Slippery Jim (1909)

Original title

Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves

Directed by

Segundo de Chomón

Genre

crime, comedy, fantasy

Country

France

Runtime

8 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A thief uses supernatural tricks and stop-motion effects to evade the police in a series of comedic chases. The film is a short silent comedy from early French cinema.

whimsicalplayfullightheartedfast-pacedtrick-filledcomedicsurreal

What happens

Slippery Jim (French: Pickpock ne craint pas les entraves) is an 8-minute 1909 French silent trick film directed by Segundo de Chomón and produced by Pathe-Freres. The film heavily utilizes stop-motion to aide in its visual comedy. It bears similarities to other films by Chomón, such as Diabolical Pickpocket (L'insaisissable pickpocket) produced in 1908 and The Invisible Thief (Le voleur invisible) also produced in 1909. The films share a thief capable of supernatural abilities while escaping the law. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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