Playing Cards
“Early Méliès short made up of footage of he and some friends playing cards.”
Cast
Octavie Huvier Gaston Méliès 
Georges Méliès Georgette Méliès
Credits
Written by: Georges Méliès
Plot
Three friends are playing cards in a beer garden. One of them orders drinks. The waitress comes back with a bottle of wine and three glasses on a tray. The man serves his friends. They clink glasses and drink. Then the man asks for a newspaper. He reads a funny story in it and the three friends burst out laughing while the waitress merely smiles.
Sinekatalog’s take
A tiny pioneering sketch of three friends drinking and laughing over a newspaper in a beer garden. Its value is historical charm: a single everyday scene staged like a snapshot, interesting for film-history enthusiasts and not much else.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.1 / 10 (1,316 votes)
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