Assiettes tournantes
About Assiettes tournantes
Félicien Trewey spins plates on thin sticks and keeps several turning at once. Louis Lumière filmed the music-hall turn for the Société Lumière. The listed length is 46 seconds.
Cast & crew
More about Assiettes tournantes
Released in 1896. Trewey is the only player. The French title means spinning plates.
Themes
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The act is the film. There is no second setup.
- Trewey also appears in other Lumière turns, including the hat changes.
- 46 seconds is the listed length.
- The sticks stay thin so the plates read as spinning, not as a still life.
Scenes
- Several plates turn at once on the sticks in Trewey's hands.
