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    Catherine Hessling.
    Frame enlargement: Silent Era low-res collection.
Sur un air de Charleston
Also known as Charleston and Charleston Parade in the USA
(1926) French
B&W : Short film
Directed by Jean Renoir

Cast: Catherine Hessling, Johnny Huggins, Pierre Braunberger, Pierre Lestringuez

Cinematography by Jean Bachelet. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in three days utilizing leftover filmstock from Nana (1926). The film was never assembled by Renoir, and was left officially unreleased. / Silent film.

Experimental.

Survival Status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Keywords: Blackface - Chalk - Dance: Charleston - Eiffel tower - Flowers - Maps - Monkeys - Negroes - Rope ladders - Signage - Telephones - Umbrellas

Listing updated: 5 January 2009.

References: Film viewing : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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