Love by the Light of the Moon

Love by the Light of the Moon
Directed byEdwin S. Porter
Distributed byEdison Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • March 16, 1901 (1901-03-16)
Running time
45 seconds
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film

Love by the Light of the Moon is a 1901 film by Edwin S. Porter, produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company. It mixes animation and live action and predates the man in the Moon theme of the 1902 French science fiction film A Trip to the Moon by Georges Méliès. The animation is provided by projected slides showing the Moon's different faces.