International Dances

1902 Comedy Directed by Segundo de Chomón

About International Dances

Dancers change costume between numbers. The cuts fall on the changes. The print is stencil-colored.

Cast & crew

More about International Dances

A 1902 Pathé dance short. The catalog credits Segundo de Chomón as director. Wikidata credits him as cinematographer and does not name a director. The French title on the Commons file is Danses cosmopolites. The color is Pathé stencil color.

Themes

Making

Chomón is the name attached to the camera on this stencil dance reel.

Look

Segundo de Chomón is credited as the cameraman. The color was stenciled afterward.

Technique

Pathé stencil color, with cuts locked to the costume changes.

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The color is applied by stencil, not photographed in color.
  • Each costume change is a cut.
  • The catalog also calls it a comedy.
  • No cast is listed.

Scenes

  • The dancers switch costume on the cut.