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Dancing in a Harem

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Dancing in a Harem
Directed byGeorges Méliès
Production
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Release date
  • 1897(1897)
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent

Dancing in a Harem(French:Danse au sérail) was an 1897 Frenchshortsilent filmbyGeorges Méliès.It was sold by Méliès'sStar Film Companyand is numbered 132 in its catalogues.[1]

The Méliès scholar John Frazer was unable to obtain a print, but speculated in 1979 that a fragment may survive in Budapest.[2]TheInternet Movie Databaselists a 1989 Hungarian TV miniseries on film history,Fejezetek a film történetéböl,that purportedly includes a clip from the film.[3]Jacques Malthête's 2008 Méliès filmography lists the film as presumedlost.[1]

References

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  1. ^abMalthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008),L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès,Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 338,ISBN9782732437323
  2. ^Frazer, John (1979),Artificially Arranged Scenes: The Films of Georges Méliès,Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., pp. 241–255,ISBN0816183686
  3. ^Fejezetek a film történetéböl,Episode 2: "Az európai film kezdetei"onIMDb(accessed 31 July 2020)
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