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La Valse à la mode (1908) [N/A]

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Featuring:
Maurice Chevalier


Release Date:
September 25, 1908

Original Title:
La Valse à la mode

Alternate Titles:
The Fashionable Waltz

Ratings / Certifications:
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Runtime: 2

Overview from TheMovieDB

Maurice Chevalier simply can't stop dancing.

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Overview from Open Movies

This Pathe Freres silent short is one of the earliest screen appearances of Maurice Chevalier -- and it's slightly shocking to see one of the major recording artists of the 20th century voiceless and thin as a rake. However, he was twenty years old when this was released, and doubtless available on the cheap.It's a comedy and a trick film -- fairly standard for French comedy in this period, even though a bit more sophisticated than similar stuff like Feuillade's LA BOUS-BOUS-MIE. It's clearly stagebound, but the payoff gag is quite good.It is also very clearly meant to be shown with accompaniment. Silent films were always accompanied, sometimes with a house orchestra at the palaces, sometimes with a small band, but this one clearly demands a waltz to smooth out the performance.

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La Valse à la mode (1908) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.0/10

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