The Dryden will screen Charcuterie mécanique (The Mechanical Butcher, Lumière, France 1896, 1 min., 35mm), Le squelette joyeux (Lumière, France 1897, 1 min., 35mm), Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon, Georges Méliès, France 1902, 13 min., 35mm), Voyage à travers l'impossible (Georges Méliès, France 1904, 20 min., 35mm), Le matelas alcoolique (The Drunken Mattress, Alice Guy, France 1906, 9 min., 35mm), Les fromages automobiles (The Skipping Cheese, Georges Méliès, France 1907, 4 min., 35mm), and La rose bleue (A Busy Cupid, Léonce Perret, France 1911, 7 min., 35mm) with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli as part of the Tricks through Time and Silent Tuesdays series.

Considered the father of special effects, Georges Méliès is often seen as being in opposition with the realistic productions of the Lumière brothers. Yet the popularity of trick films didn't escape the Lumieres' entrepreneurial eye, and this short program invites you to delve into the magic of trick cinematography and hand-coloring techniques as used by Méliès, Lumière, and Gaumont in the flowering years of French film production.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-Jul-3]