How the 'Duke of Leisure' Reached His Winter Home (1912)
- Directed by
- Charles H. France
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 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.
How it feels
A man who hates work schemes to get arrested so he can spend winter in a warm jail cell. He fakes a theft after failing to provoke the police through other antics.
slapsticklightheartedwhimsicalbriskmischievousdeadpanplayful
What happens
How the 'Duke of Leisure' Reached His Winter Home è un cortometraggio muto del 1912 diretto da Charles H. France. Maestro nell'arte del non far niente, Percival si presenta in un rinomato ristorante dove ordina un costoso pranzo. Prima di poter abbuffarsi, però, viene scoperto e buttato fuori. L'uomo, allora, comincia a comportarsi in modo da spingere la polizia ad arrestarlo. Gli agenti, invece, ridono dei suoi sforzi fino a quando lui non prende un portafogli ben gonfio: arrestato come ladro, Percival potrà passare sei mesi al caldo del carcere. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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How He Papered the Room (1912)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.