Summary: When Méliès the magician officiates on a very Mélièsian stage, Mesmer’s washtub, Mesmer being a famous German doctor who invented animal magnetism, has very curious properties. Assisted by four lackeys he pulls frilly dresses from the container that have the power of bringing the eight statues that put them on to life. Before a ninth statue towering above a fountain can do the same, the other eight do a frenzied dance similar in style to the cancan. (Europa Film Treasures)

AKA: A Mesmerian Experiment

Genre: Short

Country: France

Directed By: Georges Méliès

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