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An Interesting Story

An Interesting Story

1904Short⏱️ 4mNot Rated
ShortComedy
6.7
IMDB Rating
787 votes

The adventures of an inattentive man. He's at his kitchen table, reading. A woman brings his hat and points to the clock. He continues reading and pours coffee into his hat. He leaves, still reading, trips over a servant who's on ...

Director
James Williamson
Writers
N/A
Stars
N/A
Language
None
Country
United Kingdom
💬 13
Reviews
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🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Williamson Kinematograph Company

🏷️ Keywords

bookreadingreading while walkingslapstick comedyphysical comedy

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Amusing early slapstick
by jamesrupert20142020-02-26
6/10

"A gentleman is so engrossed in his book that he serves tea in his hat, walks into people, animals and things, and eventually is crushed by a steamroller, the lumbering approach of which he is oblivious. Fortunately, a couple of cyclists witness the flattening and with aid of their trusty tyre pumps reinflate the hapless reader, whose main concern is finding his book and his hat. Whoever was in charge of continuity goofed - the victim's hat was moved during the substitution splice that returned him to 3D corporality, revealing the 'trick'. Silly but funny and likely the inspirati..."

💡 Did You Know?

Considered to be the world's 1st slapstick film.

📖 Synopsis

The adventures of an inattentive man. He's at his kitchen table, reading. A woman brings his hat and points to the clock. He continues reading and pours coffee into his hat. He leaves, still reading, trips over a servant who's on ...