When "Miniature Theatre" began, I was bowled over by the look of the film. Like a few of the Pathe Brothers films, this one was hand colored---literally meaning that an assembly line of women painted each individual cel on the film to make it a color film. As far as the color goes, it tended to be mostly gold and grey--but it was very, very striking.
The film begins with a couple kids setting up a miniature theater and then, using stop-motion, some dolls perform three acts. One consists of dolls sword fighting, the next they boxed and in the final act, another doll does some gymnastics. There really isn't much here as far as plot goes, but the stop-motion quality was exceptionally nice-especially in such an early film. Oddly entertaining, this is still worth seeing over a hundred years later.
By the way, I have no idea why the film uses the word 'electric'--it seems to have nothing to do with the story.
The film begins with a couple kids setting up a miniature theater and then, using stop-motion, some dolls perform three acts. One consists of dolls sword fighting, the next they boxed and in the final act, another doll does some gymnastics. There really isn't much here as far as plot goes, but the stop-motion quality was exceptionally nice-especially in such an early film. Oddly entertaining, this is still worth seeing over a hundred years later.
By the way, I have no idea why the film uses the word 'electric'--it seems to have nothing to do with the story.