THIS FILM WAS DESCRIBED IN MELIES CATALOG IN
THE FOLLOWING TERMS: "THE BACKGROUND OF THIS
PICTURE REPRESENTS A SCENE ALONG THE BEAUTIFUL
SEINE IN PARIS. A GENTLEMAN ENTERS, AND TAKING
A BLACKBOARD FROM THE SIDE OF THE PICTURE HE
DRAWS ON IT A SKETCH OF A NOVELIST. THEN
STANDING IN THE CENTER HE CAUSES THE LIVING
FEATURES OF HIS SKETCH TO APPEAR IN THE PLACE
OF HIS OWN, WHICH IS UTTERLY DEVOID OF WHISKERS.
THE CHANGE IS MADE SO MYSTERIOUSLY THAT THE
EYE CANNOT NOTICE IT UNTIL ONE SEES QUITE
ANOTHER PERSON IN THE PLACE OF THE FIRST. IT
IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE THIS FILM A
MORE DEFINITE DESCRIPTION; SUFFICE IT TO SAY
THAT IT IS SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW IN MOTION
PICTURES AND IS SURE TO PLEASE." GEORGES MELIES
APPEARS AS THE "GENTLEMAN" WHO EXECUTES THE
LIGHTNING SKETCHES.
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