Two next-door neighbors read the same article that makes them smile. They talk about it through the window. Shortly after, a peddler visits them successively and sells them, to one a uniform of peace officer, to the other an Apache costume. The two men come out in disguise.
Watch the official Les deux Poltrons 1910 trailer in HD below.
France 03 October 1910
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1910:
17 November 1910
A young corporal in the United States Cavalry in the Black Hills is very much in love with a young ranchman's daughter who lives near the military barracks.
10 November 1910
A pretty young woman attempts to help a poor, old couple while attracting the attention of a handsome doctor.
29 October 1910
An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.
29 July 1910
John Gary, a hotel owner, who wants to revitalize his business. After reading about a reported mermaid sighting, he has his daughter Ethel pose as a mermaid and gets a newspaper reporter to witness and photograph the mermaid.
08 December 1910
All is fair in love and war but when we go into it we must take our chances. A Mexican beauty, fascinating and venturous, is in love with a young Mexican, willing to do and act for him regardless of her own safety and reputation.
09 June 1910
The young husband's irrational jealousy makes him suspicious of every attention bestowed upon his wife.
15 November 1910
Paul and Virginia are two young lovers who have grown up together from infancy on an island in the Indies.
12 February 1910
Mr. Josh Banks a ranchman, receives word that his niece, a pretty Chicago girl of eighteen, is on her way to make them a visit.
26 December 1910
Four good friends are so engrossed with their card game that they are late to pick up their wives at the theatre.
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.
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