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'A Grandmother's Story' , also known as 'Au pays des Jouets', is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Mlis. It was sold by Mlis's Star Film Company and is numbered 13141325 in its catalogues.[
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The child in the film is played by Mlis's son, Andr Mlis, who was seven years old at the time. The film's special effects include stage machinery, substitution splices, multiple exposures, and dissolves.
The complete film was about 243 meters (790 feet) long,[ of which fragments are known to survive;][ some scenes in the middle of the film are presumed lost.][
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