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Cohen's Advertising Scheme (1904)

Cohen's Advertising Scheme poster
Directed by
Edwin Stanton Porter
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent short comedy from 1904 about a Jewish character named Cohen who uses a scheme to make money. It is the first in a series featuring a broad, stereotyped portrayal of a clever trickster.

slapstickcomedicexaggeratedsatiricalfast-paceddated stereotypesvaudevillian

What happens

Cohen's Advertising Scheme è un cortometraggio muto del 1904 diretto da Edwin S. Porter. Primo episodio di una serie comica che ha per protagonista l'ebreo Cohen. Interpretato volta volta da attori diversi truccati nello stile grottesco dell'ebreo vaudevilliano con un gran nasone posticcio, Cohen rappresenta lo stereotipo dell'ebreo furbo e imbroglione, che riesce sempre a fare un lauto guadagno da ogni situazione—una caricatura familiare del teatro e della letteratura che ora si afferma anche al cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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