[2] Close viewing of the first scene indicates that it was filmed in Méliès's glass-roofed studio beneath a cloudy sky.
When the sun comes out, the shadows it casts are clearly visible for several seconds; then, as tracing-paper panels are put against the glass to diffuse the light, the panel's shadows also become visible.
[2] Some of the film was shot outside, in the garden of Méliès's property in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis.
[1] The Miser was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1146–1158 in its catalogues, where it is listed as a scène artistique dramatico-comique.
[1] The surviving print is incomplete; another scene is evidenced in a production still, but it is presumed lost.