A Funny Mahometan [SEP] cast member
A Funny Mahometan
A Funny Mahometan () was an 1897 short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and numbered 94 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a "scène comique".
The film was shot outside in the garden of Méliès's property in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, with painted scenery. Méliès himself played the Muslim of the title. "A Funny Mahometan", with its presumably Algerian Muslim, is the first known film
the tune exists. He was also a member of Heinz Burt's backing band The Wild Boys along with Ritchie Blackmore.
He later lived in Buffalo, New York. His daughter, Dee Adams writes and performs music as a solo artist, with a country-rock band called Dee and the Housecats, and with a jazz band called The Funny Valentines.
Discography.
- Sep 1958: Joy and David: Whoopee! (Adams) / My Oh My (Duke) - Parlophone R 4477
- Feb