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The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
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THE ECLIPSE: COURTSHIP OF THE SUN AND MOON

L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune

Directed by Georges Méliès
France, 1907
Short, Silent

Synopsis

An astronomer witnesses an eclipse of the sun through his telescope. The heavens soon erupt with showers of stars that become women. In his excitement, the astronomer loses what little dignity he has left.

Synopsis

An astronomer witnesses an eclipse of the sun through his telescope. The heavens soon erupt with showers of stars that become women. In his excitement, the astronomer loses what little dignity he has left.