Rosalie and Léontine Go to the Theatre
About Rosalie and Léontine Go to the Theatre
Rosalie and Léontine dress up and go to the Théâtre des Capucines to see La Fugitive. From their seats they pat the bald heads of the two men in front of them. They laugh and shout bravo until the gallery throws eggs. On stage a man is run through with a saber. The two women then cry and wring wet handkerchiefs onto the same bald heads. A policeman throws them out of the theater.
Cast & crew
More about Rosalie and Léontine Go to the Theatre
Roméo Bosetti directed the short for Comica, the Pathé Frères subsidiary in Nice. A Pathé record dates a showing to 19 June 1911. One measure of the negative is 91 meters, about five minutes. It is black and white, silent, and 1.33:1.
Themes
Making
Bosetti cuts between the two women in the box, the bald men they torment, the stage duel, and the gallery throwing food.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
German Wikipedia calls the surviving film fragmentary. A print circulates under the archive title Betty and Jane at the Theatre, and the Cinémathèque française holds a catalog record.
Notes
- The French titles are Rosalie et Léontine vont au théâtre and Rosalie et Léontine au théâtre. An English archive title is Betty and Jane at the Theatre.
- Sarah Duhamel plays Rosalie. She made about 35 Rosalie films between March 1911 and June 1913.
- The actress who plays Léontine is not named. The series billed her only as Léontine, across about 21 shorts from 1910 to 1912.
- French Wikipedia lists the length as 4 minutes. Avoir-alire gives 5 minutes and 91 meters.
- The Cinémathèque française catalogs the short. German Wikipedia describes the surviving material as fragmentary.
Scenes
- From their seats, Rosalie and Léontine reach forward and pat the two bald heads.
- They wring tear-soaked handkerchiefs onto those heads while the stage hero dies in the duel.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-rosalie-et-lontine-vont-au-thtre-aka-betty-and-jane-at-the-theatre)
