Life Models
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Road to Heaven, the (La route du Paradis)
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| Titre | 2. Cluddling close together, there they sat |
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| d'après George Robert Sims, The Lifeboat and other Poems, [1909] [poésie] | |
| Distributeur d'origine | Riley Brothers |
| Fabricant | James Bamforth |
| Époque | Fin du XIXème siècle - début du XXème siècle |
| Lieu de fabrication | Angleterre |
| Description technique | life models, photographie rehaussée de couleurs, plaque carrée fixe |
| Dimensions | L. 83 mm l. 83 mm |
| Cote | PLM-00033-002 (Coll. Cinémathèque française) |
- Lantern Reading n°146 - livret
- It was Christmas Eve, that season of joy,
When I first came across the poor little boy;
I chanced to be down on the bridge that night,
Watching the vessels, each one with its light;
They looked something like a moving town,
As they traversed the river up and down,
When through the murky air there seemed to skim,
The words of a beautiful Christmas hymn,
In one of the recesses, which abound
On the bridges that span the river I found,
Two poor little waifs of this wilderness wild,
One of the two little more than a child.
Cuddling close together, there they sat,
And unseen, I heard their innocent chat.
I learnt that elder one's name was Jack;
That he'd lived with his granny for some years back;
That the wretched old woman was steeped in sin,
And her only pleasure in life was gin,
Which Jack somehow or other, was forced to provide,
By doing odd jobs at the river-side.
By begging, by anything short of theft,
For Jack's integrity still was left;
His mother had thought him some years before,
That crime never bettered even the poor.
Riley Bros, Lantern Reading n°146, 55 & 57 Godwin Street, Bradford, pp.10-11
Neuf vues de type Life Models retracent l'histoire des malheurs d'un jeune garçon. La plaque numéro 2 le présente allongé dans un lit d'hôpital. L'infirmière raconte son histoire aux médecins l'entourant : le jeune garçon vivait dans la rue (plaque 3). Il n'avait pas de chance car il était blessé et personne ne voulait s'occuper de lui (plaque 4). Assi sur un banc, en compagnie d'un inconnu, il regarde par dessus la rambarde (plaque 4), mais il chute (plaque 5). Par chance, un pêcheur le sauve et l'amène à l'hôpital (plaque 5). A son réveil à l'hôpital, après tant de mésaventures et en voyant le médecin, il se crut arrivé au Paradis (plaque 7).
