
Le singe musicien
AnimationShort
Pre-cinematograph colour animation of the monkey playing his violin
Director
Émile Reynaud
Writers
N/A
Stars
N/A
Release Date
May 7, 1878
Language
None, French
Country
France
💬 3
Reviews
🎬 Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Color
Production
La Sept-Arte
🏷️ Keywords
monkeybassapetestviolin
🎯 Categories
AnimationShort
⭐ Featured Review
Man Playing a Cello
"In my search for older and older "movies" I've gone past silent films which had actors, directors, a plot, and all the things we've become familiar with in movies, right to moving pictures which were more science experiments than art. Whether the idea of putting a play on film had occurred to these early cinematographers we may never know, but their early dabblings with moving pictures paved the way. "Le singe musicien" is a short animated clip of a man playing a stringed instrument. I think he's playing a cello based upon my limited knowledge of instruments..."
💡 Did You Know?
The First praxinoscope animation short film.
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📖 Synopsis
Pre-cinematograph colour animation of the monkey playing his violin





