Directed by Georges Méliès Production
company Star Film Company Country France Director Georges Méliès | Produced by Georges Méliès Release date May 1896 (1896-05) Initial release 1896 Production company Star Film Company | |
Based on Up the River
by Robert W. Paul People also search for Comedian Paulus Singing | ||
The Rescue on the River (French: Sauvetage en rivière) was an 1896 short silent film directed by Georges Méliès.
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Production
The film was probably made in May 1896. It was an imitation of Up the River, a short film made by the British film pioneer Robert W. Paul earlier in the same year. The Rescue on the River was Méliès's first experiment with longer forms of cinema, marking a first step away from the brief Lumière-inspired scenes and actuality films with which Méliès had begun his filmmaking career.
Release
The Rescue on the River was released by Méliès's Star Film Company in two parts, numbered 22 and 23, respectively, in the company catalogues. Each part was approximately 20 meters (65 feet) long.
The Rescue on the River is currently presumed lost.
References
The Rescue on the River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA