A Wringing Good Joke (1899)

Directed by

James H. White

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1 min

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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