Miss de Vère (English Jig) (French: Miss de Vère) was an 1896 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 45 in its catalogues.[1] The performer, the "Miss de Vère" of the title, is the dancer and actress Elise de Vère.[2] She was, along with Clementine de Vere, a daughter of Charles de Vere (real name H. S. G. Williams), an Englishman who had worked as a professional magician and who was then the owner of a Paris shop selling conjuror's supplies, electrical equipment, and films.[3]
Miss de Vère | |
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![]() Elise de Vère | |
Directed by | Georges Méliès |
Starring | Elise de Vère |
Distributed by | Star Film Company |
Release date | 1896 |
Running time | 20 meters/65 feet[1] |
Country | France |
Language | Silent |
Miss de Vère in a complete form is currently presumed lost, but a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around 1896–97, rediscovered in the mid-2010s in a private collection, appears to preserve a fragment of the film.[4]
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