Miss de Vère (English Jig)
1896 film by Georges Méliès
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Miss de Vère (English Jig) (French: Miss de Vère) is an 1896 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 45 in its catalogues.[1] The performer, the "Miss de Vère" of the title, is the dancer and actress Constance Elise de Vere.[2] She was, along with Clementine de Vere, a daughter of Charles de Vere (real name H. S. G. Williams), an Englishman who had worked as a professional magician and who was then the owner of a Paris shop selling conjuror's supplies, electrical equipment, and films.[3] Constance Elise de Vere,[4] known professionally as Elise de Vere, married Frank Joseph Godsol in Newark, NJ on December 8, 1917.[5]
| Miss de Vère | |
|---|---|
Elise de Vère | |
| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Starring | Elise de Vère |
| Distributed by | Star Film Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 meters/65 feet[1] |
| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Cast
- Elise de Vère as Miss de Vère
- The dancer
Production and legacy
She was second in the Gil Blas beauty contest in Paris in 1899. The contest was won by Jeanne Dortzal.[6]
The film Miss de Vère in a complete form is currently lost, but a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around 1896–97, rediscovered in the mid-2010s in a private collection, appears to preserve a fragment of the film.[7]
