Le Petit Poucet/Tom Thumb (1905), produced by Pathé, is a very early film adaptation of Charles Perrault's famous story of 1697. The French silent film was worldwide released. In Spanish-speaking countries, it was called Pulgarito, and in the US, Hop o'my thumb.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: The family of Tom Thumb.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: Tom Thumb slipping under the stool of his father.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: They went into a deep forest.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: From the top of a tree he saw a small glow.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: Here's some game that comes in handy.
The Spanish film scholar Juan-Gabriel Tharrats claimed that it was the Spanish trick filmer Segundo de Chomón, who worked for Pathé in those years.
French Wikipedia claims that Le Petit Poucet (1905) was made by Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn. The doubt about De Chomón as the director is confirmed in the recent volume 'Les milles et un visages de Segundo De Chomón' (2019).
The Fondation Jerôme Seydoux, keeper of the Pathé heritage, lists a 1905 version of Le Petit Poucet with no director nor actors at all but also lists a 1909 version directed by Segundo de Chomón.
But for which version did Croissant publishers produce the beautiful hand-coloured postcards in this post? If you watch the video below, which is credited to being made by Segundo de Chomón in 1909, the story of the film is completely different to the tale on the postcards.
So the postcards in this post must have been produced for the 1905 version, and it was directed by Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn. Probably.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: He fell on his knees asking for mercy.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: They were put to bed early.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: Ah! There they are, our fellows.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: Your husband is in big danger.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: He put all his family at ease.
Le Petit Poucet (1909). Source: Gen Xavier (Internet Archive).
Sources: Fondation Jerome Seydoux (French), Wikipedia and IMDb.
This post was last updated on 11 January 2025.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: The family of Tom Thumb.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: Tom Thumb slipping under the stool of his father.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: They went into a deep forest.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: From the top of a tree he saw a small glow.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: Here's some game that comes in handy.
Who was the director of Le Petit Poucet?
The Spanish film scholar Juan-Gabriel Tharrats claimed that it was the Spanish trick filmer Segundo de Chomón, who worked for Pathé in those years.
French Wikipedia claims that Le Petit Poucet (1905) was made by Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn. The doubt about De Chomón as the director is confirmed in the recent volume 'Les milles et un visages de Segundo De Chomón' (2019).
The Fondation Jerôme Seydoux, keeper of the Pathé heritage, lists a 1905 version of Le Petit Poucet with no director nor actors at all but also lists a 1909 version directed by Segundo de Chomón.
But for which version did Croissant publishers produce the beautiful hand-coloured postcards in this post? If you watch the video below, which is credited to being made by Segundo de Chomón in 1909, the story of the film is completely different to the tale on the postcards.
So the postcards in this post must have been produced for the 1905 version, and it was directed by Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn. Probably.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: He fell on his knees asking for mercy.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: They were put to bed early.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: Ah! There they are, our fellows.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: Your husband is in big danger.
French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Caption: He put all his family at ease.
Le Petit Poucet (1909). Source: Gen Xavier (Internet Archive).
Sources: Fondation Jerome Seydoux (French), Wikipedia and IMDb.
This post was last updated on 11 January 2025.
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