How Bridget's Lover Escaped (French: Le Mariage de Victorine), also known as Le Mariage de Victoire,[1] is a 1907 French short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès.
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Directed by | Georges Méliès |
Starring | Fernande Albany |
Production company | Star Film Company |
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Running time | 142 meters |
Country | France |
Language | Silent |
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The cast includes Fernande Albany as the cook (Victorine in the French release of the film, Bridget in the American version), and the actor Manuel as her fiancé the fireman.[2] The scene outside the house was filmed outdoors, using Méliès's own house in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis.[2]
The film includes examples of substitution splicing,[2] as well as two experimental techniques relatively rare in Méliès's films: a three-scene cross-cutting sequence, and a medium shot used to give the audience a final glimpse of the cook and her fiancé.[3]
The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 929–935 in its catalogues.[4] It was registered for American copyright at the Library of Congress on 26 April 1907. The film's release was first advertised in the press on 1 July 1907, in the Phono-Ciné-Gazette.[4]
An unedited print of the film on 16mm stock survives at the Library of Congress.[3]
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