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The Barber of Seville (1904 film)
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'The Barber of Seville' , also released as 'The Barber of Sevilla, or the Useless Precaution', was a 1904 French silent film directed by Georges Mlis, based on the 1775 play of the same name by Pierre Beaumarchais. It was released by Mlis's Star Film Company and is numbered 606625 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a 'comdie burlesque en 7 actes, d'aprs Beaumarchais'. Like several other of Mlis's longer films, two versions were released simultaneously: a complete 22-minute print and an abridged print.
As with his 1904 film 'Faust and Marguerite', Mlis prepared a special film score for 'The Barber of Seville', adapted from the most well-known arias from the Rossini opera. Like at least 4% of Mlis's entire output (including such films as 'A Trip to the Moon', 'The Impossible Voyage', 'The Kingdom of the Fairies', and 'The Rajah's Dream'), some prints were individually hand-colored and sold at a higher price.
The film is currently presumed lost.
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