Of course it is NOT a "remake" of the films made by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson for Edison and Mutoscope. It is just an umpteenth film copy of a stage act originated by icon of modern dance Loïe Fuller back in 1891. It was the dance sensation of the decade and versions were made by Max Skladowsky (perhaps the first), Dickson, Léar, the Lumières, Pathé and Gaumont and probably others as well (Sigmund Lubin probably performed it himself in drag and Leopoldo Fregoli certainly did). Loïe Fuller herself never appeared in a film. But if there was any copyright due it was to Fuller herself and not to any of the film-makers.
When the impersonator Little Pich made a film of the "big boots act" this was not a remake of the film made in 1900 of Little Tich performing the act, it was just a rip-off of the British comedian's stage-act. Ditto for Mme Walter.
When the impersonator Little Pich made a film of the "big boots act" this was not a remake of the film made in 1900 of Little Tich performing the act, it was just a rip-off of the British comedian's stage-act. Ditto for Mme Walter.