Writing Backwards
About Writing Backwards
Félicien Trewey writes the words Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks backwards on a board. Louis Lumière directed. The French title is Écriture à l'envers. It is Vue no. 42 in the Lumière catalog, photographed at the family property in La Ciotat.
Cast & crew
More about Writing Backwards
Trewey's backward-writing act had already made him known on the music-hall circuit. Wikidata times the view at 50 seconds. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The sentence is in English.
- The writing runs the wrong way and still reads.
- The Commons file uses the French title.
Scenes
- Trewey finishes the English sentence by writing it backwards.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Écriture à l’envers)
Quotes
Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks
