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Partie d’écarté
AKA The Messers. Lumière at Cards in the USA : [A Game at Ecarté], [A Quiet Game of Ecarté], [A Game of Cards], [Card Party]
(1895) French
B&W : Short film
Directed by Louis Lumière and Auguste Lumière
Cast: Antoine Lumière, Alphonse Winkler, Félicien Trewey, Antoine Féraud.
Société Lumière production; distributed by Société Lumière. / Cinematography by Louis Lumière. / Premiere 20 February 1896. / Cinématographe spherical 1.30:1 format. / The production was shot at Villa du Clos des Plages in La Ciotat, France. Lumière film number 73.
Documentary.
Synopsis: View of three older gentlemen playing cards and drinking on a patio, attended by a waiter.
Survival Status: Print exists.
Keywords: France: La Ciotat - Games: Card - Tobacco: Cigars - Waiters
Listing updated: 26 February 2008.
References: Film viewing : Coe-History p. 71; Fell-History p. 14; Musser-Emerge p. 138; Ramsaye-Million p. 243; Shipman-Cinema p. 12; Sinyard-Silent p. 11 : Other-Trewey.
Home Video: DVD.
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