| Type | SUJET |
| Collection | Fondation Jérôme Seydoux Pathé (Pathé Fiction) Fiction |
| Duration | |
| Col. sound | Silent |
1908PFIC 00164
Title : LES FANTOCHES DE MISS HOLD
Shooting : 1908
Pathé Frères
This wonderful and beautifully colored picture is difficult of description, and one must sec it in order to appreciate it. We note with wonder the ingenuity of the photographer who has here made full-grown men appear like midgets measuring not more than six inches in height. We first see these tiny people as they stand on a table performing many interesting tricks under the direction of the Mistress of Ceremonies, Miss Hold, who exercises a sort of magician-like power over them, making them appear and disappear at will. In the first picture we see Miss Hold on the stage with two men, who place a table in the foreground and hand her a magician's outfit. She now takes a niece of paper, which she rolls up, then cuts it in half, and out of each half she forms a cone, from which emerge tiny acrobats. These cunning fellows amuse us with many wonderful stunts, and when they have been restored to their respective cones, a number of wee ballet girls, who execute some very pretty figures, take their place. A man, disguised as a woman, next appears, and when he hops up on Miss Hold's finger we all look on aghast, as we know him to he of ordinary size, and to see him there poised on the woman's finger she holds it extended seems to us little short of marvelous. A clown then jumps up and proceeds with all kinds of funny antics. Three steins are now placed on the table, and when the lids are removed out pop three little clowns. These funny fellows amuse us with adroit pantomime, and when they have finished each returns to his respective stein, the lid of which is tightly closed down by Miss Hold. In the last scene we see Miss Hold carrying a basket containing flowers, which she throws in a heap on the floor, when all at once out of each blossom steps one of the characters who has taken part in the performance, but now, instead of midgets, we see women and men of ordinary size. They group themselves around Miss Hold and form a beautiful picture as the film closes.
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