Les Fredaines de Pierrette [Pierrette's Escapades], or Arrivée de Pierrette et Pierrot, is a 1900 French silent film directed by Alice Guy.[1] The film was produced by the Gaumont Film Company.
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| Directed by | Alice Guy |
| Produced by | Gaumont Film Company |
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Running time | 2 minutes |
| Country | France |
Synopsis
editThe film opens with a woman in a pink dress taking off a fluffy white hat and coat. She sits to powder herself. An all-white Pierrot edges into the frame from the right. The woman stands up to gesture to the camera. Pierrot intervenes. They gesture at each other. Pierrot tries to dance and kiss the woman, but she mocks and rebuffs Pierrot. More gestures ensue, then Pierrot leaves.[2] The woman faces and gestures more towards the camera, then primps herself in front of the mirror. She then mimes looking and listening for someone or something to the right of the frame, then pulls up the sides of her dress to dance. There is a jump cut in which a female Harlequin in a green body suit with a fluffy collar and a yellow bicorne hat and boots appears. The woman and Harlequin perform a pas de deux and end the dance and the film with a kiss.[2]
Description
editThis is a fragment of an unidentified music hall number or ballet. Part of the film is hand colored using stencils.
References
edit- ^ a b Miscuglio, Annabella; Daopoulo, Rony; Hribar, Judita (1980). "Kinomata : la donna nel cinema" (in Italian). Dealo libri. p. 172. OCLC 613118741.
- ^ a b "Pierrette's Escapades (1900)". Century Film Project. 2016-05-11. Archived from the original on May 11, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
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External links
edit- Les Fredaines de Pierrette | Alice Guy | 1900 on YouTube
- "Les Fredaines de Pierrette (Las escapadas de Pierrette) [1900]". Dailymotion. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-03-12. Online restored version of the film
- Guy, Alice; Feuillade, Louis; et al. (2009). Gaumont treasures, 1897-1913 : a 3-DVD collection of more than 75 early films. Gaumont Film Company; Kino Lorber films. OCLC 1131599234. ASIN B0029R81JO. This is a three DVD set; disc 1 contains Pierrette's escapades = Fredaines de Pierette (1900)
- Le départ d'Arlequin et de Pierrette at IMDb
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