Fortune Favors the Brave (film)
1908 French film
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Fortune Favors the Brave (French: Le Génie des cloches ou le Fils du sonneur, literally "The Genie of the Bells, or the Bellringer's Son") is a 1908 French silent fantasy film directed by Georges Méliès.
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Plot
A young boy's adventure takes him to the domain of the Genie of the Cathedral Bell, where he finds a fortune to enrich his family.[1]
Production
A surviving production still reveals that Méliès appears in the film as a gnome; his son, André Méliès, plays the young boy.[2]
Release and reception
The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1394–1407 in its catalogues.[2]
The New York Mirror gave the film a brief review after its American release in December 1909, saying that it "will please the children, who will not be too critical of the stage management."[1]
