[78-L] Help Identifying a 78

Bertrand CHAUMELLE chaumelle at orange.fr
Sat Nov 1 12:26:18 PDT 2008


These short films were called "Phonoscènes", to be played on Gaumont's 
Chronophone.
One of them, titled "Jerusalem" has survived and can be found on a DVD.
1914 was the last year of the Phonoscènes. Gaumont then switched to 
sound-on-film, begininnig in 1920.

BC
Le 1 nov. 08, à 20:05, Chris Zwarg a écrit :

>
> At 19:42 01.11.2008, you wrote:
>> My cheap translation program says Les Rameaux is The Branches in 
>> English.     Remember, translation programs are literal and take the 
>> first meaning (and usually only meaning) in their database.    In 
>> real life words often have several meanings; and, that could well be 
>> The Palms if properly translated.
>>
>> Swamp Daddy
>
> There's no problem with the original title of the J.B. Faure song 
> known to English-speakers as "The palms" being "Les rameaux" (it is a 
> hymn celebrating the triumphal entry of Jesus in Jerusalem on Palm 
> Sunday).
>
> Eric's question was about the provenance of the Gaumont disc of this 
> song he recently found.
>
> Chris Zwarg
>
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