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The Frog (1908)

1908 · Silent film · 3 min · dir. Segundo de Chomón

  • Fantasy

Synopsis

From the rocky center of a fountain a fairy emerges, and with a wave of her wand she causes to appear a huge, green bullfrog, which begins to hop around the fountain. Suddenly the rocks disappear and the scene is enveloped in showers of multi-colored fire; when the rocks again appear there is a tableau of posing girls revolving round it. Several changes of pose and costume now take place, embracing the artistic employment of white horses and heroic male figures, and one change reveals only a…

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Details

Director
Segundo de Chomón
Studio
Pathé Frères
Released
1908-02-20
Original title
La Grenouille
Running time
3 minutes

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