies used in his films.

Actors


Georges Melies

Oscars

None
Production
Star Film