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The Execution of Mary Stuart is an American silent trick film produced in 1895. The film depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots . It is the first known film to use special effects , specifically the stop trick .
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The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots took place on 8 February 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England. After nineteen years in English captivity following her forced abdication from the throne of Scotland , Mary was found guilty of plotting the assassination of her cousin, Elizabeth I in what became known as the Babington Plot .
The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895), produced by Thomas Edison, the first appearance of Mary on film, depicts her beheading. It is one of the first films to utilize an intentional jump cut to create the illusion of a single shot beheading.
According to the film scholar Jacques Deslandes, it is more likely that Méliès discovered the trick by carefully examining a print of the Edison Manufacturing Company's 1895 film The Execution of Mary Stuart, in which a primitive version of the trick appears. In any case, the substitution splice was both the first special effect Méliès ...
The Execution of Mary Stuart: Alfred Clark: 28 August 1895: Mary, Queen of Scots: Silent short film The Coronation of Edward VII: Georges Méliès: 9 August 1902: Edward VII: Silent short film Henry VIII: Will Barker: 1911: Henry VIII: Arthur Bourchier as Henry VIII Silent film Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth
The Execution of Mary Stuart (1895) – historical short film portraying the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots [1]; King John (1899) – British drama short film about the life of John, King of England [2]
Mary, Queen of Scots, was buried at Peterborough Cathedral on 1 August 1587 with a heraldic funeral, following her execution at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587. In 1612, her son James VI and I ordered her reburial at Westminster Abbey .