Wedding Scenes
Images of family events in the Paschoal Nardone Collection, taken with the Pathé-Baby camera
Retrato de casamento (1917-10-31)General Archive of Rio de Janeiro City
Wedding portrait, 1917
The tie between the Estevam and Coelho families. In this photo Augusto Malta portrays the couple, the judge, the best man, and the maid of honor. Weddings, which before were captured in still images, were now in motion.
WeddingGeneral Archive of Rio de Janeiro City
The couple and their guests
The filming of family events using Pathé-Baby cameras was a widespread practice called home cinema.
Cenas de casamento 01General Archive of Rio de Janeiro City
These films offer a glimpse into the various ways that the residents of Rio de Janeiro celebrated love and commitment in the past.
WeddingGeneral Archive of Rio de Janeiro City
The wedding ceremony scenes in the Paschoal Nardone Collection reveal to the public aspects of daily middle-class family life in Rio de Janeiro during the 1920s and 1930s.
Bonde de Casamento (1907)General Archive of Rio de Janeiro City
Wedding streetcar, 1907
Although during the 1920s and 1930s the transportation of the couple and their guests was carried out by means of motor vehicles, at the beginning of the 20th century it was quite different. At that time, streetcars could be rented from the Light and Power company, with a more sophisticated wagon, including curtains and upholstered seats.
Casamento 03General Archive of Rio de Janeiro City
Among the images found in the collection is the wedding of composer Ary Barroso and Yvonne Arantes, which took place on February 26, 1930, at the Church of Santo Antônio dos Pobres. The wedding scenes show the bride and groom arriving at the church, as well as their friends and family invited to the celebration.
WeddingGeneral Archive of Rio de Janeiro City
That year, Ary also graduated in Law (a career he never pursued) and released the marchinha “Dá nela”, the first of many hits in his oeuvre, such as the sambas “Aquarela do Brasil”, “Camisa amarela”, “Isto aqui o que é”, “Na Baixa do Sapateiro”, “Morena boca de ouro” and “Faceira”, among others.
Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
Eduardo Paes
Secretary of State
Eduardo Cavaliere
General Archive of the City of Rio de Janeiro
Rosa Maria Araujo
Documentation Center
Maria Thereza Kahl Fonseca
Curatorship and editing
Conrado Werneck Pimentel
Historical research
Conrado Werneck Pimentel, Pedro Paulo Malta and Yanara Galvão (LUPA-UFF)
Text revision
Pedro Paulo Malta
Interns
Luísa da Costa de Oliveira and Marcelle Araujo Lins
Film digitization
LUPA/UFF - University Laboratory for Audiovisual Preservation
References
A presença da “Pathé-Baby” no Rio de Janeiro e a coleção Paschoal Nardone no acervo do AGCRJ.
Lila Foster e Roberto Souza Leão
Cinema de Amadores
Paulo Barretto Filho
No tempo de Ari Barroso
Sérgio Cabral
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