20 February 1910 Drama, Comedy 6 mins
A whole day lived at leg level: meeting a couple in the street, a drink at the bistro, passers-by... The gimmick of this short comedic drama is that all characters are filmed from the waist down.
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France 20 February 1910
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Roses and trousers have little in common and pressed roses presage something wrong in the scheme of things.
12 October 1910
In this instance Hank and Lank step into good fortune quite by accident. Pausing in front of a bargain dry-goods store, a young lady rushes up and asks Hank to hold her baby while she goes inside to make a few purchases.
28 November 1910
Edith is a salesgirl in a department store who envys her store-mates, as she views them passing by with their sweethearts, lighthearted and happy.
29 September 1910
A rural schoolmaster, beloved by his pupils, is dismissed from his teaching post when the county’s visiting school inspector is mildly ridiculed in a cartoon which a mischievous pupil has drawn on a blackboard.
04 August 1910
A Quaker father is bringing up his daughter Ann in a stern, religious manner, often disturbed by her frivolity.
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A pretty young woman attempts to help a poor, old couple while attracting the attention of a handsome doctor.
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A detective saves a clerk from a gang who tie him to a clock-operated gun.
05 May 1910
"Swift Arrow, a lithe and willowy Indian, leaving the encampment of his fellow braves, is well on his journey when he is thrown from his horse and receives a broken leg and injuries from which he is disabled and lies helpless and alone.
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