Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka"

Félix Mayol Performs "The Trottins' Polka"

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1905

Runtime

0h 2m

Genres

Music, Documentary

User Score

50%

Original Title

La polka des trottins

Production Companies

Gaumont

Director

Alice Guy-Blaché

Description

Félix Mayol performs The Trottins Polka (La Polka des Trottins, by A. Trebitsch and H. Christine) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Mayol, who was then filmed "lip singing". Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque celebrities in France: Polin, Félix Mayol, and Dranem.