Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs"
About Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs"
Félix Mayol walks on, sings Théodore Botrel's Lilas blanc in front of a stage curtain hung in an antique drape and trimmed with lily of the valley, bows, leaves, and comes back for another bow, the way a café-concert turn ended.
Cast & crew
More about Félix Mayol Performs "White Lilacs"
Alice Guy filmed it as a Gaumont Chronophone phonoscène in 1905. It is one of thirteen phonoscènes Mayol recorded for the Chronophone. Lily of the valley was his stage flower.
Themes
Background
A 1905 Gaumont phonoscène, made while the Chronophone was pairing a singer's picture with a recorded disc.
Technique
Picture and song were recorded for the Chronophone so the singer's mouth matches the disc.
Music
Mayol sings Théodore Botrel's song Lilas blanc, locked to a Gaumont Chronophone disc.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive under this title.
Notes
- The French title is Lilas blanc, or Lilas-Blanc.
- The picture is a song performance synced to a disc, not a story film.
Scenes
- Mayol sings against the curtained set and returns for the second bow.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-lilas-blanc)
