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A Chess Dispute (1903)

A Chess Dispute poster
Directed by
Robert W. Paul
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1 min
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two men have a disagreement while playing chess in a park. The argument escalates into a brief comedic altercation.

lightheartedplayfulshortsilentwhimsicalold-fashioned

What happens

A Chess Dispute is a 1903 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, starring Alf Collins. It is included on the BFI DVD R. W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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