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Fortune Favors the Brave (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Fortune Favors the Brave' (, literally "The Genie of the Bells, or the Bellringer's Son") was a 1908 French silent fantasy film directed by Georges Mlis.
Plot
A young boy's adventure takes him to the domain of the Genie of the Cathedral Bell, where he finds a fortune to enrich his family.
Production
A surviving production still reveals that Mlis appears in the film as a gnome; his son, Andr Mlis, plays the young boy.
Release and reception
The film was released by Mlis's Star Film Company and is numbered 13941407 in its catalogues.
'The New York Mirror' gave the film a brief review after its American release in December 1909, saying that it "will please the children, who will not be too critical of the stage management."
The film is currently presumed lost.
References
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