Sculpteur Moderne (1908)
Also known as Modern Sculptors
1908 · Silent film · 5 min · dir. Segundo de Chomón
- Fantasy
Synopsis
The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take life, and one can follow a snake-like line branding on the polished face of the stone the name of the house of Pathé Frères. As soon as this stone has been engraved, as by magic, a handsome young lady appears with a huge lump of clay covered with a cloth. As soon as the cloth is removed from the soft mass it starts whirling and turning as if stricken mad, and one is asking one's self what all the contentions are going to lead to, when the vague shape of an animal not yet discernible seems to appear, and before one has time to make one's mind as to the category of brutes to which it belongs one sees the form of a remarkably well made orang-outang modeled out of the clay, who calmly smokes his pipe. Then the statue is removed by the same winning young lady and another covered block of the same substance is carried forward, and we see the clay going through the same movements as those of one possessed by an evil spirit, end after a few comical jumps and leaps one has before one's astonished eyes the statue of a crocodile. Several other animals are thus produced, and then the collection of masterpieces being apparently sufficient, our young lady appears with a new surprise. She presents a covered frame, and as soon as the cloth is removed from the front we see what appears to be a beautiful engraving of Grecian wrestlers. All at…
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Segundo de Chomón
- Writer
- Segundo de Chomón
- Studio
- Pathé Frères
- Released
- 1908-03-19
- Original title
- Sculpteur Moderne
- Running time
- 5 minutes
- Collection
- Segundo de Chomón, Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Gen X
- Silent Film
Cast & crew
Segundo de Chomón Director- Julienne Mathieu
André Deed
