While Mélies was publishing film after film in France, the Italians weren't totally lazy either. Of course, Leopoldo Fregoli's body of work is nothing compared to Méliès, but it's pretty nice to see early silent work from other parts of Europe and the world as well.
Here we see three men playing cards and obviously having a great time. I love how positive this film is. Everybody seems to be having a blast from such a simple leisure time activity. That includes the man watching on the right, the lady getting drinks and the other lady in the background. They all seem to be chatting joyfully. Another interesting note is that you see are the magnificent hats most of them are wearing and you can easily see that beards were a huge fashion trend back then and just a virile thing to have, while these days beards are actually not common at all anymore, sometimes even considered a turn-off. Gender assimilation progresses.
Here we see three men playing cards and obviously having a great time. I love how positive this film is. Everybody seems to be having a blast from such a simple leisure time activity. That includes the man watching on the right, the lady getting drinks and the other lady in the background. They all seem to be chatting joyfully. Another interesting note is that you see are the magnificent hats most of them are wearing and you can easily see that beards were a huge fashion trend back then and just a virile thing to have, while these days beards are actually not common at all anymore, sometimes even considered a turn-off. Gender assimilation progresses.