- Title: CF346
- Date:1920s
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Summary:
SMILE PLEASE
00:13:54 - 00:17:18
Man in striped suit attempts to photograph family group - he puts man's head onto clamp and combs his moustache. Little boy makes disgusted face. Bendy table collapses, man dusts camera with feather duster, clouds of carpet dust, man sneezes, he blows carpet over family, dog posing, little boy pulls man's trousers down to reveal spotted long johns, older man puts hand in front of woman's eyes.
00:17:18 - 00:21:28
Boy knocks wasp nest off tree into man's trousers. He pulls trousers up and throws himself around room. Little boy jumps up and down with glee / laughs. Man jumps out of window into barrel of water, barrel collapses, dog chases its tail, boy saws legs off camera tripod, man catches him and puts him back in group. Boy smashes bottle on man's head and covers it with milk, boy laughs. Cu skunk, boys picks it up by its tail and throws it into camera, man goes to take photograph and falls over, man pulls skunk out of camera.
00:21:28 - 00:25:07
Dog puts paw over its nose, man holds hankie over nose and skunk at arm's length, dog falls over, man drops skunk out of window and goat falls over. Boy unscrews light bulb and throws into man's / father's lap, short circuit in wire and light bulb lights up and man gets electric shock, static electricity visible. Sparks fly out of man's boots and ears. Boy looks out from inside of camera, man pulls boy's pants down, dog barks and attacks man as he smack's boy's bottom, dog swings round on man's jacket, dog's tail is electrocuted, man's bottom electrocuted - puff of smoke, electrocuted man smashes light bulb and pushes woman over. Woman hits man on head with umbrella. - TYPE:Historical
- DATE:1920s
- GENRE:
- SOURCE:Filemaker
- Decade:
- Colour:B&W
- Keywords:SLAPSTICK, COMEDY, PRATFALLS, USA, SHORT FILM
- Master Title:CF346
- Segment:1
- Sound:Silent
