Centennial Anniversary of Cinema in Thailand

100ปี ภาพยนตร์ในประเทศไทย

1997/2540-06-10

To commemorate the centenary of cinematography in Thailand

1997/29-32

3 Baht, 3 Baht, 7 Baht, 7 Baht

6 Baht, 6 Baht, 10 Baht, 10 Baht

32 Baht (unused), 24 Baht (used)

Unused set

27 x 45 mm (30 x 48 mm incl. white border)

2,000,000 pieces per design

Thai British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

Cinema in Thailand with depictions from the past: 1. King Prajadhipok, who was an ardent film enthusiast, looking through the eye of a film camera, next to a celluloid photo depicting footage of the 1897 visit of King Chulalongkorn to Europe, which is the first film ever on record made about Thai people by the French Lumiere Brothers, and entitled King of Siam’s Visit to Bern; 2. Prince Thongthaem Tawanyawong, who pioneered filmmaking in Thailand by filming his brother King Chulalongkorn at court and in royal ceremonies between 1900 and 1910. On his left is a celluloid photo depicting filming equipment, as well as an announcement of the first ever film screening in Thailand, held in Bangkok on 10 June 1897; 3. Old poster of the Thai movie Chok Song Chan (โชคสองชั้น), i.e. ‘Double Luck’, the first ever silent film made by Thai people, which featured on 30 July 1927, besides a celluloid photo depicting a music ensemble that at that period played the film music accompanying the movie, here shown in front of a movie theatre; 4. Old poster of the Thai movie Long Tahng (หลงทาง), with the English subtitle ‘Going Astray’, which was the first ever spoken feature film made by Thais, released on 1 April 1932. The celluloid photo on the left depicts an outdoor movie shown on a giant screen from a truck belonging to a travelling movie company.

Thailand, Prajadhipok, Chulachomklao, Chulalongkorn, Thongthaem Tawanyawong, nang klahng plaeng, Sala Chaleum Krung