Félicien Trewey

The Lumière Brothers' First Films

Brian Q. Kelley, Thierry Frémaux

Mrs. Auguste Lumière, Antoine Lumière

A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France, narrated by Bertrand Tavernier.

Chapeaux à transformation

Louis Lumière

Félicien Trewey

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

Assiettes tournantes

Félicien Trewey

Félicien Trewey, performing his spinning plates routine.

Partie d'écarté

Louis Lumière

Alphonse Winckler, Antoine Féraud

Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.

Écriture à l'envers

Louis Lumière

Félicien Trewey

Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.

Danseuses des rues

Louis Lumière, Auguste Lumière

Félicien Trewey

Three young women dance in Drury Lane, London.

Partie de cartes

Leopoldo Fregoli

Antoine Lumière, Félicien Trewey

Three people playing cards.

Pierrot et la mouche

Félicien Trewey

Félicien Trewey mimes Pierrot being harassed in his sleep by a fly.

Un prêté pour un rendu

Félicien Trewey, Antoine Féraud

Two men are sitting on a park bench. One of them attempts to play a trick to the other, by tying up his handkerchief. In the end, however, the table is turned on him.

Jongleur au ballon

Félicien Trewey

A man performs a balancing act with a ball and a pair of sticks.

Serpent

Félicien Trewey

Félicien Trewey swirls a large white ribbon around him.