All that is available of this film by Segundo de Chomon is a Pathe-Baby -- a one-minute excerpt of the original intended for the home-projection market, originally released in the 1920s.
It is a simple trick film, in which pretty ladies and some people in frog-like costumes appear and disappear as a young woman goes to the pond to get water. De Chomon was competing against Melies at this stage in the trick-film market, using Pathe's greater resources. The one significant advance is that this was shot outdoors -- Melies almost invariably shot his films in his studio. The performers lack the vivacity typical of Melies and the print was tinted a bright green.
It is a simple trick film, in which pretty ladies and some people in frog-like costumes appear and disappear as a young woman goes to the pond to get water. De Chomon was competing against Melies at this stage in the trick-film market, using Pathe's greater resources. The one significant advance is that this was shot outdoors -- Melies almost invariably shot his films in his studio. The performers lack the vivacity typical of Melies and the print was tinted a bright green.