Oscar at the Bath
About Oscar at the Bath
Oscar, a balding boulevardier played by Léon Lorin, courts Violette de Parme, played by Angèle Lérida. He brings flowers and a bracelet and plays the piano while she sings. They ride through Paris. The next day he presses his luck too early. She is in bed, turns him down, and sends him to take a bath.
Cast & crew
More about Oscar at the Bath
The Cinémathèque française and Gaumont's DVD credit Louis Feuillade. SensCritique credits Léonce Perret. Léon Lorin plays Oscar, Angèle Lérida plays Violette de Parme, and Marie Dorly is also in the cast. Comptoir Ciné-Location distributed it. The French release was May 23, 1913. The short is 12 minutes.
Themes
Making
The comedy is shot on the street, not on a painted boulevard. The bath is the punch line she gives him after he turns up too soon.
Look
The courtship is photographed on location in central Paris, including the Concorde and the Madeleine.
Preservation
Gaumont issued a tinted copy on DVD. A print is also on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The French title is Oscar au bain.
- The ride shows the Place de la Concorde, the Rue Royale, the Madeleine, and a glimpse of the Bois de Boulogne as they looked in 1913.
- Lorin's Oscar is a Grands Boulevards flirt: flowers, a bracelet, a song at the piano, then a refusal.
- Gaumont Vidéo put a tinted, scored copy in Collection 120 ans, coffret 1, running 12 minutes.
Scenes
- Oscar and Violette ride past the Concorde, the Rue Royale, and the Madeleine.
- She receives him from her bed and tells him to go and take a bath.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-oscar-au-bain)
- Gaumont Vidéo, Collection 120 ans, coffret 1
