Pitou get some leave, so he goes to see his girlfriend, the cook at a house. When her other boyfriend comes in, she makes Pitou hide in the coal bin/garbage can, with the typical results for a slapstick comedy.
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France 14 June 1906
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
23 May 1906
It's common knowledge that Scotsmen are macho enough to pull off wearing a skirt - perhaps it's all that caber-tossing.
03 November 1906
The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the bidding of a man in oriental costume.
15 February 1906
The short clip shows a spiritualist séance featuring a medium and two ‘spirits’, shot in Peter Elfelt’s studio.
06 September 1906
A camera starts on a sloppy scene: people walking around, a building that's seen better days, palm trees, with fronds waving in the breeze.
06 March 1906
A crazy, rude musician gets some supernatural comeuppance.
21 December 1906
The activities of a recently opened amusement park in Havana, Cuba, similar to New York's Coney Island.
31 December 1906
Depicts the exit of the President of the Republic Tomás Estrada Palma from the Presidential Palace, after giving the government to the Secretary of War of the United States, William H.
01 January 1906
It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the chimney's collapse, crowds swarm in to inspect the site; issues of the crowd's health and safety are clearly not a concern, as people smile, wave and salute the camera.
19 August 1906
Shepherds in Hawaii push a flock of sheep in line through a trough of water.
17 March 1906
A father shoots his son dead because, lured by the offer of a watch, he revealed to the police where his father had hidden smugglers who had come to ask for his hospitality.
07 September 1906
Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he takes one of them down to Hell and roasts him on a spit.
22 June 1906
In the beginning of the film, a streetcar passes in front of the camera position. The camera starts to move, indicating that it was on a streetcar since it is in the same position as the car in the first scene.
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