Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor (1904)

Directed by

Robert W. Paul

Genre

comedy film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

3 min

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is woken up in the middle of the night because his wife is about to have a baby. He runs off to get a doctor.

humorousslapsticklightheartedplayfulenergeticfast-pacedold-fashionedwhimsical

What happens

Mr. Pecksniff Fetches the Doctor (AKA: Oh, What a Surprise!) is a 1904 British short silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring a man woken up in the middle of the night and fetching a doctor as his wife is on the point of giving birth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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