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:
08 June 1912
The prologue shows the life of a trapper, living in the solitude of the forest. He digs a bear trap, which is covered with boughs and grass.
16 September 1912
Young Ruth goes against her father's will and leaves to live with engineer Edvin Holm. Their life together will prove difficult.
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.
23 December 1912
Robert Ffolliott is a young Irish lad who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal colony in Australia following false accusations by the greedy Kinchella.
21 October 1912
A romantic Western in which John saves his beloved Mary when she is about to marry a criminal.
12 June 1912
Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian maiden whenever he chances to meet her, until she longs and looks for his coming and going, and finds that he has made himself part of her life.
29 June 1912
This film tells the dramatic story of the death of this famous Bible character and his trip to the witch of Endor, who forecasted his tragic end.
28 August 1912
A father who is determined his daughter should marry a count leading the boyfriend to dress up as the count to thwart his plans.
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.
19 September 1912
Calumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this story acted conventionally, she nevertheless maligned the other woman simply because of her profession, an actress.
11 February 1912
The inimitable Billy Quirk needs a wife in order to inherit his vociferous western uncle's fortune. Billy borrows his friend's wife.
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