Necessity Is the Mother of Invention (1909)

Directed by

Lewin Fitzhamon

Genre

silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man devises a plan when his son steals his clothes. He puts on women's clothing to solve the problem.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalsimpleshortdatedmildly amusing

What happens

Necessity Is the Mother of Invention è un cortometraggio muto del 1909 diretto da Lewin Fitzhamon. Quando il figlio gli ruba i vestiti, un uomo deve aguzzare l'ingegno e trova una soluzione mettendosi degli abiti da donna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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