| Type | SUJET |
| Collection | Fondation Jérôme Seydoux Pathé (Pathé Fiction) Fiction |
| Duration |
1908PFIC 00182
Title : FINETTE OU L'ADROITE PRINCESSE
First distribution : 24/04/1908
SCE : Marie Jeanne Lhéritier de Villandon D’ap. le conte de
Pathé Frères
Fairytale.
We see the old king in this picture sitting in state, surrounded by his three beautiful daughters, Prince Richard, of another monarchy, comes and demands the hand of one of the young women in marriage, and when he is repulsed by all three he leaves the palace in rage, vowing to cause a war between the two countries. The King is as obdurate in his purpose as the arrogant young Prince, and takes him at his word and immediately prepares to meet the hostile foe on the field. Before going he takes his three daughters to an old witch, who gives each of the girls a glass distaff, and tells them that it they disobey their father's wishes that the staff will break. Next we see the King locking his daughters up in an old castle to keep them safe while he is away at war. Each girl occupies a separate apartment, and they have their food sent up to them from below by means of a basket hung from the window. The hostile prince, upon bearing of the girls' whereabouts, contrives a scheme whereby he will be able to gain admittance to their apartment and press his suit during the father's absence. He disguises himself and comes under the window, and the girls lower the basket and he gets into it, and they pull him up. When he is in the room and they recognize him, they flee, and he follows them. Finally he wins his way into the apartment of the youngest, and she allows him to make love to her. Immediately the staff breaks. He then goes into the apartment of the other, and she does likewise, with the same results. He gets into Princess Tricksy's room, but she has a way to rid the place of his repulsive presence. There is a secret opening in the floor, which she opens, and places a mattress over the hole, and when the Prince comes in to make love to her she induces him to lay down, and immediately he touches the spot he is thrown through the opening to the cellar below, where he escapes. In the next picture we see the victorious King when he returns to the palace and summons his daughters. Tricksy being the only obedient one, comes in, bearing the glass staff, but the other two are without theirs, and it so infuriates their father that he sends them from his sight and places Princess Tricksy on the throne. Immediately she is in power she has her enemy, the Prince Richard, captured and sends him to prison to be rid of his entreaties. In the last picture we sec the clever Princess being crowned in the presence of a large multitude.
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