page_title: The Untamable Whiskers
section_title: Plot
hierarchical_section_title: The Untamable Whiskers / Plot
caption_attribution_description: English: Paper print of The Untamable Whiskers (Le roi du maquillage, 1904), Georges Méliès greeting to the camera
context_page_description: The Untamable Whiskers, also known as The King of the Mackerel Fishers and Les Moustaches indomptables, is a 1904 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film is a showpiece for Méliès himself, drawing quickfire sketches of various characters and magically transforming into them.
context_section_description: Georges Méliès, after greeting the audience, makes a rapid-fire chalkboard sketch of his head, but adding a long medieval wig. Striking a pose, a wig matching the drawing magically appears on his bald head. Next Méliès draws an elderly, heavily bearded man, and then a monocled gentleman with sideburns, magically transforming into each character. Writing "comic eccentric" on the board, he next becomes a clown, then a whiskery naval type in a bicorne. Finally he transforms into the Devil and disappears into thin air.
caption: Paper print of The Untamable Whiskers
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