Document : 1908CFPFIC 00009 - YOUTH'S FLOWER

Reference

1908CFPFIC 00009

Titles

Title :  YOUTH'S FLOWER

Dates

First distribution : 1908

Producer

Pathé Frères

Summary catalog

Fairytale.

In a cave where red light continually flows and curious forms resembling ghosts make their way among the crags suddenly appears in a burst of zig-zag fire the demon chief of the mystic domain. It appears that the ghosts are old women who are doomed to eternal misery in the cave, and one of them suddenly succeeds in escaping from its depths. She goes out in search of the flower of youth, but an infernal imp precedes her and plays havoc with her endeavors. He throws all kinds of fire mazes about her and even transforms the ground that she walks upon. She sees the flower she seeks and stoops to pluck it, but the imp is a whit too quick for her and she is driven back by a column of flame. Finally by the side of a pond she comes upon the fairy whose aid she asks and which is promptly given. The fairy plucks the flower for her, and as soon as she receives it she is transformed into a pretty girl: Accompanied by the fairy, she now goes into the field and plucks the flowers; at will...

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Keywords

FICTION; PRIMITIVE; DEVIL; SPRITE; MAGIC; FAIRY; FLOWER; WOMAN; SPECIAL EFFECT