Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka"
About Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka"
Félix Mayol faces the camera and mouths La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine, to a Chronophone record of his own singing.
Cast & crew
More about Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka"
Alice Guy-Blaché filmed this phonoscène. Mayol performs to a Chronophone disc. Wikidata gives 2 minutes. A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-la-polka-des-trottins. Guy also filmed phonoscènes of Polin and Dranem.
Themes
Making
Guy shot Mayol singing along with a disc already cut for the Chronophone.
Technique
A phonoscène: the singer is filmed to match a record.
Music
The Chronophone disc is Mayol singing La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The picture is lip movement locked to a record, not a dance number with a band on screen.
- The song title is La Polka des Trottins.
- Mayol was one of three Belle Époque singers Guy recorded this way, with Polin and Dranem.
- The archive file is silent-la-polka-des-trottins.
Scenes
- Mayol mouths the polka straight at the lens.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-la-polka-des-trottins)
