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A Wringing Good Joke (1899)

A Wringing Good Joke poster
Directed by
James H. White
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short silent comedy from 1899. It shows a mischievous boy playing a prank on adults.

playfullightheartedmischievousfast-pacedsimpleslapstickold-fashioned

What happens

A Wringing Good Joke è un cortometraggio muto del 1899 diretto da James H. White. Il filmato è uno dei primissimi esempi di genere comico basati sul tema dei "ragazzini dispettosi", che tanta fortuna avrà nel cinema fin dalle origini. Il soggetto sarà ripreso in forma molto simile dall'American Mutoscope & Biograph in As in a Looking Glass (1903). Gli interpreti (gli adulti e il ragazzino) non sono accreditati e non se ne conosce l'identità. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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