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An Adventurous Automobile Trip
An Adventurous Automobile Trip ( or Le Raid Paris–Monte-Carlo en deux heures) is a 1905 French short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. The film, a spoof of the devil-may-care motoring exploits of King Leopold II of Belgium, features the King engaging in a manic, implausibly fast automobile ride from Paris to Monte Carlo. The singer-comedian Harry Fragson stars as the King, supported by a large cast of stage performers from the Folies Bergère cabaret and other
December 1905, "Les Quatre Cents Coups du diable", a spectacular "féerie" stage production by Victor de Cottens and Victor Darlay, premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet. Méliès, who had previously worked with De Cottens on a 1904 Folies Bergère attraction later released as "An Adventurous Automobile Trip", was commissioned for "Les Quatre Cents Coups du diable" to make two short films to be projected as part of the show: "Le Voyage dans l'éspace" ("The Space Trip") and "Le