How Jones Lost His Roll (1905)
- Directed by
- Edwin Stanton Porter
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 3 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 falls into a series of comedic mishaps after losing his roll of money. The film uses animated title cards to show the action in a new way.
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What happens
How Jones Lost His Roll is a 1905 silent short comedy film directed by Edwin S. Porter. The movie was popular for its clever use of animated title cards — the first example of stop-motion animation in American film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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