The film features, in a double role, Henri Plessis, a famous and established performer in the French entertainment world. The film's attraction for contemporary audiences was to see him playing cards with himself.
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Henri Plessis as Both monks
Ferdinand Zecca Director
Les Deux Moines Trailer
The Jovial Monks Trailer
France 07 March 1903
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1903:
08 July 1903
Showing two typical concert hall knock-about teams in a very poor performance. It ends up in their being egged by the audience.
06 October 1903
Happy Hooligan is thrust into prison, but makes the most of his hardship. He is seen in his cell enjoying a full meal of prison hash.
15 May 1903
The story of the life and passion of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of his birth to his ascension into heaven.
05 March 1903
Two sports are seen drinking beer and arguing as to the qualities of certain prize fighters. They make a bet, and to prove it, each pulls his favorite pugilist from his pocket, and they set them on the table.
21 February 1903
Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk.
01 October 1903
A pretty domestic scene showing the proud father, with the assistance of the nurse and doctor, tying the little one in a towel and weighing it with a spring scale.
19 April 1903
A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief.
05 December 1903
The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with simply offering a fancifully illustrated late episode without the earlier narrative context (however, spoken narration provides some of the latter in this restored print).
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1903 Pathé Frères.
