The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905)

Directed by

Edwin Stanton Porter

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

5 min

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short silent comedy introduces a family with a punny name, each member shown one by one. It ends with a chaotic dinner scene where the family dog yanks the tablecloth off the table, ruining the meal.

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What happens

The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog is a 1905 silent short comedy film directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. The five-and-a-half minute film was an adaptation of a popular picture postcard featuring a humorously named family. The film introduces each member of the Dam family, and then shows a raucous dinner scene that ends with the Dam dog pulling the tablecloth off the table, and ruining the Dam meal. The film includes a very early example of cutout animation, with a jumble of letters coming together to spell the titles, and an animated paper silhouette of the Dam dog which wags its tail. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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