While a balloon merchant sleeps on a river bank, a group of children steal his balloons and attach them to the hat of an old lady. Her hat and wig come off and a chase through Paris begins.
Watch the official The Wig Chase 1906 trailer in HD below.
France 06 April 1906
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
19 August 1906
Shepherds in Hawaii push a flock of sheep in line through a trough of water.
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
This Lubin actuality of the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake begins with a group of men, pans to the left, and the people vanish, leaving only the shattered landscape.
02 June 1906
Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.
15 August 1906
The title reads "Hailing Drags". You'd expect some sort of travois affair, but it turns out to be mules hailing sugar cane loaded onto wheeled flats.
08 October 1906
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
31 December 1906
Automobile rally mounted as part of the wedding festivities of the Spanish King Alfonso and Princess Eva.
09 April 1906
A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.
06 September 1906
Views and pans among the ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire.
16 November 1906
This one-reel documentary is pretty much what it says in the title. Cavalrymen ride their horses, first over low hedges, then over increasingly rough terrain, until by the end they are sliding down hills to cross a stream and going into caves.
02 June 1906
Two boys and their dog set out to play a series of practical jokes on their neighbors. After they have caused several disruptions, the police are called, and soon the boys are on the run, pursued by the police and others.
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