ELSTREE CALLING 1930: The Charlot Girls (2)

[ccragg123]

Love this! My grandmother, Marie Link, was a Charlot girl (and before that with Mistanguett and Maurice Chevalier in the Folies Bergeres in Paris). Where did you find this? Is there more (apart from the 1st one you posted).

[35westst]

Why dont these films restored and put on dvd? You cant get much better!

you are saying DVD format is the best there is? Confused. You could record this yourself onto a DVD, but not sure it would improve the quality.

[operamichael]

Wonderful stuff.

[Kinemacolour]

This was the last film produced using Pathécolor.

[poxanadul]

I love these girls are there any more to see. I like the music very much. Thanks for putting on.

[oscarelgy]

aww, bless

[swallin19]

Although Claude Friese Greene was colour consultant, he was working for Pathecolor, the French company, who hand coloured the film using their contrast masking stencil colour system, to add Colour scenes to the partly made film. He did not use his own colour system or Dufaycolor as some references still quote. I had assumed Dufay was involved, but apparently they came two years later to a working colour system.

Stephen.

[Mr1920s]

Why dont these films restored and put on dvd? You cant get much better!

[victorian1888]

this whole movie like a grand English musical hall show preserved in a time bottle!

[cushtichavi]

Who is singing? Any idea where ?

[scotpens]

Fascinating to see this early example of British color film. I'd never heard of Claude Friese-Greene or his work in cinema until now, though I knew something of his father William Friese-Greene's attempts to invent moving pictures (and the exaggerated and inaccurate claims of his being the "inventor of cinematography").