- Pauvre Pierrot
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name = Pauvre Pierrot
caption = Hand-painted scene
director =Émile Reynaud
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music =Gaston Paulin
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released =October 28 ,1892
runtime = 15 minutes (approx)
country =France
language = Silent
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imdb_id = 0000003"Pauvre Pierrot" (aka "Poor Pete") is an 1892 French short animated film directed by
Émile Reynaud . It consists of 500 individually painted images and lasts about 15 minutes. cite web | url=http://www.victorian-cinema.net/reynaud.htm | title=Charles-Émile Reynaud | work=Who's Who of Victorian Cinema | |accessdate=2007-03-11 |format= HTML ]It is one of the first animated films ever made, and alongside
Le Clown et ses chiens andUn bon bock was broadcast in October 1892 when Emile Reynaud opened hisThéâtre Optique at theMusée Grévin . It was the first film to demonstrate the Theatre Optique system developed by Reynaud in 1888, and is also believed to be the first usage offilm perforations . The combined performance of all three films was known asPantomimes Lumineuses .These were the first animated pictures publicly broadcast by means of picture bands. Reynaud gave the whole presentation himself manipulating the images. ]
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