The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)

Directed by

D. W. Griffith

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

4 min

Rated

NR

Rating

3.8 of 10 from 5 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

The Jones family puts on a home theater show. Things go comically wrong during their amateur performance.

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What happens

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals is a 1909 silent short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was released in split-reel form with The Hindoo Dagger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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