This Lumiere actuality shows two dancers performing a traditional Siamese dance.
It's shot by Gabriel Veyre, one of Lumiere's many roaming exhibitors/directors. Veyre and others roved the world, showing the films, setting up a permanent network of distribution and exhibition, and while they were in foreign countries, shooting films that might go into the catalogue. Veyre's product was hit-or-miss, but here he has an interesting subject, offering the real deal for other markets.
It's unfortunate that the print I looked at was not in very good condition, but in many ways, it's amazing that it has survived at all. Most of the Lumieres' competitors films are long gone.
It's shot by Gabriel Veyre, one of Lumiere's many roaming exhibitors/directors. Veyre and others roved the world, showing the films, setting up a permanent network of distribution and exhibition, and while they were in foreign countries, shooting films that might go into the catalogue. Veyre's product was hit-or-miss, but here he has an interesting subject, offering the real deal for other markets.
It's unfortunate that the print I looked at was not in very good condition, but in many ways, it's amazing that it has survived at all. Most of the Lumieres' competitors films are long gone.
