There is one joke in this slapstick from Jean Durand's comedy unit at Gaumont: Calino wants to win a boxing match, and decides that he needs to toughen up one part of his body: no glass jaw for him! So he subjects his chin to various punishment, all of which he endures with no sign of discomfort.
Watch the official Calino s'endurcit la figure 1912 trailer in HD below.
Jean Durand Director
Calino Toughens Up Trailer
France 12 June 1912
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1912:
15 October 1912
While in his cups, an older gentleman buys a surprise for his family—one that eats peanuts and weighs 11,000 pounds.
08 October 1912
Everything is arranged by Dick and his college chums to have their sweethearts from the city, with their chaperone, visit them to spend the day.
04 April 1912
The girl was young, pretty, and also a good businesswoman; When her father died she took up the reins of management and ran an orange grove with successful results.
14 October 1912
Veteran Warner and old gardener Burns vie for the hand of Widow Simpson, and the gardener steals the former's uniform and joins in the ranks of a parade, pursued by his rival.
19 July 1912
Alice Durand, after weeks of discouragement, reads the following advertisement in the New York Herald: "Governess wanted.
20 October 1912
A truncated version of Wilkie Collins' popular mystery story.
21 October 1912
Out in the farm-lands near Portland, the Widow Walters lives with her daughter Ethel. As far as affections are concerned, those of the widow are confined to her daughter, until Squire Lang, a fat old widower, with his son Harry, moves onto the adjoining farm.
07 May 1912
Alkali is considered the ranch seamstress by the boys on Hard-Up, and consequently has to sew buttons on coats and do other sewing stunts that finally wear on his nerves and decide him on the matrimony thing.
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