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Rupert Street, W.1 - Nègres dansant dans la rue (Lumière 1896)

30/1/2014

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According to the catalogue description this performance, recorded by Lumière operator Charles Moisson,  took place in front of the Solferino restaurant at 7 Rupert Street:
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Whichever archivist researched these catalogue entries had a very fine eye, because they noticed this same troupe of minstrels (and I have not the competence to know if they are black musicians or black-face musicians) passing in front of the Empire Theatre in the Lumière film Entrée du cinématographe. You can just about make them out if you watch the film, here:
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