Pygmalion and Galatea
1912
Alternative Titles
BFI identifier
333681Synopsis
Story of Pygmalion and Galatea. Based on the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Main title. (1) Intertitles. (13) Pygmalion is seen at work on his sculpture, scorning the attentions of several women who come to see him. In the next scene various women are seen relaxing in gardens along a riverbank. Pygmalion arrives and asks Venus to bring his statue to life. He is then seen returning to his studio and is teased by some women. On arrival at his studio he is disappointed to find his statue is still of stone. He offers a prayer to the goddess and the statue comes to life. A maid(?) sees what has happened and calls to other women who are amazed at what has happened (601ft) (Shotlist)
- Production Country: [Italy (incorrect?)] British
- Production Company: [No info.] Ivy Close films
- BFI Category: Fiction
- Source: N/A
Cast
Director: Elwin Neame
Ivy Close
Credits
[Based on the poem by]: Ovid
Film Technical Information
- Original Length: 625 ft.
- Length of BFI Viewing Print: 601 ft.
- Support: Viewable
- Colour
- Format: 35 mm
Comments on the print:
The print at the BFI of Pygmalion and Galatea (Elwyn Neame, Ivy Close Productions, 1912) is unique, as far as we can tell. The BFI has a 35mm black and white positive viewing print of 601 feet, preserved in 1983 from a tinted nitrate positive print of 725 feet, printed on stock of 1924. A ProRes version is available of unknown duration. NB the digital version on our website ihas one tint throughout the film. Based on descriptions in the press (see The Cinema, December 1912, supplement Films, p. 69), the original length was 625 ft and the film thus looks fairly complete. The print has English intertitles. In the past, the film was listed tenatively by the BFI as A Sculptor's Romance.
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