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Partie de cartes
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Wikipedia article
'Partie de cartes' (also known as 'Card Game' and 'The Messers. Lumire at Cards' (USA), or 'A Quiet Game of cart') is an 1895 French black-and-white short film directed and produced by Louis Lumire and starring 'Antoine Fraud'.
Plot
Three older men, wearing hats and smoking cigars, are sitting at a patio. Two of the men are playing cards (cart) at a table while the third man sits watching. As the game continues a (younger) waiter walks across carrying a tray with a bottle of wine and glasses on it. The man sitting at the table then proceeds to pour the drinks while the waiter observes the card game.
Production
It was filmed by means of the Cinmatographe, an all-in-one camera, which also serves as a film projector and developer. As with all early Lumire films, this film was made in a 35 mm format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
The production was shot at Villa du Clos des Plages in La Ciotat, France.
Cast
*Antoine Fraud (waiter?)
*Antoine Lumire as Man playing cards (uncredited)
*Flicien Trewey as Man playing cards to the right (uncredited)
*Alphonse Winckler as Man playing cards (uncredited)
Current status
Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet. It has also featured in a number of film collections including 'Landmarks of Early Film volume 1' and 'The Movies Begin A Treasury of Early Cinema, 18941913'.
See also
* 'Playing Cards', a film and possible remake made the same year
References
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